Dr Tafadzwa Mupingashato

	Name	Dr. Tafadzwa Luke Mupingashato
	Highest qualification	PhD in Economics (University of the Witwatersrand, South Africa)
	Position	Post-Doctoral Research Fellow
	Contact details	mupintl@unisa.ac.za
	Research interests/expertise	Trade misinvoicing and illicit financial flows, International trade policy and regional integration (AfCFTA, COMESA, BRICS), Remittances, financial inclusion, and poverty alleviation, Industrial policy and sectoral development, Minerals governance and the political economy of critical minerals, Macroeconomic modeling and evidence-based policymaking, Governance, institutions, and development finance

Current Projects:

• Dual Burdens: Assessing the Impact of Foreign Currency Surrender Requirements on Private Sector Performance and Public Sector Efficiency in Zimbabwe
• Monetary Efficiency under AfCFTA: Trade Openness, Misinvoicing and Currency Union Simulation in 30 African Countries
• Dynamic Implications of Economic Structural Reforms on Inclusive Economic Growth, Poverty and Systematic Inequality: Sub-Saharan Economies
• Financial Health of Publicly Listed Stocks and Social Progress: An Empirical Inquiry on the Zimbabwe Stock Exchange (ZSE)
• Infrastructure Deficits, Trade Misinvoicing, Linguistic Structures, and Capital Flight in Africa: An Empirical Analysis of the Infrastructure Financing Gap (1970–2015)
• Trade Realignments under Sanctions: The Growth of BRICS–Russia Economic Ties Amid U.S. Sanctions
• Trading with the Dragon: An Econometric Analysis of the Impact of Trade with China on Domestic Production Growth
• Monetary Dynamics: Investigating the Relationship between Money Supply, Velocity, and Nominal GDP in Africa (1980–2023)
• The Macroeconomic Perspective of the Nexus between the National Health Status and National Productivity: A Case for South Africa (1990–2020)
• The Nexus Relationship between Economic Growth, Foreign Currency Retention, Central Bank Independence, and Governance in Selected African Countries
• The Impact of Foreign Currency Retention, Capacity Utilisation, and Economic Growth: Evidence from Selected African Countries
• The Impact of Trade Misinvoicing and Non-Tariff Trade Barriers on African Regional Integration: An Empirical Study of Selected African Regional Blocs
• Comparing the Economic Impact of Raw Material Exports versus Processed Goods Exports: A CGE Analysis of Foreign Value Added and Domestic Value Added in South Africa (1990–2022)
• Examining the Impact of Policy Certainty, Consistency, and Trade-Based Capital Flight in Africa: A Secondary Data Analysis for Selected African Countries
• Financial Structure and Cooperative Efficiency: Pecking-order Evidence from Small-Scale Miners in Zimbabwe
• Impact of Financial Innovation, Inflation, GDP Growth, Real Interest Rates, Financial Development, and Investments on Savings in Selected African Countries
• Exploring the Relationship between Global Commodity Prices and South Africa’s GDP Growth in the Post-Pandemic Era

Short biography

Dr. Tafadzwa Luke Mupingashato is a postdoctoral research fellow at the Thabo Mbeki African School of Public and International Affairs, University of South Africa. He holds a PhD in Economics from the University of the Witwatersrand, where his doctoral research examined the political economy of trade misinvoicing in Africa. His broader research interests encompass illicit financial flows, trade and industrial policy, financial inclusion, and macroeconomic governance.

Dr. Mupingashato has conducted extensive research across SADC, COMESA, and BRICS regions, and has worked with multiple stakeholders including government ministries, regional organizations, and international donors. His policy-relevant research integrates econometric modeling, qualitative methods, and institutional analysis to advance development outcomes.

Selected publications

• Mupingashato, T. L. (2022). Remittances and Household Welfare in Zimbabwe: An Empirical Analysis of Consumption, Education, and Health Outcomes. African Journal of Economic Policy, 29(2), 115–137.