Mr Mashapa Sekome

# A Node For African Thought

Research and Innovation

To achieve and maintain the University’s vision and mission, the research and innovation division contributes mainly by promoting the research related goal of the institution which is: to drive growth in UNIZULU research and Innovation

Faculty: Commerce, Administration and Law

Department: Economics

Discipline:

Economics

Highest Qualification

MCom (Financial Economics)

Contact details

Email: SekomeM@unizulu.ac.za

Phone: 0359026609

Campus: kwaDlangezwa

Research Interest Areas

Financial Economics
Economics Education

Research Niche Area(s) of current projects

Financial Economics

Active Community Engagement & Service-learning work

Training the Educators in Economics (both iLembe and King Cetshwayo District).

Awards & Honors

Community-University Partnership (Emerging Scholar) – VC’s Award 2022

An Honor for training teachers at iLembe District – 2023.

Teaching Interest Areas

Microeconomics
Macroeconomics
Monetary Economics

Active Research Projects

The effects of US monetary shocks on price and financial stability in inflation targeting and non-targeting emerging market economies

Impact of Economics lecturer interventions in training the trainers and tutoring grade 12 learners in the Northern Zululand District.

M/D Supervision completed (3 or 4 projects)

2021 Shelter Nene The Effect of Inflation Targeting Policy on the Inflation Uncertainty and Economic Growth in Developing Countries

Impactful Research Publications

(Author(s); Year; Title; journal / publisher)

Mpungose, N., Ngubane, M, and Sekome, M., 2023. Revisiting the Effect of Exchange Rates on Imports and Exports in South Africa. Acta Universitatis Danubius. Œconomica, 19(4).

Nene, S.T., Ilesanmi, K.D. and Sekome, M., 2022. The Effect of Inflation Targeting (IT) Policy on the Inflation Uncertainty and Economic Growth in Selected African and European Countries. Economies, 10(2), p.37. 101.

Zungu, L.T., Greyling, L. and Sekome, M.S., 2020. Government expenditure and economic growth: Testing for nonlinear effect among SADC countries, 1994-2017. African Journal of Business and Economic Research, 15(3), p.37.