We use cookies to help you navigate efficiently and perform certain functions. You will find detailed information about all cookies under each consent category below.
The cookies that are categorized as "Necessary" are stored on your browser as they are essential for enabling the basic functionalities of the site. ...
Necessary cookies are required to enable the basic features of this site, such as providing secure log-in or adjusting your consent preferences. These cookies do not store any personally identifiable data.
Functional cookies help perform certain functionalities like sharing the content of the website on social media platforms, collecting feedback, and other third-party features.
Analytical cookies are used to understand how visitors interact with the website. These cookies help provide information on metrics such as the number of visitors, bounce rate, traffic source, etc.
Performance cookies are used to understand and analyze the key performance indexes of the website which helps in delivering a better user experience for the visitors.
Advertisement cookies are used to provide visitors with customized advertisements based on the pages you visited previously and to analyze the effectiveness of the ad campaigns.
Research Fellow
Faculty of Business and Accounting
Dr Strike Mbulawa is a well-seasoned research economist who has been in the educational sector for more than 10 years. He has worked in the industry (private and public) for eight years. He has a Doctorate in Economics (UB); an MSc in Finance and Investment (NUST), a BSc (Hons) in Economics (UZ), Management Accounting (CIMA, UK) and PostGraduate Diploma Higher Education (BU).
He is a Certified Associate for Digital teaching & Learning, a certified assessor and a moderator by the Botswana Qualifications Authority. He does corporate training in the fields of Accounting, Finance and Economics. It is the same fields that his research efforts are being channelled into. He is well acquainted with time series, non-parametric, parametric and panel data analysis. He has advanced knowledge of Software for Statistics and Data Science (STATA), Statistical Package for the Social Sciences (SPSS), e-views and Financial Modeling in Excel. He has been working with think tanks like the African Economic Research Consortium (AERC) since 2010. He received training and practical applications in the proposal, data analysis and drafting policy briefs. He has published over twenty-seven (27) research articles in peer-reviewed journals.
Main research interests over the last 5 years
Dr Strike Mbulawa
-
July 2023
Government expenditure on health and economic growth in Botswana: Testing for cointegration and specification of deterministic components using the pantula principle. International Journal of Research in Business and Social Science (2147-4478), 12(2), pp.204-216. This study examines the relationship between government expenditure on health and economic growth in Botswana. It seeks to test the existence of […]
Continue Reading
Dr Strike Mbulawa
-
July 2023
This chapter introduces the concept of financial globalization and examines the factors driving financial globalization in emerging and developing market economies. The role of financial globalization in driving the development and strengthening of the financial sector, sustainable economic growth, and the nature of innovations are explored. On a broader scale, there is a need to […]
Continue Reading
Dr Strike Mbulawa
-
November 2021
International Journal of Business & Economic Sciences Applied Research. 2020 Jul 1;13(3). Zimbabwe experienced hyperinflation (2000-2008) followed by dollarization from 2009 onwards which had implications on dividend policy. In this context, this study isolates the main determinants and examines their behaviour across the distribution of dividend policy. Design/methodology/approach: The study employs quantile regression analysis and […]
Continue Reading
