Emmanuel Owusu-Sekyere

As Director of Research, Policy & Programs, Emmanuel Owusu-Sekyere leads thought leadership, drives ACET’s research portfolio, and oversees ACET’s Economic Management and Governance program, including managing staff and program fellows, and ensuring alignment with ACET’s five-year strategy and theory of change.

Emmanuel  is an economist with nearly thirty years of experience consisting of diverse roles in the public sector, private sector, academia, and research. He has extensive experience and expertise in private sector consulting, financial sector development, project design, management and implementation, applied macroeconomics, and econometric modeling. His published works cover various topics, including macroeconomic determinants of currency volatility, links between democracy and enhanced economic growth, and remittances’ impact on development outcomes.

Prior to joining ACET, Emmanuel was the Deputy Research Director at the Brenthurst Foundation, Johannesburg, where he was the lead on research into economic transformation, cities and communities, empowerment and jobs and security on the African continent. His published works cover a range of topics including macroeconomic determinants of currency volatility, links between democracy and enhanced economic growth, and the impact of remittances on development outcomes.

Emmanuel is passionate about economics, and his career objective is to apply his multi-tool kit of skills to enhance economic transformation, development, and performance in African countries. Accomplishing this through capacity strengthening, policy research, advisory, advocacy, and program implementations and interventions that mitigate Africa’s triple challenge of poverty, inequality, and unemployment.

He holds a PhD in Economics from the University of Pretoria, South Africa, and has specialized training in Capital Market Development and Regulation as well as Measuring Financial Inclusion in Africa.