Akosua Mawuse Amankwah
The researcher’s overall focus is on examining how sustainable practices are implemented in Ghana's fashion and textile industries, particularly across themes of circularity, socio-economic development, quality management, cultural identity, and digital transformation.
Faculty Biography
Akosua Mawuse Amankwah is a Senior Lecturer at the Department of Industrial Art, Faulty of Art, of the College of Art and Built Environment (CABE)- Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Tecknology (KNUST) Kumasi Ghana. She holds a Bachelor of Art in Textiles (2001), a Master of Design in Professiional Design for Textiles and Fashion (MDES) from Heriot Watt Universit, Edinburgh (2007) and a PhD in Fashion Design Technology from KNUST (2023). She facilitates Design and Marketing related courses in undergraduate and post graduate programs in her Department. Her research interest is in Ghana Fashion Industry Sustainability particularly in the area of Circular Fashion. she is a menber of the University Teachears Aassociation of Ghana (UTAG); The Institute of Textiles and Fashion Professionals, Ghana (ITFPG); the International Learning Network on Sustainability (LeNS); and an Outreach Member of the International Foundation of Fashion Technology Institutes (IFFTI).
Architecture, Art, Education
Augmented Reality Applications
Consumer Retail Behavior Studies
Cultural Industries and Urban Development
Design Education and Practice
Digital Media and Visual Art
Fashion and Cultural Textiles
Innovation and Socioeconomic Development
Intellectual Property Law
Quality and Supply Management
Sustainable Supply Chain Management
Challenges and prospects of ready-to-wear garment manufacturing and retail in Ghana: a case study of the Ashanti region
Awareness and perceptions of sustainability and circular strategies among SME fashion producers in Ghana
Quality issues in the Garment Industry: A perspective of Ghana’s SMEs and Dressmakers
Open AccessThe role of developing countries in the global fashion industry sustainability discourse: Ghana in perspective - A narrative review
Open AccessEvaluation of Circular Srategies and their Effectiveness in Fashion SMEs in Ghana
Open AccessCircular Approach to Environmental Impact of Apparel Production in Ghana: A Narrative Review
Examining the structure of the fashion industry in Ghana in ensuring the successful adoption of sustainable approach
Open AccessThe “Authenticity Discourse” in Contemporary Application of West African Textiles
Awareness and perceptions of sustainability and circular strategies among SME fashion producers in Ghana
Digital imitation of batik, tie-dye and weave effects for manual screen printing
Digital imitation of batik, tie-dye and weave effects for manual screen printing
PHD STUDENT FORUM: ONGOING DOCTORAL RESEARCH ON DESIGN FOR SUSTAINABILITY
Open AccessExploration of Legal Remedies Available to Fashion Designers in Ghana Through Global Industry Practices: A Review
Open AccessExpression of the Ordeals of “kayayie” through Mixed-Media Textile Art
Open AccessDepartment of Industrial Art
Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology