Melvin Ayogu was a fellow in the Africa Growth Initiative. His work focused on growth, governance, export structure, economic development, and value recovery of stolen assets.

Experience

Current Positions

  • Principal, Human Enterprise Research, December 2010 - Present

Past Positions

  • Director, Global Leadership Centre, Standard Bank Group, 2009 - 2010
  • Dean, Faculty of Commerce, University of Cape Town, 2006 - 2009
  • Director, School of Economics, University of Cape Town, 2006
  • Teaching and Research, (Professor), School of Economics, University of Cape Town, South Africa, 2002 - 2005
  •  Teaching and Research, (Visiting Associate Professor), School of Economics, University of Cape Town, South Africa, 2000 - 2001
  • Research, Visiting Scholar, Center for International Development, Harvard University, and concurrently, Senior Rockefeller African Humanities Institute Fellow, Harvard University, 2000
  • Teaching and Research, (Associate Professor) Department of Accounting and Management Sciences, University of Jos, 1998 - 2001
  • Lecturer, Collaborative MA Program, AERC Joint Facility For Electives, Nairobi Kenya, Summer 1997 & 1998
  • Head, Department of Accounting and Management Sciences, University of Jos
  • 1994 - 1998
  • Coordinator MBA Program, Department of Accounting and Management Sciences, University of Jos, 1992 - 1993
  • Teaching and Research, (Senior Lecturer) Department of Accounting and Management Sciences, University of Jos, Jos, Nigeria, September 1992 - December 1997
  • Teaching and Research, (Assistant Professor) Department of Economics, College of Business, James Madison University, 1989 - 1992
  • Reconciler I, Micro Processing Center, Bank One, 1984 - 1985
  • Graduate Teaching Associate, The Ohio State University, 1984 - 1989

Education

  • Ph.D., Economics, The Ohio State University, 1989
  • M.A., Economics, The Ohio State University, 1986
  • B.A., Economics (summa cum laude), California State University, Northridge, 1984
  • AA(Hons), Santa Monica College, Santa Monica, California, 1982
  • ACIB, The Chartered Institute of Bankers, London, 1979

Contact

Email Melvin Ayogu

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