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Full-time Faculty positions at the Assistant Professor and Associate Professor levels.

Disciplines :Accounting, Entrepreneurship, Management, and Marketing
School: School of Business & Social Sciences (BSS), International University of Grand-Bassam

Location: Grand-Bassam, Côte d’Ivoire (Ivory Coast)
Reporting Line : Dean of School of Business & Social Sciences
Application Deadline : January 31, 2026
Appointment Date : To be filled for Fall 2026 (September 2026)
Salary and Rank : To be determined, depending on qualifications and experience

IUGB Profile
The International University of Grand-Bassam (IUGB) is an independent institution, established as a private-public partnership, offering an American-style curriculum in English. IUGB opened in 2005 and was formally accredited as a University in Côte d’Ivoire, by the promulgation of Decree n° 2007-477 on 16 May 2007. IUGB offers Bachelor degree programs in the School of Business and Social Sciences (BSS), and in the School of Science and Engineering (SSE). Our Undergraduate Preparatory Program trains students for
university-level work through courses in English, technology and mathematics.


Mission
The mission of IUGB, as a world class, not-for-profit, American-style institution, is to deliver an English-language liberal arts education in fields critical to Côte d’Ivoire and West Africa’s growth and development.
The University’s core values, which include caring, ethics, equal opportunity, gender equality, and lifelong learning, underpin its teaching, research, and service activities to produce innovative, entrepreneurial, and socially responsible leaders.


Location and Languages
IUGB is located in Grand-Bassam, Côte d’Ivoire, a coastal city about 20 miles east of the economic capital, Abidjan. While all instruction and University management are conducted in English, IUGB is located in a French-speaking country.

Position Description
We are looking for academics who are not only exceptional educators and researchers, but who are also enthusiastic about addressing real-world challenges in Africa through their work. We particularly welcome candidates with multidisciplinary backgrounds, as we believe that diverse academic perspectives enrich our teaching, research, and community engagement. Attributes the ideal candidate should possess include (but not limited to): A strong academic background, a demonstrated track record of quality research, and a passion for teaching and mentoring students within a context-relevant framework. The successful applicant will be expected to make significant contributions to the School’s research agenda; teach undergraduate, graduate and executive courses; develop curricula for graduate programs; and actively engage in service activities that enhance both academic and professional communities.


We invite applications for full-time faculty positions at the level of Assistant, Associate Professor, or Full Professor, in the following fields:

  • Accounting: Courses to be taught include (but not limited to): Managerial Accounting, Tax, Auditing and Assurance, Financial Reporting, Forensic Accounting, Accounting Information Systems, and Public Sector Accounting.
  • Entrepreneurship: Courses to be taught include (but not limited to): Agri-Business, Technology Entrepreneurship, Social Entrepreneurship, New Venture Creation, Blockchain and Fintech innovations, Family Business Management, and Growth Hacking.
  • Management: Courses to be taught include (but not limited to): Artificial Intelligence (AI) and the future of work, Digital Transformation Strategy, Strategic Management, Project Management, Technology Management, Sustainability Management, Business Analytics, Business Intelligence, Sustainable Supply Chain, Supply Chain Dynamics, Supply Chain Finance, and Operations Management.
  • Marketing: Courses to be taught include (but not limited to): Digital Marketing, AI/Data Driven Marketing, and Electronic Commerce.

Key Responsibilities

  • Teaching: Develop and teach courses at the undergraduate, graduate and executive program levels, utilizing a wide range of methodologies and approaches, informed by current research and industry developments;
  • Delivering engaging, well-organized, and informative lectures or seminars to students;
  • Developing lectures, presentations, reading materials, assignments, and multimedia resources that effectively convey the subject matter both in person and online;
  • Assess and grade students’ work and examinations and provide constructive and timely feedback to students.
  • Observe office hours and have regular contact with students in order to provide support.
  • Effectively using learning management systems, multimedia tools, and other educational technologies to enhance instruction;
  • Effectively incorporate project-based learning and entrepreneurship in each class;
  • Supervise and mentor students’ internships and capstone projects.
  • Research and Innovation:
  • Conduct quality and impactful research, specifically focusing on innovative solutions addressing challenges and real-world problems in the African context;
  • Publish research findings in top-tier academic journals (targeting publications in outlets ranked FNEGE: 2/1, ABDC: A/A, ABS 3/4/4, FT-50) and contribute to the global academic community;
  • Actively seek external funding for research and innovation projects;
  • Engage in interdisciplinary research collaborations, both internally and externally;
  • Establish and nurture partnerships with industry and other academic institutions to facilitate research impact.
  • Service:
  • Contribute to curriculum development and academic program management ensuring relevance to the African context;
  • Actively participate in academic and administrative service for institution building;
  • Engage in service to both the local and broader communities.

Qualifications:

  • A Ph.D. or equivalent in the relevant field from a recognized institution.
  • Demonstrated excellence in teaching at the university level and executive programs.
  • A strong publication record in peer-reviewed academic journals.
  • Experience in curriculum development.
  • Ability to secure external funding.
  • Commitment to academic service and community engagement.
  • Native-like fluency in English.
  • Familiarity with the US-style of higher education.

