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  • Professional Memberships • Institute of Chartered Accountant of Nigeria (ICAN) • Financial Reporting Council of Nigeria (FRCN) • American Finance Association (AFA) • The Academy of Management Nigeria (TAMN)
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Name

Abiola Ayopo Babajide

Qualification(s)

Lagos State University, Ojo – B.Sc(Ed.) Economics (Second Class Upper Division)- 1988 – 1992

Bayero University, Kano – M.Sc Banking and Finance – 1996 – 1997

Covenant University, Ota – Ph.D Finance – 2005 – 2011

Fellow Chartered Institute of Chartered Accountant of Nigeria (ICAN) – 2012

 

Membership

Professional Memberships • Institute of Chartered Accountant of Nigeria (ICAN) • Financial Reporting Council of Nigeria (FRCN) • American Finance Association (AFA) • The Academy of Management Nigeria (TAMN)

Position

Professor of Finance

College

Management and Social Sciences

Department

Banking And Finance

Research Interests
  • Microfinance and Financial Inclusion
  • Capital Market Development
  • Small Business and Entrepreneurial Finance
  • Development Finance
  • Financial Market and Oil Prices

Awards & Honours

Award & Honours

Honours and Award

·       Seed Grant – Covenant University Centre for Research, Innovations and Discovery (CUCRID) – Softwares Solution For Nigerian SMEs Accounting Practices – Adetula et al., 2019  (N770,000)

·       Industry Income attraction through RCE Ogun – (Zenith Bank Plc – N11,880,000 – 2019)

 

·       Keynote Speaker – NESALASU WEEK Career talk on Life after B.Sc: Further Education and Career for Economist – A step-By-Step guide for choosing Project topic & Writing Academic Research Paper (May 2021)

Teaching Areas

Teaching Areas
  • Investment and Portfolio Management (Undergraduate)
  • Public Sector Finance (Undergraduate)
  • Business Finance and Corporate Finance (Undergraduate)
  • Strategic Financial Management (Undergraduate)
  • Introduction to Banking & Finance (Undergraduate)
  • Entrepreneurial Development Studies (Undergraduate)
  • SMEs and Microfinance (Undergraduate)
  • Venture Capital and Private Equity (Undergraduate)
  • Management Accounting (Professional)
  • Advanced Topics in Investment Analysis & Portfolio Management (Graduate Class)
  • Advanced Topics in Public Sector Financial Management (Graduate Class)

Current Postgraduate Supervision

Current Postgraduate Supervision

Ph.D

  • Alake Oluwakemi Rebecca – (04AD00352 Business Model Innovation, Technological Capability And Resilience Of Small And Medium Scale Enterprises In Lagos State, Nigeria (2022)
  • OluwaseyeEmmanuel  Olayinka (17PMG01693) Fintech Innovations, Regulations And Sustainable Development In Nigeria (On-going)
  • Adediran, Adekola M (18PAG01864) Nigeria Growing External Debt Profile: A Critical Evaluation of Impacts On Key Sustainable Development Goals {SDGs}  (On-going)
  • Abiodun Okunlola – (18PAG01844) Agricultural Financing For Sustainable Economic Growth In Africa (2022)
  • Cecilia Adu – (14PAG00790) – Lending, Repayment Patterns And Microfinance Banks’ Survival In Southwest Nigeria (A Case Study Of Some Selected Mfbs In Southwest Nigeria) (2020)
  • Tochukwu Okafor – (05CL03126)Impact of Exchange Rate Fluctuations, Inflation And Some Selected Macro-Economic Variables On Industrial Output In Nigeria: An Econometric Approach.( 2018)

M.Sc

  • Kujembola Ayodeji – Venture Capital and the Performance of Micro, Small and Medium scale enterprises in Lagos Nigeria (0n-going)
  • Adesunkanmi Ayodele – (19PAG02225) Foreign Direct Investment, Institutional Quality and Sustainable Development in sun-Sahara Africa (2022)
  • Isaac Isayinka – (20PAG02130) Development Of Security Market And Its Impact On Production In Nigeria (2022)
  • Eniola Elizabeth Sotayo (20PAG02131) Coporate Social Responsibility And Financial Performance Of Listed Insurance Companies In Nigeria From 2013 – 2020 (2022)
  • Rahman Olarinde – (18PMG01908) – The effect of Sustainable Finance on SMEs Sustainable Business Model in Nigeria (2021)
  • Chima Mathias – (18PAG01785 ) – Financial Inclusion, income Inequality and Economic Growth in Sub Saharan Africa (2021)

 

