Odongo Kodongo

Prof Odongo Kodongo has a wealth of experience in several areas of finance, having held several permanent and visiting positions in various universities. He has also played an active role in coordinating, developing and reviewing finance curricula. He currently teaches corporate finance, capital budgeting and project finance, and investment banking, at Wits Business School and Financial Economics at the AERC's Joint Facility for Electives.

Odongo’s research has focused on international finance, the pricing of risk, development finance, and economic growth. His research articles have appeared in such outstanding academic journals as Journal of Banking and Finance, Economic Modelling, Emerging Markets Review, International Review of Economics and Finance, Journal of International Financial Markets Institutions and Money, Quarterly Review of Economics and Finance, among many others. He has also authored many chapters in books published by Oxford University Press, Palgrave Macmillan, Edward Elgar and others.

Odongo is on the editorial board of Journal of African Development and reviews for many journals. He is a founder and an active member of African Development and Financial Economics Institute (ADEFEI).