Position: Lecturer

Email address: knowledge.jonasi@nust.ac.zw

Biography

Mr Knowledge Jonasi is a Finance lecturer with 4 years university experience and he joined NUST in May 2024. He holds a MSc in Finance and Investment (NUST) and is currently studying for a PhD in Management Science specializing in Public Management-Public Administration with Durban University of Technology, In the lectureship journey, he has taught a range of undergraduate and postgraduate courses including Corporate Finance, Investment Analysis and Financial Econometrics and Data Analysis. He is an active researcher and has already published several peer-reviewed articles in Scopus indexed journals, with research interests including Public Finance, Behavioral Finance, Financial Inclusion and Digital Finance.

Academic Qualifications

PhD Candidate in Management Sciences specializing in Public Management-Public Admin DUT, RSA,

MSc Finance and Investment, NUST, Zimbabwe

BBS (Hons) Banking and Finance, BUSE, Zimbabwe

Certificate in Research Ethics, the University of Hong Kong

Courses Taught

Corporate Finance, Advanced Corporate Finance, Financial Econometrics and Data Analysis, Introduction to Financial Markets and Instruments, Research and Innovation Skills, and Fund Management

Research Interests

Public Finance and Debt Management

Financial Inclusion

Household Finance

Green Finance

Research Links

Google Scholar: https://scholar.google.com/citations?user=JqiQ3EAAAAAJ&hl=en&oi=ao

ResearchGate: https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Knowledge-Jonasi

ORCID: https://orcid.org/0009-0001-8752-9286

Community Engagement

Knowledge is eager to be actively involved in departmental workshops and community awareness campaigns on finance related issues, having demonstrated high levels of community engagements in prior institutions he worked for. He once made a presentation at a workshop organized for the Roman Catholic Youths in Bindura in April 2024, where he taught the youths the importance of financial discipline and the benefits of investing in the financial markets.