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I am an Associate Professor of Development Economics at the DSI/NRF South African Research Chair in Industrial Development (SARChI Industrial Development), University of Johannesburg (UJ), South Africa. Before joining the Chair, I was a Senior Researcher at the Centre for Competition, Regulation and Economic Development (CCRED) at UJ and a Research Officer at the Technology and Management Centre for Development (TMCD), Oxford Department of International Development (ODID), University of Oxford. I was also a Global Excellence and Stature (GES) Fellow and Open AIR’s Queen Elizabeth’s Scholar (QES) at the SARChI Industrial Development, University of Johannesburg, South Africa.

I obtained my Ph.D. in Economics of Innovation, Policy Studies of Technical Change and Governance in May 2018 from the United Nations University (UNU-MERIT)/Maastricht University, The Netherlands. I also hold a collaborative Master of Philosophy (M. Phil) in Economics from the University of Cape Coast (Ghana) and the African Economic Research Consortium’s Joint Facility for Electives: Collaborative Masters Programme (CMAP) in Economics.

I research broadly on development economics with interests in innovation, technologies, industrial development, labour markets, and firm behaviour, with a specific focus on developing countries.