Ralph Nyadu-Addo
The researcher's work spans multiple social sciences domains, exploring themes such as entrepreneurship's impact on economic and community development, public spaces through art highlighting creativity's role in fostering growth, innovation effects on socio-economic changes, technology's influence on adolescent behavior, microfinance's role in bridging financial disparities, multilingual education policies emphasizing cultural diversity, the music industry's societal effects, knowledge management strategies for professional learning, corporate finance tackling risk factors like governance, and organizational performance through AI-driven learning approaches.
Faculty Biography
Dr Ralph Nyadu-Addo is a Senior Lecturer and currently, the Head, Department of Publishing Studies, Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology, Kumasi-Ghana. He has been a Consultant in Entrepreneurship and Small Business Management since 2000. From 2004 he has lectured at the Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology (KNUST), Ghana. Ralph was the first Head of the Industrial and Professional Relations (IPR), Centre for Business Development (CBD) and Kumasi Business Incubator (KBI) all in KNUST respectively. He led the team that developed the IPR, CBD and KBI concepts and sourced funding for physical structures, equipment as well as operational expenditure.Dr. Nyadu-Addo has worked directly under three Vice-Chancellors of KNUST as an advisor on business development, fundraising, entrepreneurship development and promotion of industry-academia relations. He has also worked in top managerial positions in some corporate firms in Europe and Ghana. He has travelled extensively in Africa, Europe, Middle East, Asia and North America for workshops, training programmes, internships and conferences. He is certified by the National Business Incubator Association (NBIA) of USA as a trainer and coach.In 2013/2014 he was commissioned by the French Foreign Ministry together with two others to assist eleven Francophone countries in Africa to develop their capacities in the areas of Entrepreneurship, industry-academia relationship and accreditation among others. From 2014, he has been building capacities of tertiary institutions and vocational outfits in Ethiopia, Rwanda, Kenya, Tanzania and Vietnam with the support of the German government in the areas of business incubation, entrepreneurship development centres and alternative fundraising.He has raised over thirteen million USD (13m USD) that has been used to undertake various projects in KNUST and other institutions including the KNUST Jubilee Shopping Mall, CBD and KBI blocks. Some key German projects include: iN4iN, AGEA and ACCESS all under DAAD/BMZ sponsorship.He has received several local and international awards including German Ambassador’s award for special services and KNUST 2016 Awards for Best Senior Member (Service and Innovation). He has several awards at the College level. He has a degree in Publishing/Print Management, a Masters degree in Small Business, and PhD in Business of Creative Art in Germany on KAAD scholarships. He is a social entrepreneur, motivational speaker, coach, event organiser, fundraiser, moderator, publisher and print media expert.
Corporate Finance and Governance
Cultural Industries and Urban Development
Entrepreneurship Studies and Influences
Impact of Technology on Adolescents
Innovation and Socioeconomic Development
Knowledge Management and Sharing
Microfinance and Financial Inclusion
Multilingual Education and Policy
Organizational and Employee Performance
Public Spaces through Art
Ecomuseum as an Innovative Extended Activity in Boosting Ecotourism in Nature Reserves in Ghana: The Case of Bomfobiri Wildlife Sanctuary
Open AccessThe Role of Life-Long Learning AI in Management: Organizational Learning and Technology Adoption on Managerial Performance
Examining Factors that Influence Planners’ Intention to Share Knowledge with Other Professionals in the Civil Service
Towards an Understanding of the Music Value Chain in Ghana: The Role of Artiste Managers
Open AccessThe Perceptions of Indigenous Language and Cultural Synergy in Ghana and Sierra Leone: A Cross-Cultural Study
Open AccessEffects of entrepreneurial behaviour on market outlets choice: Evidence from rice producers in Ashanti Region, Ghana
Open AccessThe Impact of Mental Health Predictors of Internet Addiction among Pre-Service Teachers in Ghana
Open AccessBasic School pupils’ perception of Entrepreneurship: A study of University Junior High School pupils
Recycled art from plastic waste for environmental sustainability and aesthetics in Ghana
Open AccessEntrepreneurship education in Ghana – the case of the KNUST entrepreneurship clinic
An Exploratory Study of the Ghanaian Music Industry: Its Impacts on the Economy and Society
Predicting Bank Credit Risk: Does Board Structure Matter?
Open AccessJuxtaposition of the Role of Small Businesses and the State in Ghana’s Economic Development
Department of Publishing Studies
Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology