MS. AKUA AGYEIWAA-AFRANE

Brief Profile:

A Senior Lecturer in agribusiness management, passionate about agribusiness development and the empowerment of women and youth in the agricultural and food sector. Current coordinator of Central University’s BSc. Agribusiness programme. Career spans academia; public/civil service – Ministry of Food and Agriculture; and the private agribusiness sector. Has more than fifteen years combined experience in teaching at the higher education level, practical field level capacity building for agribusiness practitioners, research and contract farming. Has expertise in agricultural supply chain management, agricultural marketing, agricultural finance, business development and contract farming.

Qualification

  • MPhil. Agribusiness – University of Ghana (2010)   
  • BSc. Agricultural Technology (Agric. Economics & Extension)   – University for Development Studies (2016)

Research Interest:

  • Agricultural marketing
  • Agricultural supply chain management
  • Agribusiness SME development
  • Foreign direct investment and agribusiness.
  • Agricultural finance
  • Efficiency and productivity studies

Recent Publications:

  • Gidiglo, F. G., Agyeiwaa-Afrane, A., Agyei-Henaku, K. A. A-O., Badu-Prah, C., Srofenyoh, F., & Djokoto, J. G. (2023). Does foreign direct investment in Ghana promote welfare? Social Sciences & Humanities Open, 8, 100545.  https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ssaho.2023.100545
  • Agyeiwaa-Afrane, A., Agyei-Henaku, K. A. A-O., Badu-Prah, C., Srofenyoh, F., Gidiglo, F. G., & Djokoto, J. G. (2022). Drivers of Ghanaians’ approval of the electronic levy. SN Business Economics, 3(19). https://doi.org/10.1007/s43546-022-00367-3
  • Djokoto, J. G., Gidiglo, F. K., Srofenyoh, F. Y., & Agyeiwaa-Afrane, A. (2022). Human development effects of food manufacturing foreign direct investment. International Journal of Food and Agricultural Economics, 10(1), 23-39.

Contact Details:

Email addresses:      agyeiwaa79@gmail.com

                             aagyeiwaa.afrane@central.edu.gh

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