Experience:

  • At least two years of teaching experience at university level in the African context.
  • Publications in ranked peer-reviewed journals in the area of specialization or closely related fields (at least 2 ABS Rank 3 or 4 ABS Rank 2 articles).
  • Highly recommended:
  • International teaching experience and/or study or extended stay in an English- speaking country.
  • Desirable:
  • Practical experience in organizations or industry.
  • Professional certification(s) in the field of expertise

Essential Skills and Personal Qualities:

  • Excellent interpersonal skills and ability to work in teams.
  • Commitment to high quality teaching and research.
  • Commitment to contribute to the growth and development of a young and innovative
    institution.
  • Basic computer literacy.
  • Willingness and ability to integrate educational technologies into teaching and course
    management.
  • Creativity and interest in developing learning materials.

To ensure consideration:
Candidates should send the following documents electronically to the Office of Human Resources at [email protected]:

  1. A letter of application stating the candidate’s motivation for joining IUGB and
    qualifications.
  2. A comprehensive curriculum vitae detailing courses taught, publications, and the names
    and contact information of at least two referees;
  3. Evidence of effective teaching, for example, copies of teaching evaluations;
  4. Official transcripts of graduate studies completed.
  5. Teaching philosophy.
  6. Research statement.
    Very Important Notice: Before submitting your application via email, be sure to include in
    the subject line the Vacancy Announcement number:
    BSS # 2025-01 for Accounting.
    BSS # 2025-02 for Entrepreneurship.
    BSS # 2025-03 for Management.
    BSS # 2025-04 for Marketing.
Department/Office:: School of Business & Social Sciences
Job Type: Full Time
Job Location: Grand-Bassam
Education: Ph.D

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Fatima Doumbia Koné is a Mathematics lecturer at the international University of
Grand-Bassam (IUGB). Among the courses she taught we have the following: Introduction to
Differential Equations, Elementary Statistics, Calculus(I,II,III), Transforms in Applied Math,
Introduction to Linear Algebra, Operations Research and Abstract Algebra.
She has a Bachelor degree in Mathematics (IUGB), a Master degree in Pure and Applied
Mathematics (AUST) and she is currently enrolled for a PhD in Mathematics at the African
University of Science and Tecnology (AUST), Abuja. She has also been an intern at the
Institutional Banking Group department within GTBANK CI (Garanty Trust Bank Côte
D’Ivoire).
She is a former IUGB student and she was the president of the science club in 2015.
Academically, her goal is to be a great researcher and innovator on the topics of asymptotic
theories in Fuzzy Probability Theory and their various applications to image processing. She
has good programming skills (JAVA, LaTeX, C++) and she is bilingual (French and English).
Over the years, she has been developing a method of teaching which not only put students at
the center of the learning process but also which deconstruct most of the stereotypes about the
inaccessibility of mathematical knowledge to everybody.
Regarding her research activities, she has been working since 2018 on the topic of integration
on Banach spaces and a preprint of an interesting work is available at
https://arxiv.org/pdf/1905.04480. She is continuing with her research on integration but now
her PhD studies focus on Random Sets Integration in Probability Theory. Professionally, she
is a very active lecturer at IUGB and she is currently the faculty advisor of the SHE CLUB,
which aims at promoting women empowerment by providing learning, leadership and
networking opportunities.

I am currently Associate Professor of computer and data science in the school of science technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM) at the International University of Grand-Bassam (IUGB).
From 2000 to 2018, I successively worked as a research scientist at Independent Computing Research in Montreal, Quebec, Canada; Assistant Professor at the department of computer science and
engineering at Université Laval in Québec, Canada; Research Associate at the Japan Advanced Institute of Science and Technology (JAIST) where I also received a Ph.D. degree in computer science in March 2000. Upon receiving a master's degree in mathematical and computing science
from the Tokyo Institute of Technology (TIT) in 1990 in Japan, I worked as a research scientist at National/Panasonic, one of the most prestigious companies in Tokyo.
I am involved in research on Artificial Intelligence, Data Science, Semantic Web and its applications in a wide range of fields. Besides, I designed the current Data Science program in effect
since September 2021 in STEM. In addition, I am also one the founders and current President of the
Ivorian Association of Artificial Intelligence and member of ORBICOM, the Network of UNESCO Chairs in Communication headquartered in University of Quebec in Montreal (UQUAM), Canada.

Kwame Simpe Ofori is an Assistant Professor in Finance at the school of Business and Social Sciences. He holds a doctorate degree in Finance, a master’s degree in finance and a master’s degree in Telecommunications Technology. He is also currently a PhD student at the School of Management and Economics, University of Electronic Science and Technology of China. He has taught courses in the areas of finance, computer science, computer and electrical engineering, and telecommunication engineering. Before joining IUGB he lectured in several universities in Ghana. He also worked with Ghana Telecommunications Company as a support engineer. His research interests are in the areas of consumer behaviour, technology adoption and trust in online systems and in recent times financial econometrics. His papers have appeared in several CABS-ranked journals such as Information Technology and People, Journal of Cleaner Productions, Quality Management Journal, Marketing Intelligence and Planning, International Journal of Bank Marketing, Total Quality Management and Business Excellence, Journal of African Business, Journal of Hospitality and Tourism Technology and Society and Business Review.