Enock Kojo Ayesu is a lecturer at the Department of Economics, Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology (KNUST), Kumasi, Ghana. He holds a Bachelor of Arts in Economics and Mathematics from the University of Cape Coast (UCC), Cape Coast, Ghana, a  Master of Philosophy (MPhil.), and a Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.) in Economics from KNUST.

Dr. Ayesu specializes in international trade and finance, development macroeconomics, and maritime economics. He is a member of the African Growth and Development Policy (AGRODEP) Modeling Consortium facilitated by AKADEMIYA2063 and the International Agricultural Trade Research Consortium (IATRC), a Megatrends Afrika Fellow, and a former  Young Scholar in the Private Enterprise Development in Low-Income Countries (PEDL) Young Scholars Programme. He also served as a Guest Researcher at the Research Center for International Development at the Kiel Institute for the World Economy (IfW) in Kiel, Germany. Additionally, Dr. Ayesu serves as a mentor and reviewer for the IZA Institute of Labour Economics Gender, Growth, and Labour Markets in Low-Income Countries (LMLIC) Mentorship Programme.

He has led and participated in research projects funded by international organizations, including the Structural Transformation and Economic Growth (STEG), the Megatrends Afrika project (funded by the German Federal Foreign Office, the Federal Ministry of Defence, and the Federal Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development), Private Enterprise Development in Low-Income Countries (PEDL), and the Center for Development Research (ZEF) at the University of Bonn. Dr. Ayesu has participated in international conferences and workshops across the world, and his research works have appeared in reputed peer-reviewed journals, including Maritime Policy & Management, Maritime Economics & Logistics, Journal of Shipping and Trade, Transportation Research Interdisciplinary Perspectives, the Journal of International Trade & Economic Development, Social Science Quarterly, OPEC Energy Review and Research in Globalization, among others.

In addition to supervising undergraduate dissertations and postgraduate theses, Dr. Ayesu teaches both undergraduate and postgraduate courses, including Macroeconomic Theory, International Trade and Finance, International Finance for Development, and International Money and Finance.