Key details
Ekoua Jose-Maria Danho
Lecturer in Entrepreneurship and Innovation
Dr Ekoua Jose-Maria Danho holds a PhD degree in Entrepreneurship from the University of Essex (Essex Business School), on the inclusion of disadvantaged women entrepreneurs in the entrepreneurial ecosystem (based on the French context). Thus, she is a versatile and passionate early career researcher, and her research engages social issues related to Entrepreneurship. In this sense, she worked for 3 years as a Research Officer in the research team of the University of Essex for the EU INTERREG funded Accelerating Women’s Enterprises (AWE) project, which aimed to promote a better support for disadvantaged women entrepreneurs while providing practical recommendations to policymakers and ecosystem’s stakeholders. Prior to her doctoral degree, she completed a master’s degree in management sciences and a bachelor’s degree in marketing from HEC Montreal. She also holds a certificate in Innovation Management and Entrepreneurship from HEC Paris.
She also developed a social entrepreneurship project in Côte d’Ivoire targeting youngsters in disadvantaged areas and she also volunteered for The Humanos Institute for a financial inclusion programme in Nicaragua targeting disadvantaged local populations, through the Human-Centred Design methodology.
Prior to her role at the University of Greenwich, she also held Assistant Lecturer responsibilities at the University of Essex (Essex Business School) for Consumer Behaviour and Business Creation and Growth modules.
Responsibilities within the university
As a Lecturer in Entrepreneurship and Innovation, her responsibilities include teaching and tutorial guidance, research and other forms of scholarly activity, examining, curriculum development, administration and related activities.
Recognition
Member of the British Academy of Management (BAM)
Member of Institute for Small Business and Entrepreneurship (ISBE)
Expert for the European Union – ID: n00d6ths
Research / Scholarly interests
Women Entrepreneurship, Disadvantaged Entrepreneurship, Social Entrepreneurship, Intersectionality and Entrepreneurship, Entrepreneurship policy, Entrepreneurial Ecosystems
Key funded projects
EU INTERREG Accelerating Women’s Enterprises (AWE) Project
(Published reports)
Danho, E. J., Dann, Z., Doyle, A., Ekinsmyth, C., Huang, S., Johnston, K., Pickernell, D. G., & Yarrow, E. L. (2021). Baseline Report 1 - Entrepreneurial Ecosystems in France and the UK: The perspectives of disadvantaged female entrepreneurs and stakeholders in the entrepreneurial ecosystem. Accelerating Women’s Enterprise. https://www.acceleratingwomensenterprise.uk/about/research/
Danho, E. J., Dann, Z., Doyle, A., & Johnston, K. (2021). Report 2 - Good Practice and Opportunities: Evolution of the Entrepreneurial Ecosystem for Disadvantaged Female Entrepreneurs. Accelerating Women’s Enterprise. https://www.acceleratingwomensenterprise.uk/about/research/
Danho, E. J., Dann, Z., Ekinsmyth, C., Johnston, K., Murzacheva, E., Yarrow, E. L., & Busoi, G. (2021). Baseline Report 3: The Impact of Participating in the External Committee: The Perspective of the External Committee (EC) Volunteer Members Who Are Representatives of Organisations in the Formal Entrepreneurial Ecosystem . Accelerating Women’s Enterprise. https://www.acceleratingwomensenterprise.uk/what-is-contained-in-the-legacy-toolkit/research-reports/
Owalla, B. E., & Danho, E. J-M. (2023). Report 4 - Life at the Intersection: Intersectional Case Studies of Women Entrepreneurs. Accelerating Women’s Enterprise. https://www.acceleratingwomensenterprise.uk/wp-content/uploads/2023/07/English-Intersectional-Case-Studies-of-Women-Entrepreneurs-v300623.pdf
Media activity
Accelerating Women’s Enterprises (AWE project) – Stories from the Frontline Podcast
https://www.acceleratingwomensenterprise.uk/podcasts/
https://rephonic.com/podcasts/accelerating-womens-enterprise-stories-from-the-fr
Recent publications
Johnston, K., Danho, E. J., Yarrow, E., Cameron, R., Dann, Z., Ekinsmyth, C., Busoi, G., & Doyle, A. (2022). Governance and public policies: Support for women entrepreneurs in France and England? International Review of Administrative Sciences, 0(0). https://doi.org/10.1177/00208523221120142
Johnston, K., Danho, E. J., Yarrow, E., Dann, Z., Ekinsmyth, C., Busoi, G., & Owalla, B. (to come, Special Issue – International Journal of Entrepreneurial Behavior & Research) Are all Women Equal? Differential social capital of women entrepreneurs
Presentations
BAM conference 2022 presentation of paper Empowering or Perpetuating gender social hierarchies? An exploration of disadvantaged women entrepreneurs' interactions within the entrepreneurial ecosystem (August 31st, 2022)
ICEM 2023 presentation of paper When goal alignment does not create a positive entrepreneurship agenda? The perspective and interaction dynamic between funders, trainers and women entrepreneurs (Ekoua Jose-Maria Danho, University of Greenwich; Marion Lauwers, Catholic University of Lille; Caleb Kwong, University of Essex)