Dr Denis Yuni

Areas of expertise
  • International Trade
  • Development Economics
  • Applied Econometrics
  • Data management & Analytics
  • Lecturing & Public speaking
Education
  • Ph.D. in Economics, Nnamdi Azikiwe University
  • M.Sc, Economics, University of Nigeria, Nsukka
  • B.Sc, Econimcs, University of Yaounde II, Soa

Dr. Denis Nfor Yuni is the coordinator of the research pillar of the World Trade Organization Chair. He is currently a senior lecturer in the Department of Economics at the National University of Lesotho. He has over 12 years of research experience and has published widely in prestigious journals indexed in Scopus and web of science. He has won research grants or consulted for the United Nations Institute for Natural Resources (UNU-INRA), World Bank Sub-national Doing Business, African Economic Research Consortium (AERC), African Heritage Institution, Climate Analytics, Afri-Uninet, STEG, CEEPA etc. He has over 8 years of university teaching experience at Alex Ekwueme Federal University Ndufu-alike (AEFUNAI), Evangel University Akaeze, and the National University of Lesotho (NUL).

He is the former Deputy Director, Centre for Internationalisation and Advancement of AEFUNAI. His research interests include issues related to International Trade, Development finance, environmental and political economics. His publications can be viewed on his Google_Scholar accounts and his Scopus accounts. He can be reached on social media via Linked_in and @denis_yuni is his twitter handle

publications

  • NUL WTO Chair Engages Future Trade Leaders at National Career Expo

    August 8, 2025 Posted by: NUL WTO Chair Category: Uncategorized No Comments The NUL WTO Chair recently participated in a nationwide career expo, an important outreach initiative aimed at inspiring high school students to explore careers in international trade. The event highlighted the wide range of exciting opportunities available to students who choose to pursue

    August 8, 2025
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  • NUL and RSL Sign Partnership MOU, Initiated by WTO Chair

    August 8, 2025 Posted by: NUL WTO Chair Category: Economics No Comments NUL and RSL Forge a New Partnership, Initiated by Dr. Tsotang Tsietsi The National University of Lesotho (NUL) and Revenue Services Lesotho (RSL) have officially signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU), an initiative spearheaded by Dr. Tsotang Tsietsi, former Co-Chair of the NUL

    August 8, 2025
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  • Annual Conference

    The Chair hosts a conference on an annual basis under a different and pertinent theme. In 2022 the theme was “The Right to Development and the Operationalization of the African Continental Free Trade Agreement.” The sub-themes included:
    1. Intra-African Trade and the Prospects for Poverty Eradication;
    2. The Roel of Foreign Direct Investment in the Development of Africa;
    3. Agricultural Development and the Food

    February 19, 2024
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Chengetai Euphemia Hamadziripi
International Conference Participant, Midlands State University, Zimbabwe