Helen Afang Andow is the first female Professor of Entrepreneurship Management from the northern part of the country, an alumnus of the University of Maiduguri (UNIMAID) and a doctoral graduate of the prestigious premier Military University in West Africa, Nigerian Defence Academy (NDA). She started her teaching career in 2006 at the Nigerian Defence Academy Kaduna as an Assistant lecturer and left as lecturer I to Kaduna State University as a senior lecturer in 2014 where she attained the rank of professorship in 2020. She has authored 8 textbooks and over 80 peer-reviewed research articles in national and international journals. She was a former head of the Department, Business Administration from 2014 – 2018; Director, Entrepreneurship Research and Development Centre from 2018 – 2022, Deputy Dean of Postgraduate School 2016 – 2017; Dean, Faculty of Management Sciences in 2023 and a senate member of Kaduna State University from 2014 – Date. She has successfully supervised 7 PhDs and 38 MScs and externally examined 17 PhDs, 24 MPhil and 72 MScs across Nigerian Universities and externally assessed 10 Professors. She has attended workshops, trainings, courses and conferences across the globe.
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She currently serves as a member of the Governing Council of Kaduna State University, Board of Advisors (BoA) of MSME Business Development Services Limited; Board Member, the Association of Certified Business Development Service Providers; Board Chair, Arewa Entrepreneurship Frontier Network, Patron/Advisor, ENACTUS KASU Branch and Patron, University of Maiduguri Alumni Association Kaduna State Chapter. She is the immediate past president International Institute for Female Entrepreneurship and the Dean of the Faculty of Management Sciences. She is presently the Deputy Vice Chancellor (DVC) Strategy, Innovation and Service Delivery at Kaduna State University
For her academic versatility, she is a certified trainer for Doctoral supervision from Stellenbosch University (African Doctoral Academy), South Africa, A Certified E-Learning expert by Louisiana State University, USA and a Train Trainer on Entrepreneurship by Lagos Business School; External Examiner to various universities (Federal University of Technology, Minna; Nile University; Adamawa State University; Nasarawa State University; Nigerian Defence Academy; Federal University Dutsinma; Babcock University; Ahmadu Bello University ABU); Resource person for MBA Residency Programme SMC University; Board of examiner and supervision at National Open University of Nigeria (NOUN); a Certified Business Development Service Provider (BDSP) trained by Growbridge Advisors, London, UK and SMEDAN; a Certified TOTFC on MSMEs; Member, Kaduna State Women Mediation Network and a member of NUC Accreditation team and Resource Verification to many universities.
She is a fellow of many institutes/associations: Institute of Leadership Assessment and Development (FILAD); Institute of Human Capital Development of Nigeria (FCIHCDN); Institute of Business Diplomacy and Financial Management (FIBDFM); Kabiru Gombe Centre Religious Diversity, Ethics & Peace Studies (FKGCRDEPS); Institute of Registered Administrative managers of Nigeria (FIRAMN); Institute of Business and Economic Analyst, Nigeria (FBEA); The Global Academy of Entrepreneurship and Innovation (FCGEP); African Council for Small & Entrepreneurship (FCSBE) among others. She is a member of: The Academy of Management Nigeria; National Business Development Service Provider (BDSP) Network; Chartered Institute of Stockbrokers; Capital Market Academics; Association of Entrepreneurship Scholars; Nigerian Institute of Management (Chartered) and Institute of Chartered Economist of Nigeria. She is a recipient of many awards both nationally and internationally.