Collaboration/Linkages

Collaboration/Linkages
  • De Montfort University, Leceister, UK – Ph.D Thesis Examination/Research Collaboration
  • University of Westminster, London England – Research Collaboration
  • The University of South Africa, Pretoria, South Africa – Ph.D Thesis Examination
  • University of Fort Hare, Alice South African – Ph.D Thesis Examination   
  •  New England University, Australia, 2018 – PhD Thesis Examiner 
  •  ICT University USA, Cameroun Campus – PhD Thesis Supervision

 

Conferences Attended

Conferences Attended
  1. Climate Change Mitigation Strategies: A Case of Manufacturing Companies in Ota, Nigeria, 4th International Conference on Science and Sustainable Development: Advances in Sciences and Technology for Sustainable Development, ICSSD 2020; Center for Research, Innovation and Discovery, Covenant UniversityOta, Virtual; Nigeria; 3 August 2020 through 5 August 2020; Code 167481

 

  1. 33rd International Business Information Management Association Conference, IBIMA 2019: Education Excellence and Innovation Management through Vision 2020, 2019, pp. 6761–6778, Granada, Spain 10-11 April, 2019.    

 

  1. 33rd International Conference on Science and Sustainable Development: Science Technology and Research, Keys to sustainable Development. Centre for Research, Innovation and Discovery, Covenant University, Canaanland , Ota, Nigeria. May 6th – 8th, 2019.

 

  1. 32nd International Business Information Management Association Conference, IBIMA 2018 – Vision 2020: Sustainable Economic Development and Application of Innovation Management from Regional expansion to Global Growth, held in Seville, Spain, 15-16 November 2018.   

 

  1. 31st International Business Information Management Association Conference, IBIMA 2018: Innovation Management and Education Excellence through Vision 2020 held in  Milan, Italy 25-26 April 2018

 

  1. 4th Covenant University E-Governance in Nigeria Conference, Governance and Public Service Delivery in Nigeria: The Role of Information and Communication Technology, Covenant University, Canaan land, Ota, Nigeria June 7th – 9th , 2017.

 

  1. International Professional Research Training Workshop organised by Directorate of Accounting, Business Management and Entrepreneurial Development a Research Arm of the Institute for Policy Review Development Strategies(IIPRDS)- Research Reporting and Referencing: Mendeley and STATA, University of Ibadan, Nigeria, June, 2017.

 

  1. 5th European Research Conference on Microfinance, 12-14 June 2017, Portland Building, Portland Street, Portsmouth, PO1 3AH, University of Portsmouth, United Kingdom – Theme: Microfinance and Financial Inclusion – Paper Presented – Fostering Entrepreneurship through Microfinance in Nigeria.

 

  1. 4th Covenant University E-Governance in Nigeria Conference, Governance and Public Service Delivery in Nigeria: The Role of Information and Communication Technology, Covenant University, Canaan land, Ota, Nigeria June 7th – 9th , 2017.

 

  1. International Professional Research Training Workshop organised by Directorate of Accounting, Business Management and Entrepreneurial Development a Research Arm of the Institute for Policy Review Development Strategies(IIPRDS)- Research Reporting and Referencing: Mendeley and STATA, University of Ibadan, Nigeria, June, 2017.

 

  1. Validation workshop for the review of the Report of the Corporate Governance and Board Structure Survey for Microfinance Banks, Organised by CBN/Society for Corporate Governance, IBIS Hotel. Ikeja Tuesday 30thMay, 2017

 

  1.  Workshop on Corporate Governance and role of Directors in the Management of Microfinance Banks in Nigeria, Chartered Institute of Banker of Nigeria, Bankers House, April 11, 2017 

 

  1. The 28th IBIMA conference on Vision 2020: Innovation Management, Development Sustainability, and Competitive Economic Growth will be held in Seville, Spain 9-10 November 2016 – i. Growth of bank fraud and its impact on the Nigerian Banking Industry ii. Undercapitalisation and loan Delinquency: Implication of financial Inclusion in Nigeria

 

  1. The International Journal of Arts & Sciences (IJAS) will host its annual conference at the Joseph B. Martin Conference Center at Harvard Medical School, 77 Avenue Louis Pasteur, Boston, Massachusetts, from 23 to 27 May 2016 – Monetary Policy Dynamics and Stock Market Movement: Empirical Evidence from Nigeria

 

  1. 13th Africa Finance Association conference, Research Trends in Accounting, Finance and Economics for Africa’s Development, 18 – 19 May 2016, Venue: La-Palm Royal Beach Hotel, Accra, Ghana – A Comparative Analysis of the Practice and Performance of Microfinance Institution in Nigeria

