Azuka Elvis Ozegbe

Faculty’s Field of Research:Development Economics

School: School of Management and Social Sciences (SMSS)

Faculty’s email address: eozegbe@pau.edu.ng

Background:

Dr. Ozegbe is a lecturer in the Department of Economics at the School of Management and Social Sciences (SMSS), Pan-Atlantic University, Lagos, Nigeria. He teaches courses such as Innovation in Social Sciences, Project Analysis and Evaluation, Microeconomics, Macroeconomics, Research Methodology, Public Sector Economics, Development Economics and Planning, Labour Economics, History of Economic Thought, and Structure of Nigeria’s Economy. In addition, he is also actively engaged in executive education at Lagos Business School, facilitating sessions for executives on economic strategy and policy in African markets. He holds a BSc, MSc and PhD in Economics, and he is trained in empirical research at the University of St. Gallen, Switzerland. His work focuses on public policy, institutional development, and economic transformation in Sub-Saharan Africa. He is a reviewer for journals such as Management Decision, Journal of Social Economics, and Cogent Economics & Finance, and he is a member of the Nigerian Economic Society (NES), Nigerian Institute of Management (NIM), and Africa Academy of Management (AFAM).

Research interest

My research interests span governance, financial technology, financial development, financial inclusion, inclusive economic growth, environmental sustainability, clean energy, economic development, and international economics, alongside broader interdisciplinary themes within the social and management sciences, with a particular focus on low- and middle-income countries in Sub-Saharan Africa and South Asia.

Teaching

Faculty leads courses in: Macroeconomics, Innovation in the Social Sciences, Development Economics, Project Evaluation & Analysis, Public Sector Economics, International Economics & Business and Labour Economics.