Prof Anthony Owusu-Ansah is the Head of Department of Land Economy, KNUST
President John Dramani Mahama has reportedly appointed Professor Anthony Owusu-Ansah, a senior lecturer at the Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology (KNUST), as the Acting Executive Secretary of the Lands Commission.
According to a report by 3news.com, the appointment was detailed in an official letter dated April 14, 2025, and issued by the Secretary to the President, Dr. Callistus Mahama.
The letter stated that the appointment is pending the constitutionally required advice from the Lands Commission and the Public Services Commission, in line with the provisions of the Constitution.
Professor Owusu-Ansah was required to confirm his acceptance of the appointment within seven days.
“I write to formally inform you that the President of the Republic of Ghana, in accordance with Article 195(1) of the Constitution and Section 24(1) of the Lands Commission Act, 2008 (Act 767), has appointed you as the Acting Executive Secretary of the Lands Commission, pending receipt of the constitutionally required advice of the Commission, given in consultation with the Public Services Commission.
“I take this opportunity to congratulate you formally on your appointment. Kindly indicate your acceptance or otherwise of this appointment within seven (7) days of receipt of this letter. Please accept the President’s best wishes,” the letter concluded.
Profile of Professor Anthony Owusu-Ansah (KNUST)
Prof Anthony Owusu-Ansah is the Head of Department and a Professor of Real Estate Finance and Economics at the Department of Land Economy, KNUST.
Before joining KNUST, he served as an Associate Professor of Finance at the Business School of the Ghana Institute of Management and Public Administration (GIMPA), Accra.
He holds a PhD in Real Estate from the University of Aberdeen in the United Kingdom. He also earned an MSc in Real Estate Management from the Royal Institute of Technology in Sweden and a BSc (First Class Honours) in Land Economy from KNUST.
Prof Owusu-Ansah is a professional member of the Ghana Institution of Surveyors and an Associate Fellow of the British Higher Education Academy.
At GIMPA, he notably served as Head of the Finance and Accounting Department (September 2019 – December 2021) and Coordinator of Graduate Programmes at the Business School (September 2015 – August 2019).
He also contributed to several Academic Board Committees and served on the University Council’s Finance and Development Sub-Committee.
His teaching interests include Real Estate Economics, Real Estate Finance, Quantitative Research Methods, Real Estate Valuation, Principles of Real Estate, Corporate Finance, and Financial Management.
He is a recognised expert in hedonic modelling and house price index construction and has consulted widely on crop compensation valuation, real estate valuation, market analysis, and highest and best use assessments for real estate.
Professor Owusu-Ansah’s research focuses on housing market analysis, behavioural finance, hedonic pricing, index construction, land management, and land information systems.
He has extensively studied the Ghanaian housing markets and has published over a dozen research papers in reputable international journals, including Housing Studies, Journal of Housing and the Built Environment, Habitat International, and Journal of Corporate Real Estate.
He is also the author of the 2018 book Construction and Application of Property Price Indices, published by Routledge, London. As an academic, he serves as an external examiner for institutions such as the University of Mines and Technology (Tarkwa), University of Cape Coast, University of the Witwatersrand (South Africa), University of Johannesburg, Central University, Koforidua Technical University, and the Simon Diedong Dombo University of Business and Integrated Development (Wa).
Professor Owusu-Ansah is an alumnus of Kumasi Academy.
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