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Nkomo, Nomusa Yolanda

Faculty: Faculty of Commerce, Administration and Law
Department: Economics
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6526-6227
Research Interest(s): Health economics, Local economic development, Macroeconomics.
Active Research Project(s): The health economics focusing mainly on the correlation between child health, child education and maternal tobacco use.
Active Community Engagement: The Economics and Entrepreneurship Education Program (TEEEP).
Biography: Dr. Nomusa Yolanda Nkomo is a lecturer at the University of Zululand Department of Economics, Faculty of Commerce, Administration, and Law. She holds a PhD 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.
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    Entrepreneurship skills acquisition programs: a tool for economic development
    2023
     | Caddo Gap Press
    Entrepreneurship skills acquisition has gained unprecedented importance because of its role in economic development. This study examined the influence of skill acquisition programs as a tool for economic growth in Nigeria. The study made use of two objectives which seek to find out the influence of skill acquisition on economic development and also investigate gender differences in skill acquisition on economic development. Two hypotheses were formulated, which were drawn from the objective of the study. A survey research design was adopted in the study. The population were unemployed youths in Ondo state, Nigeria. A sample size of two hundred (200) unemployed youths was selected. A simple random sampling technique was used to select the participants. A primary source of data collection was adopted, which involved the use of a self-constructed questionnaire. Results revealed that skill acquisition has a significant influence on economic development [F (l, 198) 194.24]; there is a significant gender difference in skill acquisition on economic development [t (198) =.891, p 0.05] such that male youth (M = 58.44; SD = 8.70) have the same level of skill acquisition compared to female youths (M = 41-56; SD = 7.52). It was concluded that skill acquisition programmes provided for unemployed youths have actually influenced the economic development of Nigeria. It was recommended that the government should ensure that skill acquisition centres are well equipped so as to ensure a suitable learning environment; and the government should help finance those who have undergone skill acquisition programs to enable them to set up a business to become entrepreneurs.
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    Gender separation of entrepreneurship skills acquisition programmes for economic development
    2023
     | Centre for Business ...
    Learning entrepreneurial skills has taken on a significance never before seen as a result of their significance to economic growth. In this study, the impact of skill development initiatives on Nigeria's economic development was examined. The study used two objectives: to look into how gender differences in skill acquisition affected economic development and to determine how skill acquisition affected economic development. A quantitative method in the form of a questionnaire was used to sample two hundred (200) unemployed youths. Results revealed that there is a significant gender difference in skill acquisition for economic development and that skill acquisition has a significant influence on economic development. The study concluded that youths perceive skill acquisition programmes to have a positive effect on employment creation. Likewise, gender equality is to be considered in skills acquisition training. In general, the involvement of both genders in skill acquisition programmes will go a long way toward improving the nation's economic development.
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