Early life and education
Osita Ogbu is from Ovoko, in Igbo-Eze South LGA of Enugu State in Nigeria. Ogbu was born on September 29, 1957, at Onitsha. He had his early education at the Holy Trinity Primary School, Onitsha and St. Teresa's College, Nsukka. He was educated at the University of Nigeria, Nsukka where he graduated in 1979 with a B.Sc. in economics and at Howard University in Washington D.C., US, where he obtained an M.A. in economics in 1984 and a Ph.D. in economics in 1988. He also has a certificate in corporate governance from Harvard University (July 2009).https://www.unn.edu.ng/internals/staff/viewProfile/MjM1NA--Career
Post-UNN
Osita Ogbu was a sales manager with the Lever Brothers (Nig.) Ltd from 1980 to 1983, managing, at different times, the Delta District and Industrial Sales in Lagos. He was a Consultant Research Economist in the Africa Region of the World Bank in Washington D.C between 1987 and 1991. He worked for the International Development Research Centre of Canada in Ottawa and at the regional office in Nairobi as a senior program specialist from 1991 to 2001.ATPS
Osita Ogbu set up the African Technology Policy Studies Network (ATPS) as an international organization in Nairobi and was the executive director/CEO of the institution from 2001 to 2005. ATPS is an international policy research institution devoted to the promotion and application of science and technology for Africa's development.Government
Osita Ogbu was the Chief Economic Adviser to the President of the Federal Republic of Nigeria and Cthabinet Minister responsible for the National Planning Commission from 2005 to 2006. As the Chief Economic Adviser, Osita Ogbu was the Deputy Leader of the National Economic Team. He was a former Chairman of the Governing Council of the Nigerian Institute of Social and Economic Research, Ibadan.Current
He is currently a professor of Economics and Director of the Institute for Development Studies at the University of Nigeria, Nsukka. He is also the MD/CEO of the African Development Solutions International Ltd. DSI a knowledge-based consulting firm, in Abuja, Nigeria. He is a current Trustee of The Clement Isong Foundation and a Director of the AFRI Heritage Institution, Enugu. He serves on the Economic Advisory Committee and the Privatization Council of Enugu State.Books
Creative writing
Novel: The Moon Also Sets ublished by the East African Educational Publishers, Kenya Ltd, Nairobi (2002) and Heinemann Nigeria Ltd, Ibadan (2003)Edited
1. Eboh, E. & Ogbu, O. (2010). The Global Economic Crisis and Nigeria: Taking the Right Lessons, Avoiding the Wrong Lessons, (African Institute for Applied Economics, Enugu, Nigeria: 2010). 2. Charles Soludo, Osita Ogbu, and Ha-Joon Chang (2004). The Politics of Trade and Industrial Policy in Africa (Africa World Press Inc., New Jersey, US: 2004). 3. Ogbu, O., Oyeyinka, B. and Mlawa, H. (1995). Technology Policy and Practice in Africa, (IDRC Books, Canada: 1995). 4. Uramah, C.K; Ogbu, Osita; Bijker, W; Alfonso, A.; Gomez, N.; Ozor, N. (2009). The African Manifesto for Science, Technology and Innovation. (African Technology Policy Studies Network, Kenya, Nairobi: 2009).Personal life
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Academic papers
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* ''The Moon Also Sets'' (2005)References
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