Issahaku's areas of expertise are mainly in accounting and finance with particular emphasis in:

• Financial reporting
• Corporate reporting
• Financial accounting
• Management accounting
• Financial management
• Audit and assurance

• PhD in Business (Ongoing)- Birmingham City University, UK- September 2020 - October 2023
• Doctor of Finance- Swiss Management Center University, Switzerland- March 2014 - October 2017
• Master of Science (MSc) in Accountancy and Finance, Birmingham City University, UK- September 2007 -November 2008
• Bachelor of Art (BA Hons) in Accountancy and Finance, Birmingham City University, UK- September 2005 - June 2006
• Higher National Diploma (HND) in Accountancy, Tamale Polytechnic, Ghana- September 1999 - December 2002

Issahaku is a fellow member of the Association of Chartered Certified Accountants (ACCA) and a member of the Institute of Chartered Accountants, Ghana (ICA[G])

Issahaku is interested in financial reporting, corporate reporting, audit and assurance, and financial management.

Issahaku's area of research is in corporate governance, accounting ethics and auditing, microfinance and corporate social responsibility.

Salifu, I., Mohammed, D., Alhassan, N. and Amaning, N. (2022) Factors influencing the effectiveness of internal audit function in public sector organisations in Tamale Metropolitan Assembly, Ghana. African Journal of Accounting, Auditing and Finance, 8(2), pp.132 – 153. https://www.inderscience.com/offer.php?id=128412

Amaning, N., Kuranchie, A., Salifu, I. and Ntoah-Boadi, S. (2021) Qualitative analysis on accounting ethics education for bachelor students. Int. J. Critical Accounting, 12(2), pp. 156 – 177.https://www.inderscienceonline.com/doi/abs/10.1504/IJCA.2021.115471

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