 

  1. 3rd International Conference on African Development Issues (CU-ICADI), May 9- May 11 2016, Covenant University, Ota, Nigeria – Dynamic of Small Business in a Emerging Market, Challenges and Opportunities

 

  1. 34th International Business Research Conference 4 – 5 April 2016, Imperial College, London, UK, ISBN: 978-1-925488-02-9  – Fiscal and Monetary Policies Interaction and Volatilities Effects on the Stock Market Behaviour: Empirical Evidence from Nigeria

 

  1. Nigerian Institute of Management (NIM) 2015 Women in Management and Leadership Conference, July 21-23, 2015, Shehu Musa Yar Adua Conference centre, Abuja,  conference theme titled “Unleashing the Power of Women: Leadership, Innovation and Entrepreneurship.

 

  1. 1st National Conference of Educators in Banking and Finance in Nigeria organised by the National Universities Commission (NUC) in collaboration with The Chartered Institute of Bankers of Nigeria (CIBN) between July2-3, 2014 at the Idris Abdulkadir Auditorium, NUC, Abuja. The theme of the conference ‘’Banking  and Finance Education in Nigeria: The 21st Century Perspective’’

 

  1. 23rd IBIMA conference on Vision 2020: Sustainable Growth, Economic Development, and Global Competitiveness will be held in Valencia, Spain 13-14 May  2014. – i. Evaluation of effect of Banking Consolidation on Small Business Financing in Nigeria. ii. Financial Inclusion and economic Growth in Nigeria

 

  1. The 22nd IBIMA conference on Creating Global Competitive Economies: 2020 Vision Planning & Implementation will be held in Rome, Italy 13-14 November 2013. –  Bank Failure Prediction in Nigeria : A survival Analysis Approach
  2. Nigerian Institute of Management (Chartered) 2013 Women in Management and Leadership Conference with the theme “Bringing Substance into Leadership” NECA House, Alausa Ikeja Lagos, 16th – 17th July, 2013.

 

  1. Third European Research Conference on Microfinance, The Norwegian Centre for Microfinance Research, University of Agder, Kristiansand, Norway, 10-12 June, 2013 – Microsavings Mobilization Innovations and Poverty Alleviation in Nigeria 

 

  1. The Nigeria Economic Society, 52nd Annual Conference, held at African Leader Development Centre, Covenant University, Ota, Ogun State. 13th – 15th September, 2011.

 

  1. 4th National Conference of the Global Economic and Financial Recovery, Department of Finance, Faculty of Business Administration, University of Lagos, Nigeria. July 12th – 13th, 2011.

 

  1. 3rd Marketing Educator Conference, Creating Value for National Transformation, Covenant University Guest House, Ota, Ogun State, February 13th – 16th, 2011.

 

  1. Covenant University Workshop on Alternative Research Paradigms and Indigenous Knowledge promotion, Department of Psychology, School of Human Resources, College of Development Studies, Covenant University, Ota. February 14th – 17th, 2011.

 

  1. Covenant University Workshop on Governance and Development in Nigeria; held in Covenant University, Ota. March 9-13 2009.

 

 

  1. 2nd Annual Conference, Road Map to Vision 2020: Economic and Financial Perspectives, University of Lagos Guest House, April 22 – 23rd, 2008.
  2. 1st International Conference, College of Business and Social Sciences, Covenant University, Ota, Ogun State.    2008
  3. 1st Annual conference, Economic Reforms and the Nigerian Financial System, University of Lagos guest house, April 3rd – 4th, 2007
  4. Nigeria Society for financial Research, Management of External Reserve and Economic Development in less Developed Countries. Ondo State University, Akungba. Ondo State. November 20th – 22n 2007
  5. Workshop on Export Promotion Strategies and Management, Held in Covenant University, Ota from 29-30 November, 2006 

Detailed Biographical Info

Biographical Info

Abiola Ayopo BABAJIDE, PhD, is a Professor of Finance and the current Dean of the College of Management and Social Science, Covenant University, Ota. She had her formal education in Lagos State. Her tertiary education began at the Lagos State University, Ojo, where she earned her first degree in Economics. She proceeded to Bayero University, Kano and later at Covenant University, Ota, for her Masters’ degree in Banking and Finance and Doctorate degrees in Finance, respectively. Professor Babajide began her work life in the oil industry as an admin assistant on national service and subsequently as an account trainee, account analyst and later, a Sales Analyst at Mobil Oil Nigeria Plc, Apapa, Lagos. She started her academic career at Covenant University as Assistant Lecturer in 2002 and rose through the rank to become a Professor of Finance in 2021. She was the second substantive Head of the Department of Banking and Finance from 2012 to 2014. 

