A young African woman receives a Doctorate in Economics with six honors and the US Washington Prize.

Justina Onumah, a young and exceptional African economist, received her PhD with honors from the University of Ghana and the University of Bonn in Germany. She has six honors to her name.

On LinkedIn, Justina Onumah posted a message of congratulations. She said, “I am glad to inform that on Friday, July 29, 2022, I was officially awarded a #PhD in #DevelopmentStudies from the University of Ghana, with a research focus on the economics of innovation and development.

Justina Onumah graduated from the University of Ghana with a Master’s in Agricultural Economics. She attended the University of Guelph in Canada as an exchange student while pursuing her Master’s degree in Agricultural Economics.

Justina Onumah attended the University of Ghana for her Doctorate in Development Studies after receiving her Master’s degree.

She said that while her academic journey had not been particularly smooth, she preferred to concentrate on the successes. We’ve all experienced being broken, but we managed to put ourselves back together and move on because we were chasing a title, she added.

Then Justina Onumah went on to mention her academic accomplishments. She also received a 6-month PhD Visiting Scholar Fellowship at Aalborg University and the Best PhD Student Paper Award at the Globelics Conference in Costa Rica. “Selected as the Next Einstein Forum (NEF) Ambassador for Ghana,” she added.

“Became a proud mother of 3 (Had 2 before beginning the program)-my greatest achievement, mentored 100s of young girls in #STEM and non-STEM- great joy and fulfilment this has been,” she also added.

Dr Justina Onumah thanked God for seeing her through and also gave credit to her husband who has been very supportive of her. “God has been faithful and my husband Dr Edward E. Onumah has been EXTREMELY SUPPORTIVE,” she said.