Dr Ekoua Jose-Maria Danho holds a PhD degree in Entrepreneurship from the University of Essex and is Fellow of higher education UK. She is a versatile and passionate early career researcher, and her research engages social issues related to Entrepreneurship. In this sense, she worked for 3 years as a Research Officer in the research team of the University of Essex for the EU INTERREG funded Accelerating Women’s Enterprises (AWE) project, which aimed to promote a better support for disadvantaged women entrepreneurs. She is currently lecturer in Entrepreneurship and Innovation.