Prof. Ekaette Ikpe

Prof. Eka is a Professor of Development Economics in Africa and Director of the African Leadership Centre at King's College London. Eka currently co-leads two Africa-Europe Clusters of Research Excellence (CoRE). The first is the CoRE on Creative Economies and the second is the CoRE on Interdisciplinary Peace. Eka’s research has supported the work of the UNECA, ECOWAS, UK Ministry of Defence, UK All Party Parliamentary Group on Africa, UK Parliament Foreign Affairs Committee, UK FCDO and global NGOs, among others. She is also a co-editor of the Book Series, Peace, Society and the State in Africa (Bloomsbury), African Perspectives on Peacebuilding and Leadership (Bloomsbury) and Creative Economies in Africa (Routledge) and part of the Editorial Collectives of African Security Review, Africa Development, Leadership and Developing Societies and African Journal for Creative Economy. She serves as a Trustee for the global thinktank, ODI Global.