Sophia is a Macroeconomist employed as a Senior Lecturer at the University of KwaZulu Natal. Besides being an academic, she has previously worked in the public sector as an Agricultural Economist and in the private sector as a Research Consultant. Sophia holds a BSc in Agricultural Economics, an MCom in Economics and a PhD in Economics. She has interests in gender and women empowerment issues, entrepreneurship, the informal sector, and the care economy. She is passionate about women’s economic inclusion. She is a member of the African Women’s Development and Communications Network (FEMNET).
Academic Qualifications
Bsc Honour Agricultural Economics (UZ)
BCom Honours Economics (UCT)
MCom Economics (UCT)
PhD Economics (UKZN)
Research Interests
Entrepreneurship
Informal sector
Applied economics
Publications
Mukorera, S. Z. (2019). Willingness to Formalize: A Case Study of The Informal Micro And Small-Scale Enterprises In Zimbabwe. Journal of Developmental Entrepreneurship, 24(01), 1950001.
Nyatanga P. and Mukorera S. (2019) “Effects of academic self-determination, competence and program policy on student performance, A probability model approach”, Innovations in Education & Teaching International (IETI). Volume 56, Issue 2, pgs 195-205 (Published online 6 September, 2017) http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/14703297.2017.1371626
Anifowose O.L, Adeleke O., & Mukorera S., (2019), Determinants for BRICs countries Military Expenditure. Acta Universitatis Danubius, Economica, vol 15, no. 4.
Mukorera S. (2018), Growth constraints of formal and informal micro and small-scale enterprises and their impact on policy formulation in Zimbabwe, Journal of Economics and Behavioural Studies (JEBS), vol 10 no. 3, pgs 234-247.
Mukorera S and Nyatanga P. (2017) “Students’ Perceptions of Teaching and Learning Practices: A Principal Component Approach”, Alberto Journal of Educational Research (AJER),Volume 63, No. 2, pages 120-138.
