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Dr Ngozichukwuka Eneh

Job: Lecturer

Faculty: Business and Law

School/department: School of Leadership, Management and Marketing

Address: ÃÛÌÒÖ±²¥, The Gateway, Leicester, LE1 9BH

T: N/A

E: ngozi.eneh@dmu.ac.uk

 

Personal profile

Dr Ngozichukwuka M. Eneh (PhD) is a passionate social innovator and Lecturer at the School of Leadership, Management, and Marketing at Leicester Castle Business School, ÃÛÌÒÖ±²¥, Leicester, United Kingdom. A proud member of Institute of Responsible Business and Social Justice. Ngozi’s work sits at the powerful intersections of gender, enterprise, technology, and inclusive development—especially within emerging economies. Her research exists beyond texts; it drives empowering change. From advancing female entrepreneurship, to empowering marginalised communities, Ngozi’s research contributes to fostering gender equality, reducing gender poverty, empowering minorities and building resilient and sustainable communities through entrepreneurship, networks and technology.

With over ten years of industry experience spanning financial services, advertising, brand management, and corporate communications, Ngozi bridges the gap between theory and practice by combining academic expertise with industry insight towards empowering communities. Ngozi, an experienced corporate communications professional and creative, is a key resource person and consultant for youth and women enterprise development initiatives, working with private sector organisations, NGOs, and governments across Africa. Ngozi is the convener of resilience network, a platform for building resilience towards resilient and sustainable communities.  A certified  empowering educator and Fellow of the Higher Education Academy, Ngozi’s commitment to innovative teaching excellence earned her a 2025 Student’s Choice Teaching Award nomination.

Publications and outputs

  • Ojo N.M.E., Mafimisebi, O.P and Arndt, F. (2022). ‘Female Entrepreneurs’ Innovativeness in Digital Ecosystem: in Baumann, Sabine (Ed.) Handbook on Digital Business Ecosystems: Strategies, Platforms, Technologies, Governance and Societal Challenges, Edward Elgar: Cheltenham (In print).
  • Ojo, N.M.E, and Mafimisebi, O.P. (2020). Reviewing the Business of Nongovernmental Organisations in African Transformation. Environmentalism and NGO Accountability, Advances in Environmental Accounting & Management, Volume 9, 123–137.
  • Eneh, N.M.(2011) ‘Review of Credit Risk Management Practices in the Nigerian Banking System’(ÃÛÌÒÖ±²¥ MBA Thesis, 2011)
  • Williams S.B., R.O., Kareem & N.M Eneh (2010). Profitability Analysis of Fish farming: An Antidote to Economic Meltdown, Journal of Sustainable Development, 7(1) pp. 44

Research interests/expertise

 ·         Entrepreneurial Resilience

·         Women Entrepreneurship and Development

·         Entrepreneurship in Emerging Markets

·         International Entrepreneurship

·         Social Innovation and Entrepreneurship

·         Creativity, Innovation and Enterprise

·         Social entrepreneurship

·         Entrepreneurial Well-being

·         Family Business

·         Minority Entrepreneurship

 

Areas of teaching


    • International Business and Strategy
    • Global Business Issues and Resilience
    • Business Management and Sustainability
    • Social Innovation and Entrepreneurship
    • Corporate Social Responsibility

Qualifications

Doctor of Philosophy (PhD),

Master of Business Administration (MBA)

ÃÛÌÒÖ±²¥ taught

BFIB 3002- Critical Issues in International Business

BABM 1001- Foundations of Business Management

CORP 3501-Global Strategic Management 

ENTE 3534-Social Innovation and Entrepreneurship

 

Honours and awards

"Resource Person Appreciation Award",  Lagos State Career Development Centre, Lagos State University, Nigeria, Sept 2019.

Master of Business Administration (MBA) with Distinction, Leicester Business School, ÃÛÌÒÖ±²¥ Leicester, (2011)

First Prize, Foreign Exchange and Money market Training, Access Bank Plc (2012)

Best Graduating Student, Business Communications, Guaranty Trust Bank Plc  Management Training (2008)

Membership of professional associations and societies

Fellow of the Higher Education Academy (FHEA)

British Academy of Management(BAM)

Institute of Small Business and Entrepreneurship(ISBE)

African Academy of Management (AFAM)

International Social Capital Association(ISCA)

Professional licences and certificates

FHEA

PGcert (Empowering Educator)

Projects

Research Team, The East Midlands Top 500 Business Index (2020)

The East Midlands Top 500 Businesses

Media Lead- The East Midlands Top 500 Companies 2020 Launch

Conference attendance

  • Institute of Small Business and Entrepreneurship Conference (ISBE2024), 6-7, November, 2024.
  • Gender, Work and Organizations International Conference (GWO 2023), 28-30th June 2023 , University of Stellenbosch, South Africa.
    • British Academy of Management (BAM2022) conference, 31st August to 2nd September 2022, Manchester University.
    • Indigenous African Perspectives of African Entrepreneurship: Schumpeter and Igbo Entrepreneurial concepts. 5th Biennial Conference, Africa Academy of Management, Lagos Business School, Pan- Atlantic University, Lagos, Nigeria.(January, 2020).
    • Career Fundamentals: Effective Communication in the 21st Century Workplace. Lagos State University Career Conference Lagos State University, Lagos Nigeria(September,2019)

PhD Supervision

 I am happy to supervise PhD students in the following areas:

Female Entreprenuers in Emerging Economies

Entrepreneurship in Marginalised groups and contexts

Gender and small business management

Social Entrepreneurship 

Resilience and Small Business

ORCID number

0000-0001-5179-7134

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