Dr Anatu Mahama

Anatu is a senior lecturer in Business Management with over 15 years of experience in teaching, research, and academic leadership across the UK and Africa. She is a Fellow of the Higher Education Academy. She specialises in Business Management and International Business Management, with research interests in inclusive organisations, global trade and women empowerment, gender, resilience and sustainability in the Workplace, and inclusive pedagogy.

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Background

Anatu started her academic career at the Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology (KNUST) in Ghana. Before this, she was the knowledge management office at Training, Research and Networking for Development (TREND), where she oversaw all knowledge-related activities. She also consulted for WIPO/ARIPO on starting a Masters in Intellectual Property programme at KNUST.

Anatu teaches and supervises students across all levels. Anatu is the founder and editor of The Academic Woman Media and Chair of The Academic woman CIC and foundation. She serves on community and sector boards, including Life Beacon International and the Women’s Higher Education Network (WHEN). She is passionate about championing equity, inclusion, and women’s advancement as well as marginalised groups.

Research interests

· Inclusive organisations

· Gender, Resilience and Sustainability in the Workplace

· Global trade and women's empowerment

· Technology and Gender Equality

· Inclusive pedagogy

Areas of research supervision

· Inclusive organisations and managing diversity

· Global trade, economic development and women empowerment

· The role of technology and innovation in advancing gender equity

· Inclusive pedagogy

· Managing intellectual property rights and innovation

Teaching

· Business Management

· International Business Management

Qualifications

· Postgraduate Certificate in Higher Education

· PhD in Publishing Management (Law and Policy), Loughborough University, UK

· Master in Intellectual Property (MIP), Africa University, Mutare, Zimbabwe

· MSc Information and Knowledge Management, Loughborough University, UK

· BA Publishing Studies, Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology, Kumasi, Ghana.

Memberships, editorial boards

· Editor in chief, The Academic Woman Media

· British Academy of Management

· Fellow of the Royal Society of the Arts

· Chartered Management Institute

Research grants, consultancy, knowledge exchange

· Sponsorship for the maiden ‘She Builds International Conference’.

· PhD Research Funding

· Feasibility studies for the launch of the Masters in Intellectual Property programme at KNUST

Selected recent publications

Mahama, A. K., Obaje, A., Odunlami, A. and Emeson, V. (2025) Examining the Impact of Protectionist Trade Policies on Women in Export-Oriented Sectors. BAM 2025 conference In-person Conference at Kent Business School, Kent (UK), 01-05 September (Peer-reviewed).

Mahama, A. K. and Steele, S. (2025) Enhancing positive inclusive culture in pedagogy (How do we enhance inclusive cultures in pedagogy?) – A case study of ARU Peterborough. EDULEARN25, the 17th annual International Conference on Education and New Learning Technologies. In-person Conference at Palma, Mallorca (Spain), 30 June - 02 July.

Mahama, A. K., and Emeson, V. (2024) Advancing and Sustaining an academic career: Perspectives of female academics. Proceedings of the International Conference of Applied Business and Management (Peer-reviewed). In-person Conference at Porto (Portugal), 20-21 April. Available at: DOI: HTTPS://DOI.ORG/10.58869/2024.ICABM.02.

Media experience

· Mahama, A. K. and Blay, K. B. (2025) ‘Intersectional, integrative approach to gender equity: A call for action in Ghana.’ The Daily Graphic, 10 March, p. 20.

· The Academic Woman magazine – Quarterly print and digital magazine. 13 issues since October 2020. Available at: Magazine - The Academic Woman