Department of Economics

Dr Y. Nkomo

Lecturer
NkomoY@unizulu.ac.za
D Block

Lecturer
NkomoY@unizulu.ac.za
D Block

Dr. Yolanda Nkomo is a lecturer at the University of Zululand’s Department of Economics, Faculty of Commerce, Administration, and Law. She holds a Ph.D. in Economics, an MCom in Local Economics, and a Bcom in Economics and Econometrics, all from the University of Johannesburg. She lectures economics for undergraduate students. She has also supervised honours and masters’ students in the fields of health economics and local economic development. She has also coordinated the economics honours bridging and peer mentoring programs for first-year students. Under the Teaching Education, Economics, and Entrepreneurship Program (TEEEP), her community involvement focuses primarily on sixth- and seventh-grade students in primary schools. She has substantial publications and a book chapter in health economics, development economics, and health economics is her current area of research.

See below the link for her work:

https://scholar.google.com/scholar?hl=en&as_sdt=0%2C5&q=n.y+nkomo&oq=n

Qualifications:

• PhD in Economics, University of Johannesburg. Thesis entitled: Essays on determinants and socioeconomic impacts of tobacco consumption in South Africa.
• M.Com Local Economic Development: University of Johannesburg; South Africa 2017: Dissertation entitled: The impact of population aging on local revenue: District- level evidence from South Africa.

Research interests:

• Economic sciences,
• Public Health and
• Health economics.