Faculty of Commerce

1 Faculty of Commerce Faculty of Commerce 23. 12 March 2022. July 2021. Qualifications conferred on Chemisto, Musa Satya Kemp, Esti 23 March 2022. Thesis Title: Optimizing perspectives: Thesis Title: Non-bank financial a classic grounded theory of intermediation a focus on South Africa stakeholder perceptions on WSDB. The Faculty of Commerce influence in Uganda's water sector Esti Kemp completed her BCom and graduation walk of celebration took BCom (Hons) qualifications at the place on 28 March 2022. Musa Chemisto holds BSc and MSc university of Pretoria, and began Computer Science degrees from the her PhD on a part-time basis at UCT.

2 Islamic university in Uganda and Islamic in 2016. She was employed at the university of Technology, Bangladesh. South African Reserve Bank for Faculty OF Commerce He joined UCT in 2014 for his PhD roughly eight years before joining studies with iCOMMS research group. the Financial Stability Board in 2018. He works as an IT Director and Lecturer Esti Kemp's thesis sheds light Dean: Professor S Goodman at the Islamic university in Uganda. on the non-bank financial intermediation Musa Chemisto's thesis sector in South Africa also known as focuses on developing a new theory the shadow banking industry.

3 She sets out regarding the influence of Information to measure its components over time and DOCTOR OF PHILOSOPHY. and Communication Technology (ICT) its interconnectedness with the banking on Uganda's water sector development. sector. She finds that growth of non-bank Boamah-Abu, Charles He investigates the impact of the Water financial intermediaries in South Africa Thesis Title: A sequential explanatory Supply Database (WSDB), implemented outpaced that of banks after the 2008. mixed methods investigation of by Uganda's Ministry of Water and financial crisis.

4 She also finds significant e-government outcomes evaluation Environment (MWE) to support links between banks and investment practice in developing countries: South Africa as context governance. Adopting Classic Grounded funds in particular money-market Theory (CGT) methodology allowed funds. Using detailed data on investment Charles Boamah-Abu completed a him to propose a conceptual theory fund holdings, she proposes a method to BScHons (Computer Science) at Rhodes based on data collected from multiple compute losses to the financial system as university and an MCom in Information stakeholders.

5 The theory connotes a result of a failure of the banks based on Systems at UCT. His interests in constructs which infer continual WSDB look-through exposures. She shows that computing span software development, optimisation by the MWE to improve the traditional financial cycle for South human-computer interaction, and IT citizen's access to water country-wide. Africa has a longer duration and larger management. He has worked as an industry His findings contribute firstly to ICT for amplitude than the business cycle. She consultant and taught at universities.

6 Development (ICT4D) or Information also finds that the cyclical properties of Charles Boamah-Abu's thesis Systems in Developing Countries non-bank credit cycles differ from those focuses on e-government outcomes (ISDC) research which examines the of bank credit Her findings emphasise evaluation practice in developing development-oriented significance of the importance of monitoring non-bank countries, with South Africa as context. ICT. Secondly, is the findings are useful credit. He adopts Schatzki's site ontology for understanding the implications of to investigate the practice of public adopting CGT for ICT4D research in Supervisor: Dr C-P Georg employees drawn from Evaluation, Sub-Saharan Africa.

7 Finally, his theory (School of Economics). Information Technology, and other provides concepts and guidelines backgrounds. He applies quantitative which inform social-technical analysis methods to identify the main elements of in Information Systems research, and Ongudi, Silas Okech e-government outcomes evaluation and future rational design of new substantive Thesis Title: Social safety nets in the different patterns of performance. theories. presence of weather shocks: three essays He further employs qualitative methods on development economics from village to examine these results.

8 The evidence Supervisor: Professor U Rivett economies in Kenya drawn from the two phases shows an (Department of Information Systems). inadequate internal organisational Silas Ongudi holds BSc and MSc capacity to conduct such evaluations degrees in Agricultural Economics and use the results for improvement. from egerton university , Kenya. He identifies aspects of current practice He joined the School of Economics which need improvement and develops at UCT in 2016 for his PhD studies. recommendations which target respective Silas Ongudi's thesis analyses stakeholders to advance e-government how social safety nets can be used as outcomes evaluation.

9 A policy instrument to cushion poor households from weather-induced Supervisor: Professor M Kyobe vulnerabilities. Using a unique (Department of Information Systems). 2. randomised controlled trail dataset go a long away in enabling household Mathebula, Peterwallace Khazamula from the Hunger Safety Net Programme energy transition through financial (with distinction in the (HSNP) conducted between 2010 inclusion of the poor. dissertation). and 2012, he shows that the effects of Oliveira, Sheila Liliana Silvestre drought-induced weather shocks are Supervisor: Professor E Muchapondwa Schabort, Kilian Petika (with distinction large, particularly during the early stage (School of Economics) in the dissertation and the degree of a child's life and that participating Co-Supervisor: A/Professor D Thiam with distinction).

10 In HSNP does not seem to cushion (School of Economics) Von Widdern, Chloe households from the effects associated with weather shocks. Further, he finds evidence of extensive crowding out MASTER OF INDUSTRIAL MASTER OF Commerce IN. effects of private transfers especially & ORGANISATIONAL DEVELOPMENT FINANCE. when private transfers are received PSYCHOLOGY. in non-cash forms. Finally, his thesis Nyathi, Lomakhosi underscores the important role of Viljoen, Charissa Amadea HSNP in improving the consumption Wertheimer, Demi Erin (with distinction of nutritious diets amongst income poor in the dissertation and the degree MASTER OF PEOPLE.)