Franklin Cudjoe

Franklin Cudjoe is the Founding President and Chief Executive Officer of IMANI Centre for Policy and Education, a think tank of global repute and recognition dedicated to the promotion of the institutions of a free society across Africa.[1][2]

Franklin Cudjoe founded IMANI in 2004 as a non-profit, non-government organization dedicated to fostering public awareness of important policy issues concerning business, government and civil society. IMANI is base in Accra, Ghana.

Education

He attended St. Mary's Secondary and Junior Seminary School[3][4] in Lolobi Kumasi in the Volta Region[5] for Form 1-5 before moving to Pope John Senior High School and Minor Seminary in Koforidua for his sixth form.[6][3] Franklin has a B.Sc. in Land Economy from Kwame Nkrumah University of Science an Technology in Ghana. He is an alumnus of Harvard Kennedy School Executive Education, the Atlas Economic Research Foundation's Think Tank MBA programme and the Montreal Economic Institute’s Think Tank Training Programme. Franklin is currently pursuing part-time doctoral studies at Buckingham University (UK).[7][1]

Career

Cudjoe is a frequent commentator in print and broadcast media and has shared insightful perspectives about Africa development issues, including appearances on BBC, CBC, Swiss and Swedish National TV, Austrian National Radio and varied local Ghanaian media,[8] and has been published or quoted in the Wall Street Journal,[9] Washington Times,[10] UK Daily Telegraph, San Francisco Chronicle, Ottawa Citizen, Bangkok Post, Japan Times, South African Star, Cape Times, and Business Day, the Ghanaian Daily Graphic,[11] Accra Daily Mail, Ghana Web[12],[13] My Joy online, influential Nigerian, Kenyan, Rwandan,[14] Ugandan, Zimbabwean and Zambia media. He speaks to policy makers, students groups in Ghana and abroad.

Author

He is a co-author of Fighting the Diseases of Poverty,[15][16] The Reality of Water Provision in Urban Africa (with forewords by Hernando de Soto and Sir Ian Byatt),[17] The Water Revolution: Practical Solutions to Water Scarcity,: and Hobbled Trade: Trade Barriers within Africa. Franklin is a co-author of The State of Education in Ghana.

References
  1. "Franklin Cudjoe". World Economic Forum. Retrieved 2020-08-04.
  2. "Franklin Cudjoe". The Independent Institute. Retrieved 2020-08-04.
  3. Online, Peace FM. "I Have 'Known It All' Since 1994! IMANI's Franklin Cudjoe Shares Throwback Photo". Peacefmonline.com - Ghana news. Retrieved 2020-08-10.
  4. "Throwback of IMANI's Franklin Cudjoe Causes Massive Stir on Social Media - Opera News". gh.opera.news. Retrieved 2020-08-10.
  5. "St. Mary's Seminary Secondary School, Lolobi V/R". BusinessGhana. Retrieved 2020-08-11.
  6. "Pope John Senior High School launch events to mark it's Silver Jubilee". Pulse Gh. 2017-04-30. Retrieved 2020-08-10.
  7. "For The Records, Franklin Cudjoe's Academic And Professional Integrity Is Intact". Modern Ghana. Retrieved 2020-08-04.
  8. "Franklin Cudjoe | Modern Ghana Journalist | Muck Rack". muckrack.com. Retrieved 2020-08-04.
  9. Cudjoe, Franklin (2007-11-06). "Curing the Diseases of Poverty". Wall Street Journal. ISSN 0099-9660. Retrieved 2020-08-04.
  10. http://www.washingtontimes.com, The Washington Times. "INNIS: Obama keeps Africa in the dark". The Washington Times. Retrieved 2020-08-04.
  11. "IMANI scores Akufo-Addo gov't 48.78% on election promises". Graphic Online. Retrieved 2020-08-04.
  12. "Mahama's 'visionary' hospitals have 'come in handy' - Franklin Cudjoe". www.ghanaweb.com. 2020-04-09. Retrieved 2020-08-04.
  13. "Franklin Cudjoe, Author at Modern Ghana". www.modernghana.com. Retrieved 2020-08-04.
  14. "Poverty and sickness won't be cured by fighting patents". The New Times | Rwanda. 2008-06-24. Retrieved 2020-08-04.
  15. Stevens, Philip (2011-12-31). Fighting the Diseases of Poverty. Transaction Publishers. ISBN 978-1-4128-1388-4.
  16. Stevens, Philip, ed. (2008). Fighting the diseases of poverty. New Brunswick, N.J: Transaction Publishers. ISBN 978-1-4128-0744-9.
  17. "The reality of water provision in urban Africa | Eldis". www.eldis.org. Retrieved 2020-08-04.
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