Jephthah Kwame Afako is the Chief Marketing Officer of Jumia Ghana, with over a decade of experience driving growth across e-commerce, digital platforms, and multinational organizations. His career spans senior leadership roles in marketing and business development, including spearheading performance marketing, customer engagement, and traffic operations at Jumia Group, leading international business development in China, and building start-up ventures in Ghana.

Beyond industry practice, Jephthah is deeply committed to knowledge sharing. He has lectured at Jiangsu University in China and served as a Graduate Research and Teaching Assistant at the University of Professional Studies, Accra. Holding a distinction-awarded MBA in Technology and Innovation Management from Jiangsu University and a Postgraduate Diploma in Marketing from the Chartered Institute of Marketing (CIM-UK), he combines academic excellence with practical insight.

As a tutor at Rumis Engage College of Marketing, Jephthah focuses on equipping students to excel in professional exams while applying marketing knowledge in real-world contexts. His teaching emphasizes critical thinking, data-driven strategy, and practical problem-solving, preparing learners to thrive in today’s dynamic marketing and business landscape.