Assoc. Prof. Ruth Mpatawuwa Abankwah

Prof. Ruth Mpatawuwa Abankwah is a seasoned academician with over 40 years’ experience in lecturing and consulting. She worked for institutes of public administration and management in Uganda and Botswana, with work extending to Eswatini, and Lesotho. She then progressed to university lecturing in Botswana and Namibia.

Prof. Abankwah holds a PhD in Information Studies (University of KwaZulu Natal, South Africa), a Masters in Library and Information Studies (University of Botswana), a Masters in Records and Archives Management (University of Botswana), and a BA in Social Work and Administration (University of Makerere, Uganda).

She worked as a lecturer at the University of Botswana, and as a senior lecturer at the University of Namibia, where she taught records and archives management, and other information-related subjects. She is an external examiner affiliated with the University of South Africa (UNISA), the University of KwaZulu Natal (South Africa), the University of the Free State (South Africa), and the College of Computing and Information Science, at Makerere University (Uganda).

She is particularly passionate about providing rigorous research mentorship and support so that students can gain mastery in their chosen research areas and minimise delays in completion of research projects. She has mentored postgraduate research students in Southern Africa, East Africa, the US, and Europe.

In March 2023, she joined the Archival Education and Research Institute (AERI) Steering Committee as a Doctoral Group Representative. This is a three-year professional role. The committee is spearheaded by Louisiana State University, in the US.

Prof. Abankwah enjoys collaborating on projects and working with colleagues towards a shared vision. She served as the Country Manager (Namibia) for Global Business Labs, a Swedish entrepreneurship accelerator programme that supported startups in Namibia, Botswana, and Uganda.

Ardent researcher, She is currently a Coordinator of Post graduate studies, Dept of Library and Information Studies
Faculty Research & Publication Coordinator and she represents the Faculty of Computing, Library and Information Science at the Directorate of Research and Grants at the University of Kabale.
Faculty of Computing, Library and Information Science
Her Motivation:

” Many of life’s failures are experienced by people
who did not realise how close they were to success
when they gave up” (Thomas Edison)