Michael Z. Ngoasong - New Frontiers in Hospitality and Tourism Management in Africa

obtained his PhD in Science, Technology and Society at the University of Nottingham, UK. He is currently a Senior Lecturer in Management and Director of Masters and MBA Programmes, The Open University Business School, UK. He is also a Senior Research Associate at the School of Tourism and Hospitality, University of Johannesburg, South Africa. He has conducted funded research projects on development-led tourism entrepreneurship, digital entrepreneurship and women entrepreneurship in Africa. His research has been published in Annals of Tourism Research, Tourism Management, Journal of Small Business Management, Journal of Small Business and Enterprise Development, Strategic Change and Energy Policy. He is the subject matter expert in International Entrepreneurship and Marketing for the Academy of International Business (Sub-Saharan Africa Chapter).

is an Associate Professor of Marketing and the Head of the Department of Operations, Marketing and Information Systems at the Lagos Business School, Pan-Atlantic University, Nigeria. Her research interests include tourism and hospitality, women entrepreneurship, strategic marketing, and digital marketing strategies in sub-Saharan Africa. She has published academic books and papers in top scholarly journals including Annals of Tourism Research, Journal of Business Research, Industrial Marketing Management, International Marketing Review, Tourism Economics, and Tourism Recreation Research. Her co-authored articles won Best Paper Awards at international conferences in 20162019, consecutively. She can be contacted at oadeola@lbs.edu.n

is a Senior Lecturer in Hospitality and Tourism and the Director of Postgraduate Research in the School of Hospitality and Tourism Management, University of Surrey, Guildford, UK. He is also a Senior Research Associate at the School of Tourism and Hospitality, University of Johannesburg, South Africa. He holds a Ph.D. in Tourism from Nottingham Trent University where he also worked as a Lecturer, before joining the University of Surrey. Alberts research on development entrepreneurship, women and inclusive development in hospitality and tourism has been published in the leading tourism and management journals such as Tourism Management, Annals of Tourism Research, Journal of Sustainable Tourism and Journal of Small Business Management, and has received funding from the British Academy, Newton Fund, UKRI Global Challenges Research Fund, and EU Marie Sklodowska-Curie.

is the Head of Department of Marketing and Entrepreneurship and Acting Dean at the University of Ghana Business School. He is a Visiting Professor at the University of Free State Business School, Bloemfontein, South Africa. He has also served as Rector of the Perez University College, a private University in Accra, Ghana. He holds two PhDs in Marketing from the University of Ghana and in International Business from Aalborg University in Denmark. He has taught in North America, Australia, Asia, Europe and in several African countries. His research has been published in