Bringing her professional industry experience to the table, she served as the MD/CEO of the Covenant Microfinance Bank between 2016 – 2017 and the Managing Director/Business Manager of the Strategic Business Unit, the IGR arm of the University, between 2015 and 2016. She was also a member of the Board of Directors, Covenant Microfinance Bank (2014 -2018); Chair of the Finance and General-Purpose committee, Covenant Microfinance Bank 2014 – 2016; Chair of Credit Committee, Covenant Microfinance Bank (2016 – 2018); Member, Board of Directors, Strategic Business Unit, Covenant University (2012 – 2014); and Member, Membership Committee, Chartered Institute of Bankers of Nigeria (2015 – 2016).

At the academic level, Prof. Babajide served in many committees of the University, such as the Chair Convocation Committee (2018), Chair, the College hooding Committee (2013), and Faculty Support Committee (2007 -2011) (2015 – 2017). Resumption Committee (2016 – 2018).  She has taken many short courses online in the areas of; Financial Technology Foundations and Overview – Hong Kong University of Science and Technology, Financial Technology and the Transformation in Financial Services, Copenhagen Business School, Investment Strategies and Portfolio Analysis, Rice University. Understanding Financial Market, University of Geneva. Global Financial Market and Instrument, Rice University and Coursera Master class: The Art and Science of Teaching Online from Coursera. She is a member of the American Finance Association and a fellow of the Institute of Chartered Accountants of Nigeria (ICAN). Her research interest is the area of Development Finance, Entrepreneurial and Small Business Finance, Microfinance, Stock Market Development and Public Finance.  

Professor Babajide’s social interest concerns youth development, social justice, sustainability, small business development and financial education. She loves reading, cooking, home renovation and gardening. She is married with children.

Prof. Abiola A. Babajide

Professor of Finance

Abiola Ayopo BABAJIDE, PhD, is a Professor of Finance and the current Dean of the College of Management and Social Science, Covenant University, Ota. She had her formal education in Lagos State. Her tertiary education began at the Lagos State University, Ojo, where she earned her first degree in Economics. She proceeded to Bayero University, Kano and later at Covenant University, Ota, for her Masters’ degree in Banking and Finance and Doctorate degrees in Finance, respectively. Professor Babajide began her work life in the oil industry as an admin assistant on national service and subsequently as an account trainee, account analyst and later, a Sales Analyst at Mobil Oil Nigeria Plc, Apapa, Lagos. She started her academic career at Covenant University as Assistant Lecturer in 2002 and rose through the rank to become a Professor of Finance in 2021. She was the second substantive Head of the Department of Banking and Finance from 2012 to 2014.

Bringing her professional industry experience to the table, she served as the MD/CEO of the Covenant Microfinance Bank between 2016 – 2017 and the Managing Director/Business Manager of the Strategic Business Unit, the IGR arm of the University, between 2015 and 2016. She was also a member of the Board of Directors, Covenant Microfinance Bank (2014 -2018); Chair of the Finance and General-Purpose committee, Covenant Microfinance Bank 2014 – 2016; Chair of Credit Committee, Covenant Microfinance Bank (2016 – 2018); Member, Board of Directors, Strategic Business Unit, Covenant University (2012 – 2014); and Member, Membership Committee, Chartered Institute of Bankers of Nigeria (2015 – 2016).

At the academic level, Prof. Babajide served in many committees of the University, such as the Chair Convocation Committee (2018), Chair, the College hooding Committee (2013), and Faculty Support Committee (2007 -2011) (2015 – 2017). Resumption Committee (2016 – 2018).  She has taken many short courses online in the areas of; Financial Technology Foundations and Overview – Hong Kong University of Science and Technology, Financial Technology and the Transformation in Financial Services, Copenhagen Business School, Investment Strategies and Portfolio Analysis, Rice University. Understanding Financial Market, University of Geneva. Global Financial Market and Instrument, Rice University and Coursera Master class: The Art and Science of Teaching Online from Coursera. She is a member of the American Finance Association and a fellow of the Institute of Chartered Accountants of Nigeria (ICAN). Her research interest is the area of Development Finance, Entrepreneurial and Small Business Finance, Microfinance, Stock Market Development and Public Finance.  

Professor Babajide’s social interest concerns youth development, social justice, sustainability, small business development and financial education. She loves reading, cooking, home renovation and gardening. She is married with children.

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