Afua Mante

Afua Mante, PhD, EIT, currently serves as the Vice Chair of the Board of Directors for the Canadian Foodgrains Bank, having held various leadership roles including Interim Chair and Director. Since January 2022, Afua Mante has been an Assistant Professor of Soil Physical Processes in the Department of Soil Science at the University of Manitoba, following a post-doctoral fellowship in the same department from August 2020 to January 2022. Prior experience includes a post-doctoral fellowship at the Centre for Engineering Professional Practice & Engineering Education at the University of Manitoba. Afua Mante holds a PhD in Biological/Biosystems Engineering, alongside advanced degrees in Mechanical Engineering, Water Supply and Environmental Sanitation, and Agricultural Engineering from the University of Manitoba and Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology.