Takyiwaa Manuh

Takyiwaa (Te chi wa) Manuh is Director, Social Development Policy Division, of the United Nations Economic Commission for Africa, based in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia.


Before joining ECA, she had been Professor of African Studies at the University of Ghana, where she also served as Director of the Institute of African Studies from 2002-2009. She is a Fellow of the Ghana Academy of Arts and Sciences and has also served as a member of several international, continental and national organizations and bodies.


She has received several awards and recognitions, including the University of Ghana’s Meritorious Service Award; the Republic of Ghana’s Order of the Volta (Officer Class), both in 2007, and an honorary doctor of laws degree from the University of Sussex, UK in 2015.
She has published widely in the areas of African development; gender, women’s rights and empowerment; higher education; and contemporary African migrations.

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