Grace Nkansa Asante

Grace Nkansa Asante is a Professor at the Department of Economics of the Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology (KNUST) Kumasi Ghana. She has been teaching for nineteen years. Currently she is teaching introductory courses to economics, Economic Policy Analysis, Contemporary Issues in Development Finance, Portfolio Analysis and Management and Macroeconomic Theory at the graduate level. She also teaches Monetary Theory and Practice at the Joint Facility Electives (JFE) at the African Economic Research Consortium (AERC). Her research interest is in economic policy issues, finance and monetary issues. Prior to her position at the KNUST, she was a research officer at the Governance Division of the African Development Bank in Abidjan. She has also been a public administrator posted at the Kumasi Metropolitan Assembly.She is also a Priest in the Anglican Communion currently posted at the Archbishop Thomas Cranmer Anglican Chruch at KNUST.She holds a PhD in Economics from KNUST, a master’s degree from the University of Ghana Legon. She read French and Economics at the first degree from KNUST.Grace loves teaching and being with children. She spends most of her private time writing bible tracts and working at the church. She loves green, music and dancing.