DEPN 2026 cohort - biographies

Meet the Digital Education Practitioner Networks practitioners from the second cohort, who joined the programme in 2026.

A portrait image of Ama Adu-Marfo

Ama Adu-Marfo is a Senior Lecturer at the Department of Adult Education and Human Resource Studies at the College of Education, University of Ghana.

A portrait image of Benjamin Wisdom Joshua

An Ionospheric Physicist, a researcher, author, educator, and youth development strategist.

A portrait image of Ellen Abakah

Dr Ellen Abakah is a Senior Lecturer in the Department of Adult Education and Human Resource Studies at the University of Ghana.

Gibrill Amid Sesay

Gibrill is the Director of Quality Assurance and International Affairs at Central University, Sierra Leone.

A portrait image of Ibrahim Kalokoh

Ibrahim is an academic, technology leader, and entrepreneurship advocate with over a decade of professional experience in higher education and business development.

A portrait image of Ifeoma Ndefo

Ifeoma Comfort Ndefo, PhD, FNIPR, is a lecturer at the School of Journalism and Digital Media, University of The Gambia, UTG.

A portrait of Eric Appau Asante

Professor Eric Appau Asante is an Associate Professor of Educational Innovations at the Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology (KNUST), Ghana, and a leading authority in digital learning transformation across higher education in Africa.

Linda Amoako Banning

Linda is a Lecturer with the Computer Science Department of KNUST, and an Instructional Designer with the KNUST E-learning Centre.

A portrait imgae of Nafy Aidara

Nafy is a mathematic lecturer at the School of Arts and Sciences, University of The Gambia.

A portrait image of Sheriff Ceesay

Dr Sheriff Ceesay is an accomplished Gambian researcher and educator.