Enoch Kwame Tham-Agyekum

Faculty Biography

Rev. Dr. Enoch Kwame Tham-Agyekum is an academic and researcher with a deep commitment to advancing agricultural extension and education, communication studies, programme monitoring and evaluation, and rural development within the agricultural sector in Africa. Serving as a Lecturer in the Department of Agricultural Economics, Agribusiness, and Extension at KNUST, he brings an interdisciplinary approach to his work. He teaches courses in agricultural extension, gender, development communication, management of organisations in development, monitoring and evaluation, agribusiness and research methods.He began his early education at James-Town Methodist Primary School and Ewit Greenwich Classical Academy in Accra, followed by Swedru Senior High School. He earned a Bachelor of Science in Agriculture (Agricultural Extension and Rural Sociology) from Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology (KNUST), an MPhil in Agricultural Extension from the University of Ghana, a Master of Divinity from the Trinity Theological Seminary and a PhD in Agricultural Extension from the University of Cape Coast. Additionally, he holds a diploma in Human Resource Management from ICM-UK. Currently, he is pursuing an MA in International Development Studies and MA Communication Studies at Presbyterian University, Ghana, and Christian Service University respectively to further enhance his understanding on the challenges and opportunities facing African rural communities.Before his current role as a full-time Lecturer at KNUST, Dr. Tham-Agyekum served as a Graduate Assistant at the University of Cape Coast and worked as a Research Consultant at Innovate Global. He has authored numerous refereed journal articles in agricultural extension and development and has contributed Christian articles and books. Dr. Tham-Agyekum has participated in various research projects and consultancies in Ghana. He has numerous published peer-reviewed papers to his credit.Dr. Tham-Agyekum actively collaborates internationally to expand his research on sustainable agriculture and climate resilience. His current projects include three systematic reviews of the impact of agricultural extension services on adoption of climate-resilient practices, ICT’s role in African agricultural adaptation, and effectiveness of early warning systems in managing climate risk and an empirical study on building resilience through information access. Through his work, he continues to impact academic knowledge and on-the-ground agricultural practices, advancing sustainable, inclusive development in Ghana and across the continent.