The Council of the Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology (KNUST) has approved Professor Nkansa Asante as the first Economics Professor in Ghana.
Professor Nkansa Asante holds the position of the Vice Dean at the Faculty of Social Sciences of the College of Humanities and Social Sciences, KNUST.
From 2019 to 2022, Prof. Nkansa Asante served as the Head of the Department of Economics at KNUST
Additionally, she holds a Visiting Lecturer position at the Joint Facility for Electives (JFE) of the African Economic Research Consortium (AERC).
Having worked in the teaching field for close to two decades, Professor Nkansa Asante’s scholarly endeavours primarily focus on Economic Policy Analysis, Monetary Economics, and Financial Economics.
She holds a Bachelor’s and PhD in Economics from KNUST and a master’s degree from the University of Ghana Legon.
Prior to her tenure at KNUST, she contributed significantly as a research officer to the Governance Division of the African Development Bank in Abidjan.
Professor Nkansa Asante also served in the capacity of a public administrator at the Kumasi Metropolitan Assembly.
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