Joseph Oscar Akotey
The researcher's work spans a comprehensive review of diverse areas in finance and social justice, focusing on themes such as insurance companies, microfinance, Islamic banking, environmental policies, household welfare, energy consumption, agricultural resilience, firm innovation, economic growth, community engagement, regulatory frameworks, valuation, food security, and sustainability.
Faculty Biography
Dr. Joseph Oscar Akotey is a Senior Lecturer at KNUST School of Business, Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Tecnology. He has a PhD in Development Finance from University of Stellenbosch. His research interest is centred on Development Finance, Risk Finance, and Performance Evaluation. He has published in internationally accredited 3-Star and 2-Star journals such as the World Development, Energy Policy, Geneva Papers on Risk and Insurance, Research in International Business and Finance, Journal of Developing Areas, Journal of Risk Finance, African Journal of Economics and Management Studies, Cogent Economics and Finance, etc. He has also made presentations at various international conferences such as the Centre for the Study of Africa Economies, Oxford University, WEI Conference at Harvard University, the Economic Society of South Africa, and the Global Development Finance Conferences. He is a reviewer for several accredited journals such as the Journal of Economics Studies, Accounting Research Journal, Journal of Risk Finance, Journal of Small Business and Enterprise Development, Geneva Papers, etc.He has successfully completed the thesis supervision of two (2) PhD students, more than 50 postgraduate students and more than 100 undergraduate students. He currently teaches International Finance, Project Finance, Financial Derivatives, and Ethics and Corporate Governance at KNUST School of Business.Joseph is the 1997 Western Regional recipient of the Presidential Award for the Best Student in the West Africa Secondary School Certificate Examinations. His secondary school was St. Mary’s Boys Senior High School, Apowa, Takoradi and basic school was St. Patrick Primary and Junior High School, Half-Assini.
Agricultural risk and resilience
Banking stability, regulation, efficiency
Building Energy and Comfort Optimization
Economic and Environmental Valuation
Economic Growth and Development
Environmental Education and Sustainability
Firm Innovation and Growth
Food Security and Health in Diverse Populations
Insurance and Financial Risk Management
Islamic Finance and Banking Studies
Market Dynamics and Volatility
Microfinance and Financial Inclusion
The regional informational efficiency of African banking sector
Several Initiatives but Little Results: A Novel Approach to Offer an Institutional Explanation for Food Insecurity in Ghana
Open AccessGovernance quality, regional integration and African banking sector stability
Integration of the African banking sector
Open AccessDoes It Pay for Banks to be Different? Evidence from a Developing Economy
Religious diversity, formal institutional environments and regulatory capital decisions
Systemic banking crisis, regulatory framework and economic growth resilience: Insight from the African economies
Operational risk and non-life insurers’ performance
The effect of a moveable collateral registry on MSME access to finance: Evidence from Malawi
Open AccessWhat accounts for the high underwriting losses in the Ghanaian insurance industry?
Risk Management and Compliance in Banking in Africa
A social constructionist approach to managing HVAC energy consumption using social norms – A randomised field experiment
INVESTOR HERD BEHAVIOUR IN AFRICA’S EMERGING AND FRONTIER MARKETS
Open AccessEconomic engagement and within emerging markets integration
The financial performance of rural banks in Ghana
Financing MSMEs (Micro Small and Medium Enterprises) in Nigeria: Implications of Transaction Costs
Open AccessMicroinsurance And Consumption Smoothing Among Low-Income Households In Ghana
Energy (electricity) consumption in South African hotels: A panel data analysis
MSMEs Productivity in Nigeria
Open AccessEnergy Consumption in South African Hotels: A Panel Data Analysis
Msmes and Employment Generation in Nigeria
Does Microcredit Increase Household Welfare in the Absence of Microinsurance?
The impact of microinsurance on household welfare in Ghana
Open AccessExploring the Effect of Microinsurance on Asset Inequality among Households in Ghana
The Impact of Microinsurance on Household Asset Accumulation in Ghana: An Asset Index Approach
The financial performance of life insurance companies in Ghana
Risk management in the Ghanaian insurance industry
Microfinance services and household asset accummulation in Ghana and South Africa: An asset-index approach
Risk Management in the Ghanaian Insurance Industry, Qualitative Research in Financial Markets
Credit Risk Management and Profitability of Rural Banks in the Brong Ahafo Region of Ghana
Open AccessAsset inequalities among households in Ghana: Can microfinance services bridge the gap?
The demand for micro insurance in Ghana
Department of Accounting and Finance
Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology