Campus leadership

Dr. Jemima Antwiwaa Ottou.

Campus Manager, GIMPA Tema Campus.

Dr. Jemima Antwiwaa Ottou
RoleCampus Manager
ProfessionQuantity Surveyor
Industry experience24+ years
Teaching11+ years

Professional memberships

  • Ghana Institution of Surveyors
  • Chartered Institute of Building
  • Ghana Institute of Procurement and Supply
Biography

Dr. Mrs. Jemima Antwiwaa Ottou has over 24 years of functional experience as a Quantity Surveyor, Procurement Professional and Contract Administrator, and more than 11 years of university teaching. She has led pre-contract and post-contract work on major building and civil engineering projects for contractors and consultancies across Ghana’s public and private sectors, and has managed several donor-funded government construction projects.

Over the past decade she has taught and supervised theses in contract management, procurement, total quality management, occupational health and safety, and project management at undergraduate and postgraduate levels. Her research interests include Total Quality Management, Sustainable Development, and Procurement in Construction Project Delivery.

Her passion for helping the deprived and vulnerable shows in the selfless consultancy services she provides to organisations in need.

Education
2018

PhD Construction Management, Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology

Research: Improving Public Sector Construction Procurement Using Six Sigma

2012

MSc Engineering and Management (with distinction), Coventry University, UK

2002

BSc Building Technology, Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology

Awards & recognition
2025

Outstanding Leadership, Teamwork, and Coordination Award — ICESDA 2025

2025

Outstanding Service and Commitment to Duty Award — ICESDA 2025

2023

Outstanding Programmes Coordinator, GIMPA Business School

2012

Best student, MSc Engineering and Management, Coventry University

2002

GhIS Emmanuel A. Abbam Award — Best Overall Student in Building Economics and Quantity Surveying

Selected publications
  • Ottou, J.A., Baiden, B.K., Nani, G., and Tuuli, M.M. (2024), “Enhancing performance measurement of public procurement processes through the application of procurement delay index”, Heliyon.
  • Adaku, E., Osei-Poku, V., Ottou, J. A. and Yirenkyi-Fianko, A. (2023), “Contractor payment delays: a systematic review of current trends and future directions”, Construction Innovation.
  • Yirenkyi-Fianko, A.B. and Ottou, J.A. (2024), “Heavy metal concentration in surface water after a one-year ban on ASM activities”, Cogent Engineering.
  • Ottou, J.A., Baiden, B.K. and Nani, G. (2020), “Six sigma project procurement application in public procurement”, International Journal of Quality and Reliability Management.
  • Ottou, J.A., Baiden, B.K., Nani, G., and Tuuli, M.M. (2020), “Benefits of implementing Six Sigma in competitive tendering process”, Built Environment Project and Asset Management.
  • Ottou, J. A. and Tuuli, M. M. (2026), “Construction company development in developing countries”, in Research Companion to the Construction Industry in Developing Countries, Edward Elgar.
  • Obiri-Yeboah, H., Tetteh, F.K., Amoatey, C., Ottou, J. A. (2026), “Beyond practice adoption: how quality culture amplifies total quality management’s impact on sustainable supply chain performance”, International Journal of Quality & Reliability Management.

A selection from more than twenty peer-reviewed journal articles, book chapters and conference papers.