Mr Uaurika Kahireke
Qualification
Biography
Uaurika Kahireke earned Master of Science (Real Estate) at the University of Aberdeen; (B.Sc Hons) Property Studies (PON); Adv. Dip. Property Finance (UNISA); ND Valuation and Estate Management (PON); Cert. Banking & Risk Management (UNISA). He joined then the Department of Land and Property Sciences in June 2015 as a Junior Lecturer Lands and Property Studies; he is currently holding a position of lecturer in property studies. Before joining Namibia University of Science and Technology (NUST), he worked in both private holding positions in property valuations and property assets management.
Professional Affiliation
- Professional Property Valuer (NIV)
- Sworn Appraiser
Research Focus Areas
- Real Estate Markets Research
- Mortgage Finance and Securitization
- Real Estate Valuation and Investment
- Computer Applications to Real Estate
- Mortgage and Asset-Backed Security
- Land Markets
- Economics of Sustainable Development
- Property law and Taxation
- Real Estate Economics and Urban Economics
Courses Currently Teaching
Undergraduate
- Land Economics
- Procurement and Logistics for Property Management
- Computer Applications to Real Estate
Postgraduate
- Real Estate Market Analysis
- Research Projects
Community Development Activities
- Member of the Namibia Institute of Property Valuers (NIV)
- Departmental outreach liaison officer (Show and Career fairs)
Selected Publications
Non peer-reviewed articles
- Bayer, C-T., Enemark, S., & Kirk, M. (2019). Land Governance in Southern Africa: Synthesis report. NUST-
- NELGA Hub for Southern Africa. http://landsymposium.nust.na/sites/default/files/Synthesis-Report.pd
Newspaper articles
- Property Crowdfunding, an Alternative to Housing Finance https://www.namibian.com.na/180141/archive-read/Property-Crowd-funding-an-Alternative-to-Housing-Finance
Conference presentations & invited talks
- Development Of Commercial Real Estate Crowdfunding Markets And Regulation: Evidence For Namibia From The Uk https://ideas.repec.org/p/afr/wpaper/afres2017_116.html
- The practicability of UK regulations for property crowd funding platforms for Namibia.
- 2017 Conference on Land Policy Nov 2017 Addis Ethiopia
