Personal Details

Name of Faculty: K. Opoku Ababio  (Mr.)

Faculty/ School: School of Business

Department: Department of Banking & Finance

Position; Lecturer

[email protected]

Date of Birth: August 7, 1969                       Home Town: Nsuta.Ashanti/ Ghanaian

Marital Status: Married with 4 children

 Academic Areas of interest

Finance, Banking, Entrepreneurship and small business management, financial management, Microfinance, International Business, Management and Insurance.

Courses taught

Finance of International Trade, Insurance & Risk Management, Financial Management; Business Research Methods: Micro Finance; Entrepreneurship and Small Business Management; International Business; Business Finance; Financial Management & Budgeting.

 Academic degree

MBA (Finance), Kwame Nkrumah University of Science & Technology, - Kumasi

B.Sc. Admin. Degree (Banking & Finance), School of Administration,( Now School of Business) University of Ghana-Legon.

PUBLICATION

        Research Papers

·        Owusu, C. K., Churchill, R.Q., Opoku, A.K., (2014) The Impact of Organizational Restructuring on the Financial Performance of Public Banks: A Post Restructuring Assessment of Agricultural Development Bank, Ghana Research Journal of Finance and Accounting ISSN 2222-1697 (Paper) ISSN 2222-2847 (Online), Vol.5, No.16, 2014.  www.iiste.org

·        Churchill, R.Q., Owusu, C.K., Opoku, A.K. (2014), The Determinant of Banks Interest Rates Spreads in Ghana.  International Journal of Economic Behavior and Organization doi: 10.11648/j.ijebo.20140204.11 ISSN: 2328-7608  (Print); ISSN: 2328-7616 (Online), (http://www.sciencepublishinggroup.com/j/ijebo)

·        GANU, Josephine, OPOKU ABABIO, Kwaku & AGYEKUM BOATENG, Peter (2013), Proposing Social Entrepreneurship Initiative as key ingredient in promoting socio-economic development in Ghana. Arabian Journal of Business and Management review ( pp) 653

Further Training/Workshops/conferences attended

·                 January 9-11, 2012      2^nd International Conference on Accounting Education on a team: Promoting the use of Rigorous Application of Global Accounting Standards. Valley View University, Oyibi-Ghana.

·        July 31-Aug 4, 2011;    International conference on “Millennium Development Goals (MDGS) as instrument for Africa”; organized by Valley View University’ Ghana & in collaboration with Babcock University, Nigeria.

·        April 2002:-         Training in Effective Supervisory Management organized by PEM (Programme for Effective Management) in partnership with TRACK Training International

·        August 2001:-     Training in proposal writing & Contract Negotiation, organized by Ernst & Young

·        September 2001: Project Management organized by GAC in collaboration with ESSA

·        October 2001:    -Training in Effective Report Writing by Ghana Association of Consultants (GAC)

·        November 2001:-Total Quality Management by GAC in collaboration with Ernst & Young

·        April 2002:- Training in Presentation Skills organized by GAC.