Ezenwayi C Amaechi Ejiribe
Professor, Applied Learning Coordinator-MPH College of Health & Wellness Department of Health Science Providence
Biography
Ezenwayi Amaechi Ejiribe, Ph.D., ’07 MBA, is a Professor of Public Health & Entrepreneurship, Social Entrepreneur, Award Winner, Author, Keynote Speaker, Market Strategist, Micro/Nano Business Expert, and Board Member. As a Social Entrepreneur, she founded Micro Enterprise Social Entrepreneurship (MESENow). A social enterprise organization that empowers everyday visionaries, especially women, youth, and grassroots entrepreneurs globally to turn their ideas into impact.
Dr. Ezenwayi uses her background and experiences as a researcher, social entrepreneur, and micro/nano business expert to offer course materials in new and engaging ways. She also creates learning opportunities that extend beyond the classroom.
Education
PhD, Walden University
Management
MBA, Johnson & Wales University
Global Business Leadership
BS, Bryant University
Business Administration, Computer Information Systems
AS, Community College of Rhode Island
General Studies
Providence Business News Business Women 2024 Awards. Education Woman to Watch-Professor and Entrepreneur
Providence Business News
Women of Wisdom Award
Sophia Academy
Program Chair, Operations Management & Entrepreneurship Association (OMEA) track for MBAA International Conference.
MBAA International Conference
Society of the Knights Outstanding Alumni Award
Community College of Rhode Island
“Doing Good Across the Globe – Who is Ezenwayi Amaechi?.” Amaechi Ejiribe, E. (December 8, 2025)
https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/doing-good-across-the-globe-who-is-ezenwayi-amaechi/id1647838218?i=1000740210898
“The op-ed Shifting the Social Determinants of Business.” Amaechi Ejiribe, E. (July 18, 2025)
https://pbn.com/shifting-the-social-determinants-of-business/?bypass=6878001d680d3
“The Social Determinants of Business podcast.” Amaechi Ejiribe, E. (June 11, 2025)
https://www.buzzsprout.com/2470739/episodes/17319163
“JWU’s Amaechi is changing the world with class.” Amaechi Ejiribe, E. (May 24, 2024)
https://pbn.com/jwus-amaechi-is-changing-the-world-with-class/
“Standing on Her Shoulders: Building on the Legacy of Female Founders.” Amaechi Ejiribe, E. (March 1, 2024)
https://www.rimonthly.com/johnson-wales-female-founders/
“Sending off our YCO student and sharing Sharkfest 2023 details.” Amaechi Ejiribe, E. (January 26, 2023)
https://thisweekatjwu.podbean.com/e/sending-off-our-yco-student-and-sharing-sharkfest-2023-details/
“Spotlight with Dr. Ezenwayi Amaechi of MESENOW!.” Amaechi Ejiribe, E. (October 22, 2022)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N9H27FoMMQE
“Professor Ezenwayi Amaechi ’07 MBA, helps women and youth become successful entrepreneurs at home and abroad..” Amaechi Ejiribe, E. (May 2, 2022)
https://www4.jwu.edu/news/stories/magazine/2022/spring/the-alchemist/index.html
““Building the next bunch of entrepreneurs”.” Amaechi Ejiribe, E. (March 28, 2022)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wyBMjDxF_B0
“Women of Wisdom.” Amaechi Ejiribe, E. (March 10, 2021)
American Public Health Association
Rhode Island Public Health Association
The National Society of Leadership and Success
Delta Mu Delta International Honor Society in Business
Golden Key International Honor Society
Amaechi Ejiribe, E. When Credit Is Not Enough: A Market Woman Entrepreneur’s Journey Navigating Microloans, Health, and Structural Barriers in Ghana: Entrepreneurship: How to Start, Grow, and Scale a Business. (Case).
ISBN: 978-195-696-3380.
https://www.stukent.com/higher-ed/intro-entrepreneurship/
Amaechi Ejiribe, E. & Sodzi-Tettey, S. & Ofori-Dankwa, J. (April (2nd Quarter/Spring), 2025). African Women Entrepreneurs in the Informal Economy: Social Justice Implications of Market Jolts in Ghana. (Book).
Springer Nature, 1.
https://link.springer.com/book/9783031704673#overview
zi Sodzi-Tettey, S. & Amaechi Ejiribe, E. & Ofori-Dankwa, J. (April (2nd Quarter/Spring), 2025). An Ethnographic Assessment of COVID-19 Containment Measures at the Makola Market, Accra, Ghana: African Women Entrepreneurs in the Informal Economy: Social Justice Implications of Market Jolts in Ghana. (Book Chapter).
Palgrave Macmillan Cham, 1.
https://link.springer.com/book/9783031704673#overview
Amaechi Ejiribe, E. & Sodzi-Tettey, S. & Ofori-Dankwa, J. (April (2nd Quarter/Spring), 2025). Rebirthing of Makola Market: Evolution into Mallkets:: African Women Entrepreneurs in the Informal Economy: Social Justice Implications of Market Jolts in Ghana. (Book Chapter).
Palgrave Macmillan Cham, 1.
https://link.springer.com/book/9783031704673#overview
Osei, P. & Amaechi Ejiribe, E. (April (2nd Quarter/Spring), 2025). The Description of the Ghana Marketplace: A Four Case Study Approach: African Women Entrepreneurs in the Informal Economy: Social Justice Implications of Market Jolts in Ghana. (Book Chapter).
