Ibrahim Osman Adam was appointed as an assistant lecturer in 2013 in the department of Accounting. He was promoted to the rank of lecturer and senior lecturer in 2015 and 2018 respectively. In June 2022, he was promoted to the rank of Associate Professor of Information Systems. He holds a PhD in Information Systems from the University of Ghana Business School. He is one of two students who were pioneers of the PhD Information Systems programme at the University of Ghana Business School. He obtained a double master's degree; an MSc in Development Management from the London School of Economics and Political Science (LSE) (UK) in 2005 which was fully sponsored by a merit scholarship and an MSc in Applied Informatics from the Henley Business School, University of Reading (UK) in 2009 sponsored by partial scholarship. He has a first-class bachelor’s degree in Business Administration (accounting option) from the University of Ghana which he obtained in 2002. He is also a Chartered Accountant with the Institute of Chartered Accountants (Ghana). He is also a member of the Chartered Institute of Library and Information Professionals and a member of the Association of Information Systems. He also holds a PRINCE2 Project Management certificate. He is a product of Tamale Secondary School.

Prof. Osman has held several positions in the University and served on various committees. He was the Graduate Programmes Coordinator at the erstwhile School of Business and Law (formerly UDS Wa Campus) from 2016 to 2017 and became the Head of Department of the Accounting Department in 2017. He has served as a member of the Procurement Committee, examinations malpractice committee and the ICT committee. Prior to his appointment as the foundation Dean of the UDS Business School, he was the Head of the Accounting Department at the University for Development Studies erstwhile School of Business and Law. Prof. Osman was a key member in the transformation agenda of the school from 2016 actively participating in the development of both undergraduate and postgraduate programmes and being instrumental in key initiatives in promoting student-centeredness, well-being and development. His unique approach to addressing student issues has endeared him to many students who have passed through him.

Before joining academia, he worked as a Monitoring and Evaluation Officer in the NGO sector. He has provided consultancy services for several small businesses through the Skills Development Fund Ghana as well as capacity building for NGOs in areas of monitoring and evaluation, especially in digital MEAL (Monitoring, Evaluation, Accountability and Learning) systems. He is also a co-founder of the Centre for ICT4D (Information and Communication Technology for Development) Research.

He teaches Management Information Systems, Accounting Information Systems, Business Intelligence, Information and Communication Technology for Development (ICT4D), Research Methods and Information Systems Auditing both at the undergraduate and postgraduate levels. He has published extensively in the area of information systems and currently has over 40 publications to his credit. Some of his papers have been published in top-tier journals such as Information Systems Frontiers, Technology in Society, Journal of Enterprise Information Management, International Journal of Finance & Economics, Technology Analysis & Strategic Management, and African Journal of Science, Technology, Innovation and Development, among others. He has also presented at top conferences such as the Americas Conference on Information Systems (AMCIS), European Conference on Information Systems (ECIS), the UK Academy for Information Systems and the Middle East and North Africa Conference for Information Systems (MENACIS).

His research interests are in digital technologies in business and innovation and he specializes in exploring the nexuses in the Information and Communication Technology for Development (ICT4D) value chain specifically in areas of e-commerce, e-government, social media and other digital transformations.

He can be reached through:
Email: ioadam@uds.edu.gh
Twitter: @yiblam