Designation

Dean, School of Business & Senior Lecturer of Economics

E-mail Address

csimiyu@kcau.ac.ke

Academic Qualification

• 2012: PhD in Development Economics – National Graduate Institute for Policy Studies (GRIPS), Tokyo, Japan.
• 2010: MA in Development Economics – National Graduate Institute for Policy Studies (GRIPS), Tokyo, Japan.
• 2007: MSc in Mathematical Statistics – University of Nairobi.
• 2004: Bachelor of Science in Applied Statistics – Maseno University

Other Qualifications

• 2023: Certificate in Data Science & Machine Learning: Making Data Driven Decisions, MIT Schwarzman School of Computing, Institute of Data Systems and Society, MIT, USA.
• 2017: East Africa Social Science Translation (EASST) Fellow (Post–doctoral) at the Center for Effective Global Action (CEGA) at the University of California, Berkeley, USA
• 2017: Certificate in Bioethics Training, KAVI–ICR, sponsored by International Development Research Center (IDRC).

Membership of Professional Bodies or Associations

Profile

Dr. Christine N. Simiyu was a MEXT (Japanese Government) scholar at the National Graduate Institute for Policy Studies (GRIPS), Tokyo, Japan (2009–2012), and a recipient of the Monbukagakusho Scholarship (2009). She holds an MA and a PhD in Development Economics from GRIPS, Tokyo, Japan. Additionally, she is an East Africa Social Science Translation (EASST) Fellow at the Center for Effective Global Action (CEGA) at the University of California, Berkeley, USA, through the CEGA–EASST Fellowship Award. She has advanced knowledge of Microsoft Office suite, LaTEX, IBM- SPSS, STATA, EVIEWS, EPPI for systematic literature review, NVIVO for qualitative research methods and programming using PYTHON.

Research Interest

Academic Background

• Econometrics
• Development Economics
• Microeconomic Theory and Applications
• Statistics

Selected Publications(Books, Refereed publications & Non Refereed publications)

• Mwangi, C.M., Simiyu, C.N., & Mwangi., R.M. (2024). Mediating Role of Foreign Direct Investment in the Relationship between Selected Socio-political Factors and Economic Growth in Kenya, Uganda and Tanzania. Global Journal of Economics and Trade, 2(1),1-54
  https://doi.org/10.58425/gjet.v2i1.265
• Simiyu, C. N., & Nyaribo, W. (2024). Determinants of Self-perceived Employability of University Students in Kenya: An Empirical Approach. Journal of Education and Teaching Methods, 3(1), 13-25.
  https://doi.org/10.58425/jetm.v3i1.266
• Wakarindi, A., & Simiyu, C.N. (2024). Effect of Calendar Anomalies and Stock Return Volatility Using GARCH Models: Evidence from Nairobi Securities Exchange. American Journal of Finance and Business Management, 3(1), 41-61
  https://doi.org/10.58425/ajfbm.v3i1.269
• Omina, J., & Simiyu, C.N. (2024). Relationship between financial deepening indicators and stock market performance in Kenya. International Journal of Business & Management Studies, Vol 5(8).
  https://doi.org/10.56734/ijbms.v5n8a6
• Misorimaligayo, B., & Simiyu, C. (2022). The relations between telephony money transactions and inflation determination: Evidence from Kenya using ARDL approach. International Journal of Interdisciplinary Research in Social Science, Vol 1(2).
  https://www.kcaijirss.com/index.php/home/article/view/13
• Gakumo, S., & Simiyu, C. (2018). Factors influencing dividend payout decisions of financial and non-financial companies listed on Nairobi Security Exchange. Journal of International Business, Innovation and Strategic Management 2(2), 123-144. http://www.jibism.org/core_files/index.php/JIBISM/article/view/55
• Wekhe, B., & Simiyu, C. (2018). Effect of Total Factor Productivity on Economic Growth in Kenya: An Empirical Analysis. Journal of Economics and Finance, Vol(9), 01-23.
  https://www.iosrjournals.org/iosr-jef/papers/Vol9-Issue6/Version-2/A0906020123.pdf
• Simiyu, C. (2015). Explaining the relationship between economic growth and public expenditure in Kenya using Vector Error Correction Model. International Journal of Economic Sciences, Vol 4(3), pp 19-38
  DOI: 10.20472/ES.2015.4.3.002
• Simiyu, C., & Ngile, N., (2015). Effect of Macroeconomic Variables on Profitability of Commercial Banks listed in the Nairobi Securities Exchange. International Journal of Economic, Commerce and Vol (3) Issue 4.
  http://ijecm.co.uk/wp- content/uploads/2015/04/3411.pdf
• Ogoro, G., & Simiyu, C. (2015). Effectiveness of audit committees in the public sector: A Case of Parastatals in Kenya. Research Journal of Finance and Accounting, Vol. 6 (4) pp 56 – 65.
  https://www.iiste.org/Journals/index.php/RJFA/article/view/19969
• Mwangani, A., & Simiyu, C. (2014). An analysis of low-cost residential housing development for the urban poor: A case study of Kibera and Mathare slums in Nairobi. Journal of Economics and Sustainable Development, Vol 5 (16), pp 2222-2855
  https://iiste.org/Journals/index.php/JEDS/article/view/15330/15550
• Simiyu, C. (2013). Remittances and Household Expenditures in Kenya. Journal of Emerging Issues in Economics, Banking and Finance, 2 (3) pp 717-727. https://iiste.org/Journals/index.php/JEDS/article/view/15330/15550
• Simiyu, C. (2013). Impact of Post-Election Violence and Mobile-Money Services on Remittances in International Journal of Business and Social Science, Vol. 4 (8) pp 320-332. https://ijbssnet.com/journals/Vol_4_No_8_Special_Issue_July_2013/31.pdf

Research Grants

• KES 30,680,000 (£186,000) funded by the British Council on Youth Entreprenuership Education (Co-investigator);
• KES 2,500,000 funded by Anti-Counterfeit Authority to genenerate evidence that can inform policy development  about counterfeiting in Kenya (Expert for Consumer level Survey);
• KES 525,000 funded by the Kenya National Innovation Agency (KeNIA) to support develop a commercialization framework to support KCA University become an entreprenuarial University.
• KES 4,7772,560 (USD 36,712) funded by IDRC on “Evidence for informing optimization and scaling of youth and women led clean energy enterprises and business models in Kenya, Malawi, Uganda & South Africa” an IDRC Sustainable Inclusive Economics Programme (Team Leader);
• KES 1,000,000 (USD 10,000) seed grant funded by CEGA to implement Impact Evaluation Trainings at KCA University (Principal Investigator).