Qualifications
Biography
Biography : Dr. Winnie Thebuho is a distinguished academic and financial management professional based in Namibia, currently serving as a Senior Lecturer at the Namibia University of Science and Technology (NUST) within the Department of Economics, Accounting and Finance. She is a seasoned Researcher who has worked as a Consultant on Energy and Climate finance projects. Among others, served as a Manager of the Namibia Public Service Savings and Credit Co-operative (NAMSACCO), where she led strategic initiatives to enhance financial inclusion through the co-operative model.
Dr Thebuho holds a PhD in Development Finance from the University of Stellenbosch Business School. Her thesis explored financial globalisation, energy consumption, and environmental sustainability.Research Focus :
- Sustainable and Development Finance
- Financial Inclusion and Economic Growth
- Financial Globalisation
- Financial Development
- socio-economic landscape
- Sustainable development and Green Finance
- Climate finance
- Energy finance
- Energy Consumption
- Climate change adaptation.
Teaching
Undergraduate
Postgraduate
Community Development Activities:
Consulting for the Namibia Public Service Savings and Credit Co-operative (NAMSACCO), which operates as a member-based financial institution specifically designed to serve the financial needs of public servants in Namibia. Its objectives are centered on the principles of the global SACCO model: promotion of thrift, provision of affordable credit, and the enhancement of the socio-economic welfare of its members.
Publications: Listings of :
Thebuho, W., Opperman, P. & Steenkamp, L. The asymmetry effect of financial development on energy consumption in Sub-Saharan Africa (SSA). Biennial Conference of the Economic Society of South Africa (ESSA), 14-16 September 2021, Virtual.
Winnie Thebuho, Dr Lee-Ann Steenkamp and Dr Pieter Opperman – University of Stellenbosch Business School; “The effect of foreign direct investment and energy consumption on environmental pollution in Sub-Saharan Africa”. Global Development Finance Conference (GDFC), 16-17 November 2021, Virtual.
Thebuho, W., Opperman, P., & Steenkamp, L.-A. (2022). The asymmetric effect of financial development on energy consumption in sub-Saharan Africa. Cogent Economics & Finance, 10(1). https://doi.org/10.1080/23322039.2022.2095770
Steenkamp, L.-A., & Thebuho, W. (2022). Understanding Smallholder Farmers’ Perceptions of and Adaptations to Climate Change. In Climate Change and Agriculture (pp. 443–464). John Wiley & Sons, Ltd https://doi.org/https://doi.org/10.1002/9781119789789.ch18
Winnie Thebuho, Dr Lee-Ann Steenkamp and Dr Pieter Opperman – University of Stellenbosch Business School; “The effect of financial openness on environmental degradation in Sub-Saharan Africa”. Global Development Finance Conference (GDFC), 16-17 November 2022.
Winnie Thebuho, Dr Lee-Ann Steenkamp and Dr Pieter Opperman – University of Stellenbosch Business School; “The effect of financial openness on environmental degradation in Sub-Saharan Africa”. Global Development Finance Conference (GDFC), 16-17 November 2022.Winnie Thebuho, “The effect of financial openness on environmental degradation in Sub-Saharan Africa”. University of Mauritius, 05-07 December 2023.
de Beer, J, & Thebuho, W. (2024). Climate finance and the role of GPI.
In Namibia. Global public investment. Namibia Technical Note.
Thebuho, W., Opperman, P., & Steenkamp, L.-A. (2024). The effect of foreign direct investment inflows and energy consumption on environmental pollution in Sub-Saharan Africa. Review of Development Finance Journal, 14(1). https://journals.co.za/doi/full/10.10520/ejc-rdfin_v14_n1_a5
