Nicholas Biekpe

Professor Nicholas Biekpe is a Professor of Development Finance and Econometrics at the University of Cape Town South Africa. He is also the President of Africagrowth Institute and Executive Chairman of the Chartered Institute of Development Finance.

Professor Biekpe is also the Editor-in-Chief of the Review of Development Finance, The African Finance Journal and the Africagrowth Agenda. He has published extensively in the area of development finance and mathematical finance.

Professor Biekpe is a member of the Academy of Sciences of South Africa (ASSAf), Fellow of the Royal Statistical Society of United Kingdom (RSS), Chartered Scientist of the Science Council of the United Kingdom (CSci).

Education

• PhD (UK) Queen's University Belfast (1992 — 1996)
• Master of Science (MSc) Birkbeck, University of London (1989 — 1990)
• BSc (Hons) Pure Mathematics (Ghana) Kwame Nkrumah'​ University of Science and Technology, Kumasi (1982 — 1986)
• O & A Levels: Took A-Level Subjects in Mathematics, Physics and Chemistry Nandom Secondary School (Ghana) (1975 — 1982)

Companies

• Director: Development Finance Centre University of Cape Town (2016)
• Executive Chairman Global CIDEF (Chartered Institute of Development Finance) (2013)
• Professor of Development Finance & Econometrics (UCT Graduate School of Business) University of Cape Town (2012)
• President Africagrowth Institute (2006)
• Visiting Professor of Development Finance and Econometrics University of Cape Town (2009 — 2012)
• Professor of Development Finance and Econometrics University of Stellenbosch Business School (1998 — 2009)
• Lecturer in Econometrics Aberystwyth University (1996 — 1998)
• Statistician/Lecturer St George's, University of London (1991 — 1992)
• Civil Servant UK Civil Service (1988 — 1991)