Grant/Research Awards:
• British Emerald Literati Network Award Winner 2008. Award for Excellence & Special Commendation for Research of value to the developing world, the 2009 Literati Network Awards for Excellence for article published in Management Decision, “Knowledge creation and dissemination in Sub-Saharan Africa.”
• Emerald Research Fund Award, “Facilitating Knowledge Creation and Transmission in Sub-Saharan Africa,” $11,370, funded, (First ever foreign grant received by BGSU student & faculty). Co-Investigators: Louisa Ha and Raphael Okigbo. Funding continued in 2009 by the Orijiko Foundation. US $10,000.
First Graduate Student to receive Foreign Grant at the Bowling Green State University, Bowling Green, Ohio and the Department of Media & Communication Studies, Bowling Green State University– Emerald Research Fund Award, “Facilitating Knowledge Creation and Transmission in Sub-Saharan Africa,” $11,370, funded. Principal Investigator – Professor Louisa Ha with Co-Investigator: Professor Raphael Okigbo.
Publications - Books
Igboaka, P. (2005). Africa Beyond Wars, Diseases and Disasters. Authorhouse Publishers Inc. Bloomingham, Indiana.
Igboaka, P. (2014). At the 11th Hour – Reflections on Nigeria’s Aborted Miss World Pageant 2002, Boko Haram’s Tactics & New Global Terrorism Threats in Nigeria and Other Parts of Africa. Xlibris LLC Publishers. Bloomingham, Indiana.
Journal Articles:
Igboaka, P. and Louisa Ha (2010) Determinant of Internet Use in a Rural Nigeria Village. Journal of Communication and Media Research 2(1), 17-31.
Ha, L., Okigbo, R., Igboaka, P. (2008). Knowledge creation and dissemination in sub-Saharan Africa. Journal of Management Decision, 46(3), 392-405
Ha, L., Okigbo, R. & Igboaka, P. (2007). Creation and dissemination of agricultural
knowledge in Nigeria using broadband technology, Conference Proceedings of the Ebenezer Soola Conference on Communication, Ibadan, Nigeria, October 18-19, 2007. pp. 294-304.
