TALI Graduate School
Prof. Smile Dzisi
Professor · Adjunct lecturer
Biography
Prof. Smile Dzisi is renowned academic with over twenty-five years of rich experience and expertise in university leadership. She is an astute gender consultant of international repute. She has repeatedly received international awards for her contribution to entrepreneurship and innovation, women empowerment and the promotion of girls and women advancement. She served as a Vice-Chancellor for Koforidua Technical University for four years. She is the Lead Consultant at Leadership, Entrepreneurship and Gender Consult.
- Appointed
- 2023
- Office hours
- Monday–Friday, 09:00–17:00
- Department
- TGS
- Pronouns
- she/her
- Years teaching
- 0
- Languages
- English
Teaching philosophy
3c
Research interests
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Qualifications
- Doctor of Philosophy (Entrepreneurship and Innovation), Swinburne University of Technology, Melbourne, Australia
- Master of Public Administration, University of Ghana, Accra, Ghana
- Bachelor of Arts Degree in Social Sciences, Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology, Kumasi, Ghana
- General Certificate of Education – Advanced Level and Ordinary Level, Mawuli Secondary School, Ho, Ghana
Courses taught
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Selected publications
- Dzisi, S. and Seddoh, J. (2014) Essentials of Entrepreneurship and Business Management. A Practical Guide for Creation and Development of Small Business Enterprises. Published by Ghana Universities Press, Ghana. e-mail ghanauniversitiespress@yahoo.com
- Dzisi, S. (2009) Women Entrepreneurs in Small and Medium Enterprises in Ghana: A Study of Women Entrepreneurs in Developing Economy. Published by Lambert Academic Publishing AG & Co. KG, Germany, 2009.
- Dzisi, S., (2022, August 30). 55% of persons who encouraged women to pursue male-dominated careers are males. https://www.myjoyonline.com/55-of-persons-who-encouraged-women-to-pursuemale- dominated-careers-are-males-ktu-research/
- Dzisi, S., (2022, March 09). Breaking biases, harnessing gender in TVET for prosperity. Daily Graphic, 44. https://www.graphic.com.gh/news/education/breaking-biases-harnessing-gender-intvet- for-prosperity.html
- Dzisi, S. (2023, February). Female Social Entrepreneurship in Male-Dominated Industries in Ghana and Agenda 2030. In Sustainable Education and Development–Sustainable Industrialization and Innovation: Proceedings of the Applied Research Conference in Africa (ARCA), 2022 (pp. 1209- 1216). Cham: Springer International Publishing.
Grants & funded projects
- €21,000.00 DAAD Accomplished: Dialogue on Innovative Higher Education Strategies (DIES) workshop on Gender Equity-
- GHS396,913.00 KfW Group Grant proposal; A Grant to construct a Business Incubator for the Centre Entrepreneurship for and Innovation Development
- €60,000.00 Erasmus+ Funding; Erasmus+ funding grant Between KTU and Technische Hochschule Mittelhessen University of Applied Sciences (THM), Germany
Awards & honours
- Women in Technical Education and Employment (WITED) National Award of Excellence (Leadership Category), Women in Technical Education and Employment (WITED), Nigeria
- The Name in Science and Education Award, Academic Union and the Club of Rectors of Europe, United Kingdom
- 4th Ghana Women of Excellence Award, Ministry of Gender, Children and Social Protection, Ghana
- Most Distinguished Thesis by a PhD or DBA Student Award, Thesis Title: ‘Women Entrepreneurs in Small and Medium Enterprises (SMEs) in Ghana” Faculty of Business and Enterprise Prize Ceremony 2009, Swinburne University of Technology, Australia.
Supervision
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Contact
- Email: a.nkansah@southshore.edu.gh
- Phone: +233 203866431 / 0245543333
- Office: TGS