Researcher: Tselahale Serongwa, University of the Witwatersrand, JohannesburgSupervisor: Dr Wilbert Chagwiza, University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg The banking sector needs the ability to categorize the customer data they possess to enable business intelligence analytics and improve their marketing strategies. They require trivial automated models that yield interpretable

Researcher: Ruan Pretorius, University of the Witwatersrand, JohannesburgSupervisors: Prof. Terence van Zyl, University of Johannesburg and Dr Farai Mlambo, University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg Accurate financial time series forecasts can assist investors in gaining a competitive edge over other participants in capital markets No empirical conclusion existed

Researcher: Sheena Phillip, University of the Witwatersrand, JohannesburgSupervisor: Dr Wilbert Chagwiza, University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg Fraud detection of health care providers is a growing concern worldwide as billions of dollars is lost each year. Medicare publicly released health provider data in order to encourage the development

Researcher: By Kabo Phage, University of the Witwatersrand, JohannesburgSupervisor: Prof. Gregory Farrell, University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg Financial cycles capture the evolution of risks to financial stability, and it follows that they are important for macro prudential policymakers.  The robust measurement thereof can aid in formulating and

Researcher: Rinae Tshivhidzo, University of the Witwatersrand, JohannesburgSupervisor: Dr Wilbert Chagwiza, University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg Researchers have devoted their focus to studying stock market prediction. However, predicting the stock trend is still an open question. With the development of the advanced period, the prediction of stock

Researcher: Rosa Manoim, University of the Witwatersrand, JohannesburgSupervisor: Dr Michelle Small, University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg According to the South African government, “the advancement of human rights and the promotion of democracy are pillars on which South Africa’s foreign policy rests”. Yet as the statistical results here

Researcher: Neo Matsobane, University of the Witwatersrand, JohannesburgSupervisor: Dr Wilbert Chagwiza, University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg The idea of predicting stock prices has always appealed to both financial investors and researchers. The stock market is unforeseeable in nature whereby financial Investors consistently enquire if the cost of

Researcher: Nkosenhle Mdluli, University of the Witwatersrand, JohannesburgSupervisors: Rudzani Mulaudzi and Dr Ritesh Ajoodha, University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg As of quarter 2 2021, South Africa officially became the country with the highest unemployment rate in the world. The rate currently sits at 34, 4% and is

Researcher: Christina Meletakos, University of the Witwatersrand, JohannesburgSupervisors: Prof. Rod Alence and Dr Ekeminiabasi Eyita-Okon, University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg Questions were asked as to the role corruption plays in the building and production of the following renewable energies (RE) across the world: Hydropower, Biopower, Wind power,

Researcher: Gift Mahlatse Mphahlele, University of the Witwatersrand, JohannesburgSupervisor: TBA This study aimed to investigate the nature of the relationship between the global news sentiment with the local news sentiment and exchange rates for two countries, South Africa and Nigeria.  The transformer architecture was used to do