Yaa Ntiamoa-Baidu (or Yaa Ntiamoa-Baidu) is a

Ghanaian Ghana (; tw, Gaana, ee, Gana), officially the Republic of Ghana, is a country in West Africa. It abuts the Gulf of Guinea and the Atlantic Ocean to the south, sharing borders with Ivory Coast in Ghana–Ivory Coast border, the west, Burkina ...

zoologist Zoology ()The pronunciation of zoology as is usually regarded as nonstandard, though it is not uncommon. is the branch of biology that studies the Animal, animal kingdom, including the anatomy, structure, embryology, evolution, Biological clas ...

, environmental specialist, academic and management expert. In March 2017, she was appointed the Chair of the Board of Millennium Development Authority of Ghana. She served as a Pro Vice Chancellor of the University of Ghana until her retirement in 2011. .

Biography

Yaa Ntiamoa-Badiu studied at St. Monica's Senior High School for the O-level, then at

Konongo Odumase Senior High School Konongo Odumase Senior High School is a coeducational second-cycle institution at Konongo-Odumase in the Asante Akim Central District of the Ashanti Region of Ghana. History The school was started as Konongo Odumasi Secondary School but was rena ...

for the A-level.. Elle studied at the

University of Ghana The University of Ghana is a public university located in Accra, Ghana. It the oldest and largest of the thirteen Ghanaian national public universities. The university was founded in 1948 as the University College of the Gold Coast in the Br ...

, where she received a first class degree in

Zoology Zoology ()The pronunciation of zoology as is usually regarded as nonstandard, though it is not uncommon. is the branch of biology that studies the Animal, animal kingdom, including the anatomy, structure, embryology, evolution, Biological clas ...

in 1975, then a PhD at the

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in 1980.Notice d'autorité de la bibliothèque du Congrès
/ref> She was a lecturer in the Department of Zoology of the University of Ghana, in 1985, then an associate professor in 1995. In 2003, she was appointed as a full professor. She was appointed to the university's management committee as the Pro-vice-chancellor for Research, Innovation and Development. While at the university, she was the director for the Centre for African Wetlands and the University of Ghana Carnegie Next Generation Of Academics in Africa. She served with

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, who was the Pro-Vice Chancellor for Academic and Students Affairs. She served in the position until July 2011 when she retired from the university and was replaced by Prof. John Gyapong. In 2005, Yaa Badu was inducted along with four other professors of various academic disciplines as fellows of the

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Chair of MiDA Board

In March 2017, President

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appointed her to chair the fourteen member board of the Millennium Development Authority. She was sworn in together with the other members of the board on 13 March 2017 at

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. The president charged her with directing the activities of the board to ensure that the very purpose of the Second Compact agreement between the

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and the

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of the

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are achieved and on time. Her principal aim is to judiciously use the 498.2 million dollar investment from the Millennium Challenge Corporation to improve electricity generation and supply to individuals and companies. The agreement has a five-year time frame within which all aspects of the agreement must be fulfilled.

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Badu, Ntiamah Yaa Living people Ghanaian women scientists Ghanaian biologists St. Monica's Senior High School alumni University of Ghana alumni Academic staff of the University of Ghana 21st-century zoologists Women zoologists Year of birth missing (living people) Konongo Odumase Senior High School alumni Fellows of the Ghana Academy of Arts and Sciences