Bio

Rumbidzai Chitaukire is a Doctoral candidate and Lisa Maskell Fellow (2023-2025) in the History Department at Stellenbosch University in South Africa. She is also a lecturer in the History Heritage and Knowledge Systems Department at the University of Zimbabwe. Ms Chitaukire holds an MA Degree in African Economic History, a BA Honours Degree in Economic History, and a BA Degree, all from the University of Zimbabwe. She is enthusiastic about dialogues concerning economic crises and survival, informal economies, gender, trade and tariff policies, and development in Africa. Her PhD thesis focuses on the experiences of women informal entrepreneurs in Zimbabwe (Harare) as they negotiate survival in a volatile political, economic, and social environment.