Ekua Cant
Corporate Leadership Visibility Expert & Higher Education LinkedIn Trainer
Be Your No.1 Cheerleader
Empowering universities, researchers, and PhD students to harness LinkedIn for visibility, impact, and career success.
I design and deliver high-impact LinkedIn training for academics from early career researchers to senior faculty, helping them translate expertise into influence, public value, and funding opportunities. My tailored programmes support:
• Research Impact & REF Readiness – Academic profile optimisation and visibility strategies for measurable outcomes.
• Student Recruitment & Outreach – LinkedIn strategies that boost engagement, conversions, and global brand awareness.
• Content & Thought Leadership – Coaching researchers and alumni to show up with clarity, confidence and credibility.
• Alumni & Collaboration Strategy – Advising institutions on building communities and project pages to deepen engagement.
Delivered workshops for City, University of London and St George’s focused on REF-relevant impact, profile audits, and academic visibility.
Let’s turn academic excellence into global recognition.
Ekua Cant is a Corporate Leadership Visibility Expert, Higher Education LinkedIn Trainer, and LinkedIn Top Voice for Careers and Job Search. She specialises in helping researchers, academic teams, and universities harness LinkedIn for research visibility, student recruitment, and global engagement.
Ekua’s approach blends strategic insight with lived experience. As a neurodivergent leader with Dyslexia and Dyscalculia, she brings a uniquely inclusive, empathetic lens to digital transformation and professional development.
She began her career in the UK Civil Service, managing high-profile digital programmes across the Cabinet Office and HM Treasury before transitioning into higher education training, entrepreneurship, and executive coaching.
Ekua is the author of Be Your No.1 Cheerleader, and her forthcoming book Your Platform Power: How to build a profitable speaker brand in a polarised world will be published in September 2025. She also founded Hackathon Queen and Layover Adventure, reflecting her passion for innovation and community.
A trusted trainer to universities like City and St George’s, she has delivered workshops on academic LinkedIn presence, digital thought leadership, and visibility for REF and EDI goals.
She previously co-led GTA Black Women in Tech and ran the London Marathon, proof of her commitment to both resilience and impact.
