A staff member of the Department of Business Management at the Qwaqwa Campus of the University of the Free State (UFS), Ms Ekaete Samson-Akpan, won an award for the best paper with practical applications on Africa during the 7th International Academy of African Business and Development (IAABD) conference held in Accra, Ghana. The conference was hosted by the Ghana Institute of Management and Public Administration (GIMPA). Ms Samson-Akpan also won the award for best session presenter in the session on ecological, environmental and agricultural issues.
Ms Samson-Akpan receives the award for Best Paper with Practical Applications on Africa from the president of the IAABD, Prof Gerry Muuka.