Personal profile

Biography

Afua is an Assistant Professor at the Newcastle Business School. She holds a BA (Hons) in Social Work and Sociology from the University of Ghana, an MSc in Development Evaluation and Management from the University of Antwerp, and a PhD in Management from Lancaster University.

Afua is keen on addressing poverty and inequality issues in developing contexts and provided immense direction for the Women Innovators Network for Africa (WINA) research project which emanated from Lancaster University’s £7M GCRF RECIRCULATE project. On the WINA project, Afua identified, recruited and engaged women entrepreneurs and scientists in the co-creation, co-design, and co-delivery of innovative solutions around the circular economy in several sub-Saharan African countries including Kenya, Ghana, Zambia, Nigeria, Malawi, South Africa and Botswana.

Afua is currently involved in the Global Entrepreneurial Talent Management (GETM4) research project, and will be working with a community of researchers and educators to support physical and mental wellbeing in a disrupted world via entrepreneurial action underpinned by responsible digital innovation. GETM4 is a €1.5M international, interdisciplinary research and innovation project that is being funded by the EU's Horizon, UKRO and the South Korean Education Ministry. The implementation of the GETM4 project will be done in the UK, Ireland, Estonia, Poland, Slovenia, Kenya, South Korea, North Macedonia, and Chile.

Afua's primary research interest lies at the intersection of entrepreneurship, innovation management and sustainable development. She has publications in Journal of Technology Transfer and Gender, Work and Organisations.

Research interests

Innovation management

Entrepreneurship

Intersectionality

Postcolonialism and decolonialism

Gender, work and organisations

Expertise related to UN Sustainable Development Goals

In 2015, UN member states agreed to 17 global Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) to end poverty, protect the planet and ensure prosperity for all. This person’s work contributes towards the following SDG(s):

  • SDG 1 - No Poverty
  • SDG 4 - Quality Education
  • SDG 5 - Gender Equality
  • SDG 8 - Decent Work and Economic Growth
  • SDG 9 - Industry, Innovation, and Infrastructure
  • SDG 10 - Reduced Inequalities
  • SDG 17 - Partnerships for the Goals

Education/Academic qualification

Management, PhD

Collaborations and top research areas from the last five years

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