Peggy Oti-Boateng

Peggy Oti-Boateng
Citizenship	Ghana
Occupations	Academician scientist
Academic background
Education	Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology (MSc) University of Adelaide
Academic work
Institutions	Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology South Australian Department for Training and Employment UNESCO African Academy of Sciences

Peggy Oti-Boateng is a Ghanaian bio-chemist. She is the current executive director of African Academy of Sciences. She is the immediate former head of UNESCO Science Policy and Capacity Building Department. She was also a former head of the Sciences Sector for the Southern African Development Community, director of the Research Centre at the Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology and former chair of the BioInnovate Africa Programme Advisory Committee (PAC).^{[1][2][3][4][5]}

Education

Oti-Boateng received her MSc in biochemistry from Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology Kumasi (Ghana) and her PhD in Food Science and Technology from Adelaide University in Australia.^[2][6]

Career

Oti-Boateng began her career in as researcher at the Technology Consultancy Centre at the College of Engineering at KNUST in 1985.^[6] In 1989, she became a Consultant and Trainer at the South Australian Department for Training and Employment in Adelaide, Australia. Between 2005 and 2010, she was a Director of the Research Centre at the Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology and in 2011, she joined the UNESCO as a Senior Programme Specialist in Kenya.^[2][3] In 2015, she was transferred to regional office in Harare, Zimbabwe where she became the director of the Division of Science Policy and Capacity Building in the Natural Sciences Sector. In 2022, she became the executive director of African Academy of Sciences.^[1][5][7]

References

1. "African Academy of Science appoints new executive director". Research Professional News. 2022-11-10. Retrieved 2022-11-14.
2. "Dr. Peggy Oti-Boateng – AIMS Ghana". Retrieved 2022-11-14.
3. "Dr Peggy Oti-Boateng - Gender Summit". gender-summit.com. Retrieved 2022-11-14.
4. "Dr Peggy Oti-Boateng". BioInnovate Africa. 2018-04-10. Retrieved 2022-11-14.
5. "Speakers biography at open science conference".
6. "Dr. Peggy Oti-Boateng". www.acts-net.org. Retrieved 2022-11-14.
7. "Dr Peggy Oti-Boateng, Director of Science Policy and Capacity Building, UNESCO on Promoting Science and Diversity within BAME". talks.ox.ac.uk. Retrieved 2022-11-14.