Education
Dr. Chiromo has completed various qualifications in the field of commerce and accounting including Doctor of Philosophy(PhD) in Management Studies, Master of Commerce in Taxation (Rhodes University) and Master of Commerce in Business Management specializing in Entrepreneurship passed with distinction at the University of South Africa (UNISA). Currently he is pursuing his second PhD (PhD in Accountancy specialise in Taxation) with North-West University; and CIMA CFO programme with a goal of earning a CIMA Chartered Global Management Accountant (CGMA) designation.
Dr. Chiromo's research interests reside in Management and Accountancy (taxation) fields. In management field, in his PHD thesis, he investigated the significant relationship between entrepreneurship and economic development from a South African perspective. Such studies have predominantly been done in developed countries and research indicates that findings of such studies are less effective when applied to developing countries such as South Africa, due to differences in economic, political and social structures between developed and developing countries. Hence, in his PhD in Management studies, he developed a framework for optimising the contribution of entrepreneurship to economic development with the aim of increasing employment generation and reducing poverty and inequality that South Africa and other African countries are currently facing.
In Accountancy (Taxation) field, he is investigating on how Corporate Income Tax systems of African Union member states can be harmonised to bring benefits for the member states. These benefits include, among others, the reduction of competition, reduction of economic distortions, reduction of tax evasion, minimisation of tax avoidance, reduction of administrative and compliance cost. Hence, in his PHD in Accountancy specialise in Taxation, he is endeavouring to develop a framework for the harmonisation of Corporate Income Tax in African Union member states. This framework will be beneficial to this economic integration as it will provides guidelines on how AU can harmonise the heterogeneous corporate income tax systems currently existing within the AU member states.
