TITLE (PROF/DR/): DR.

NAME: MOHAMMED KAYODE AJAPE

POSITION: LECTURER I                                       SPECIALISATION: FINANCIAL REPORTING, SUSTAINABILITY, AUDITING, TAXATION

EDUCATION/TRAINING (Begin with Bachelor’s degree or other initial professional education, such as nursing, include postdoctoral training and residency training if applicable. Add/delete rows as necessary.)

 Personal Statement

I am an early career researcher with a passion for advancing sustainable solutions in financial reporting, auditing and taxation. Against the backdrop of many reported cases of corporate misdemeanors and the need for companies to be sustainability conscious and responsive, my research focuses on the value accounting numbers, as reported in the corporate annual report, have for the investors, restoration of the lost investors’ confidence through sustainability reporting, role of audit quality in enhancing financial reporting quality and the role of technology in achieving these objectives. I have an appreciable number of publications (National and Foreign) including book chapters in this regard.

A native of Kwara State, Dr. Ajape is a fellow (FCA) of the Institute of Chartered Accountants of Nigeria (ICAN), a Graduate member of the Nigerian Institute of Management (NIM), and recently, a postdoctoral research fellow at the University of Johannesburg, South Africa. With about 14 years of lecturing, I have wide academic and administrative experience as a course adviser, examination officer, an E-learning officer, and currently, a quality control officer, Department of Accounting, and a staff adviser to the UNILAG chapter of NUASA. I am actively serving on committees in the Department of Accounting and the Faculty of Management Sciences.  I have been reviewing articles for both local and international journals.

Positions, Scientific Appointments, and Honours

• Postdoctoral Research Fellow, University of Johannesburg, South Africa- May 2024 to April 2025
• Staff adviser, Nigerian Universities Accounting Students’ Association (NUASA), UNILAG-Chapter 2021 till present
• Member of the technical committee of ICAN South Africa and District Society- 2025
• External examiner, master’s degree dissertation, College of Law and Management Studies, University of KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa 2024
• Member of the technical committee of ICAN and Ikeja District Society (IDSICAN)-2024 till present
• ATSWA and professional examination on-screen assessor (Cost Accounting, Audit & Assurance Service)  2024 till date
• Member of the Technical, Research and Public Policy Committee (TRPPC) of ICAN for the 2022/2023 Presidential year
• Member of the 8^th Academic Conference on Accounting and Finance (ACAF) subcommittee of ICAN 2023
• PhD Research Grant by the Institute of Chartered Accountants of Nigeria (ICAN)- 2019

 Selected Most Recent Publications /Contributions to Knowledge

1. Ajape, M. K. & Adelowotan, M. O. (2025). Earnings management in non-financial firms in Nigeria: Does audit quality matter? Edelweiss Applied Science and Technology, 9(4), 574-578. DOI: 10.55214/25768484.v9i4.6030
2. Ajape, M. K. & Adegbayibi, A. T. (2025). Artificial intelligence tools and use cases in corporate finance in Adelowotan, M. & Leke, C. A. (2025) (Eds.) “Artificial Intelligence in accounting , auditing, and finance: A guide for implementation and use, Springer Nature.
3. Ajape, M. K., Okpala, O. P., & Salawu, M. W. (2024). SMEs’ commitment to sustainability practices in Nigeria: Examining the role of technology-based accounting systems. Lagos Journal of Banking, Finance & Economic Issues, 5(1), 37-47.
4. Abdul-Raheem, B. & Ajape, M. K. (2024). Integrating the Sunnah practice into the operation of e-commerce. Al-Burhan: Journal of Qur’an and Sunnah Studies, 8(2), 19-32. https://doi.org/10.31436/alburhn.v8i2.348.
5. Ajape, M. K. & Paramita, V.S. (2023). Is the environmental-economic performance relationship symbiotic? Evidence from listed non-financial firms in Nigeria. Indonesian Journal of Sustainability Accounting and Management,7(1),41-52. https://doi.org/10.28992/ijsam.v7i1.694

Collaborators/ Networks (International inclusive)

1. M. O. Adelowotan, Department of Accountancy, University of Johannesburg, South Africa
2. S. B. Adeyemi, Department of Accounting, University of Lagos, Nigeria
3. B. M. Oyewo, Essex Business School, University of Essex, Colchester,United Kingdom
4. V. S. Paramita, Universitas Jenderal Achmad Yani, Faculty of Economics and Business, Cimahi, Indonesia
5. A. B. Uthman, Department of Accounting, Nile University, Abuja, Nigeria