Smile Dzisi

Smile Afua Gavua Dzisi was born on 18 June 1971, to Rev. Eusebius Kofi Gavua and Mrs Rebecca Dzandu Gavua from Wusuta in the Volta Region of Ghana. She was the first female to be appointed rector in the history of the Koforidua Polytechnic now Koforidua Technical University. She is the current interim vice chancellor of the Koforidua Technical University.

Early life Professor Smile Dzisi was born 18 June 1971 in Wusuta, in the Volta Region of Ghana.

In 2005 she studied for a Doctor of Philosophy in Entrepreneurship and Innovation at Swinburne University of Technology in Australia On 1 August 2015, she became the first ever female in the history of Koforidua Technical University to become a rector.

Honours Some of the honours received include the Name in Science and Education Award by the Academic Union and the Club of Rectors of Europe, United Kingdom, the 4th Ghana Women of Excellence Award, the Daasebre Silver Jubilee Award for Excellence in Higher Education Management She was appointed as the Vice Chairperson of the Commonwealth Association of Technical Universities and Polytechnics at its recently held 52nd meeting in Kenya

Personal life Professor Dzisi is married to Dr. Stephen Yao Dzisi a medical practitioner with three children.