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About Me<\/strong><\/p>\n

Born in Zuarungu<\/a> in the Upper East Region of Ghana, I pursued my basic education at the local primary and middle schools fairly close to my home. I proceeded to Bawku Secondary School (also in the Upper East Region) for my GCE Ordinary and Advanced levels, and then to the University of Ghana where I pursued a Bachelors Degree in Chemistry with Biochemistry.<\/p>\n

Upon completing my National Service as a TA in the Chemistry Department, University of Ghana<\/a>, I enrolled for a Masters degree in Chemistry in the same university. Whilst undertaking my postgraduate studies, I won a University of California Education Abroad Program<\/a> scholarship and was sponsored to undertake a one-year study\/research at the University of California, Los Angeles,<\/a>\u00a0USA.<\/p>\n

I subsequently returned to Ghana and completed my MPhil degree in Chemistry after which I was appointed a lecturer in the Chemistry Department, University of Ghana. I served in this position for about 5 years and was again granted a Fulbright Scholarship to pursue graduate studies in Instructional Technology at Columbia University, New York<\/a>, USA. Under this program, I pursued a 2 year MA degree, and upon completion, was offered a 6-month opportunity to work at the ICT for Development Unit of the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP), New York, USA, as a policy specialist.<\/p>\n

Following this, I returned to Ghana and was engaged as a lecturer at the Ghana India Kofi Annan Centre of Excellence in ICT<\/a>, Accra. After serving in this position for 2 years,\u00a0I returned to Columbia University in 2005 for my doctorate degree in Instructional Technology, and graduated in 2009. I capped off my doctoral education with a one-year postdoctoral research fellowship at the EdLab, Teachers College, Columbia University<\/a>, USA.<\/p>\n

In August 2010, I was appointed a Senior Lecturer and Director of Instructional Technology at the Regent University College of Science & Technology<\/a>, Accra. After holding this position for 2 years, I joined Ghana Communication Technology University (GCTU), formerly Ghana Technology University College (GTUC) as a Senior Lecturer and Director of the Kumasi Satellite Campus. In February 2013, I was reassigned as the Head of the Information Technology Support Services (ITSS) Department at the main campus in Accra. From January 2015 to May 2016, I handled an additional portfolio as the Head of the Centre for Online Learning & Teaching (COLT)<\/a> also located at the main GTUC campus.<\/p>\n

In August 2018, I was promoted to the rank of Associate Professor, and subsequently reassigned as the Acting Dean of the Faculty of Engineering in November 2021.<\/p>\n

The foregoing shows that my working career has spanned over 25 years, all of which have been in the tertiary\/higher education sector. I have therefore honed my skills as a lecturer (having taught over 10 different courses at all levels, and supervised scores of students in their research theses<\/a>) and a researcher (having researched and published several articles<\/a>, as well as made presentations in several conferences).<\/p>\n

I presently live in Accra with my wife Victoria and three offspring – Barbara, Anna and Gifty.<\/p>\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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