CURRICULUM VITAE

AKOFA ADZO AFLAKPUI

U.P.O.Box, 1181

KNUST

Kumasi, Ghana

Email: elakofaadzo@gmail.com

Tel: +233 243 670609

PERSONAL

DATE OF BIRTH: September 4, 1989

NATIONALITY: Ghanaian

EDUCATION

INSTITUTION                                               DEGREE                                            DATE

KNUST, Ghana                                  MPhil. Economics                                           July, 2016

KNUST, Ghana                                  BA. Economics                                               August, 2012

Wesley Girls’ High School, Ghana     WASSCE                                                        June, 2007

TITLE OF MASTERS THESIS: The Demand for Sports Lottery in Ghana

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

May 2016 till date                           Tutor, Ghana Technology University College.

Jul 2015- Aug 2015                        Intern, Crops Research Institute, Kumasi

v  Collecting and analyzing data by use of the SPSS software package

Sep 2012 – Aug 2013                     Teaching/ Research Assistant, Department of Economics, Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology

v  Organizing tutorials for students on a weekly basis

v  Teaching students in the absence of lecturer

v  Research

May 2010 – Sep 2010                    Intern, Forestry Research Institute of Ghana (FORIG- Economics Department)

v  Collecting data   

v  Assistance with data analysis by use of statistical packages

FIELDS OF INTEREST

Microeconomics, Macroeconomics, International Economics, Monetary economics and Econometrics

STATISTICAL AND ECONOMETRICS PACKAGES

SPSS, Gretl, STATA

MPHIL LEVEL COURSES TAKEN

Microeconomics I & II                                   Macroeconomics I & II

Econometrics I & II                                        Economic Policy Analysis I & II

Monetary Economics I & II                            International Economics I & II

PAPER UNDER REVIEW

[With Oteng-Abayie, E. & Eshun, M. E.], The Demand for Sports Lottery: Evidence from the City of Kumasi in Ghana (Submitted: Journal of Gambling Business and Economics)

REFEREES

Dr. Eric Fosu Oteng-Abayie               Dr. Emmanuel Buabeng                      Dr. Jacob Novignon

Lecturer                                               Lecturer                                               Lecturer

Dept. of Economics                            Dept. of Economics                            Dept. of Economics

KNUST, Kumasi                                KNUST, Kumasi                                KNUST, Kumasi

efoteng-abayie.socs@knust.edu.gh    ebuabeng.socs@knust.edu.gh           jnovignon@gmail.com

Tel: +233 542 453237                         Tel: +233 208 094986                         Tel: +233 242 586462