Springer Nature, 1.
https://link.springer.com/book/9783031704673#overview
Ofori-Dankwa, J. & Amaechi Ejiribe, E. & Sodzi-Tettey, S. (April (2nd Quarter/Spring), 2025). Towards the Typology of Jolts on Market Women: African Women Entrepreneurs in the Informal Economy: Social Justice Implications of Market Jolts in Ghana. (Book Chapter).
Palgrave Macmillan Cham, 1.
https://link.springer.com/book/9783031704673#overview
Ofori-Dankwa, J. & Sodzi-Tettey, S. & Amaechi Ejiribe, E. (April (2nd Quarter/Spring), 2025). Reducing Marketplace Jolts and Enhancing Social Justice: Recommendations and Future Directions: African Women Entrepreneurs in the Informal Economy: Social Justice Implications of Market Jolts in Ghana. (Book Chapter).
Palgrave Macmillan Cham, 1.
https://link.springer.com/book/9783031704673#overview
Amaechi Ejiribe, E. & Noel, J. & Namazi, S. (August, 2024). A Student-Oriented Guide to Applied & Integrative Learning: Strategies for Success and Key Relationship Building. (Instructional Material).
Pressbooks.
https://jwu.pressbooks.pub/studentorientedguidetoappliedlearningjwumph/
Amaechi Ejiribe, E. (January (1st Quarter/Winter) 15, 2021). Understanding culture and success in global business: Developing cultural and innovative intrapreneurs in small businesses in Thakkar, B. S. (eds.), Culture in global businesses: Addressing national and organizational challenges.. (Book Chapter).
Palgrave-McMillan.
https://www.researchgate.net/publication/347793566_Understanding_Culture_and_Success_in_Global_Business_Developing_Cultural_and_Innovative_Intrapreneurs_in_Small_Businesses
Amaechi Ejiribe, E. (2020). Women in Leadership: Disrupting the prescribed gender norms in Thakkar, B. S. Editor (Ed.), Paradigm shift in management philosophy: Future challenges in global organizations. (Book Chapter).
Palgrave-McMillan.
https://www.researchgate.net/publication/338329280_Women_in_Management_Disrupting_the_Prescribed_Gender_Norms
Amaechi Ejiribe, E. (2019). Investigators reflections on the process and experience of a mini-ethnographic case study research in Nigeria.. (Journal Article).
The Qualitative Report.
https://nsuworks.nova.edu/tqr/vol24/iss3/8/
Amaechi Ejiribe, E. (2018). The future of women in leadership, breaking the glass ceiling: A global perspective. In Thakkar, B. S. Editor (Ed.), The future of leadership: Addressing complex issues. (Book Chapter).
Palgrave-McMillan.
https://www.researchgate.net/publication/325490292_The_Future_of_Women_in_Leadership_Breaking_the_Glass_Ceiling_A_Global_Perspective
Amaechi Ejiribe, E. (2017). Exploring the barriers to women in leadership: The case of Enugu State, Nigeria.. (Journal Article).
American Journal of Strategic Leadership.
The 4th International Symposium to Advance Total Worker Health, “A review of evidence of workplace interventions designed to foster inclusion for neurodiverse employees: A systematic review.,” National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health and the Society for Total Worker Health, Bethesda, MD, United States. (October 21, 2025).
2025 Scholarship and Best Practices Expo, “Improving Health Through Digital Literacy Training Among Market Women Traders,” JWU. (December 17, 2024).
2024 Faculty Welcome Week, “Best Practices RAP (Review, Analyze, Plan) Session.,”. (August 21, 2024).
2024 Scholarship and Best Practices Expo, “Addressing Learner Variability with Universal Design for Learning Panel Discussion,” Johnson & Wales University, Providence, RI, United States. (April, 2024).
Scholarship and Best Practices Expo, “Social entrepreneurship and public health: Systemic review,” Johnson & Wales University, Providence, RI, United States. (April, 2024).
2023 University Scholarship and Best Practices Expo, “Teamwork, Writing, and Speaking: A Successful Business + English Collaboration,” Johnson & Wales University. (April, 2023).
Faculty Scholarship (& Student) Showcase, Johnson & Wales University, “How Might We Help JWU ECO Center Educate, Engage, & Raise Awareness About Their Programs on Instagram Using Design Thinking?,” Johnson & Wales University, Providence, RI, United States. (April, 2022).
Faculty Scholarship Virtual Showcase, “Is there a Difference Between A Small Business and A Microbusiness?,” Johnson & Wales University, Providence, RI, United States. (April, 2021).
GoldenCRI: The Center for Research and Innovation, “Women in management: Disrupting the prescribed gender norms,” GoldenCRI: The Center for Research and Innovation, Washington, DC, United States. (2019).
YSEALI Fellows Workshop, “Branding & Marketing Strategy Workshop,” Brown University, Providence, RI, United States. (September 18, 2019).
YSEALI Fellows Workshop, “Branding & Marketing Strategy Workshop,” Brown University, Providence, RI, United States. (April 10, 2019).
Seminar Presentation to Vitito Fellows, Cohort 7, Scott L. Carmona College of Business & Management, “Striving Towards Effective Leadership: Some Public and Personal Dimensions,” Saginaw Valley State University, Saginaw, MI, United States. (March, 2019).
YSEALI Fellows Workshop, “Branding your Social Enterprise,” Brown University, Providence, RI, United States. (October 18, 2018).
Eastern Academy of Management 55th Annual Meeting, “Development of a Black STEM Solopreneur: Case A,” Eastern Academy of Management, Providence, RI. (May 3, 2018).