Ferdinand Ahiakpor is currently employed as a Professor in economics at the Department of Data Science and Economic Policy, School of Economics,University of Cape Coast, Ghana. As a professor in the University, Ferdinand teaches and supervises various courses and thesis at both undergraduate and graduate levels. Ferdinand has also been part of the scholars who occasionally review programmes for the African Economic Research Consortium (AERC), Nairobi. As an economist, Ferdinand has published several articles in peer reviewed journals and has also presented academic and policy papers at both international and local levels.

Ferdinand has consulted widely in Ghana and in other emerging African countries. As a short-term consultant for the United Nations Economic Commission for Africa (UNECA), Macroeconomic Policy Division (2018-Date), he had the responsibility of developing and training key stakeholders on EViews-based Macroeconomic Model for selected African countries. Ferdinand completed the Macroeconomic Model for Africa and some selected Africa countries. The countries includes: Djibouti, The Gambia, Mauritania, Namibia, Algeria, Egypt, Rwanda, Ghana and Zambia.

From march 2013 to December 2019, Ferdinand served as a Technical Advisor to the National Development Planning Commission (NDPC), Ghana. He was responsible for macroeconomic policy and structural option; private sector development, the social sector as well as sustainability. Further, Ferdinand coordinated the writing of series of the country documents such as the Annual Progress Report, the Ghana@100 document and the Long -Term Development Plan. In addition, Ferdinand has been part and leader of the technical team which worked with Oxford Economics to develop the Ghana Macroeconomic Model.

Ferdinand is a graduate of the University of Cape Coast, where he obtained a Bachelor of Social Sciences (Economics) Degree; University of Ghana, where he obtained a Master’s Degree in Economics; and University of Cape Coast, where he obtained a Ph.D. in Economics. In addition, Ferdinand did his Post-Doctoral research fellowship at the Department of Economics and Econometrics, University of Johannesburg, South Africa. During the period 2011-2012, Ferdinand was a Visiting Scholar at the Centre for Economic Policy (CEP) research unit, University of Hull Business School, United Kingdom. During his post–doctoral, Ferdinand took courses and training in Financial Econometrics and Dynamic Stochastic General Equilibrium Model (DSGEM). Also, as a member and coordinator of the Ghana Macroeconomic Modelling team, Ferdinand went through a one-year training in Macroeconomic Forecasting, Sectoral Planning and Policy Analysis among other technical trainings with Oxford Economics, a consulting firm in the United Kingdom.

Ferdinand Ahiakpor’s academic background covers the fields of applied macroeconomics, modelling, development economics, applied microeconomics, labour economics, public sector economics, Sovereign Risk Analysis and monetary economics. His work experience has offered him opportunities for close interaction with government officials within and outside Africa, officials of multilateral organizations as well as international financial institutions, such as the World Bank, International Monetary Fund, United Nations Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD) and the African Development Bank.

Ferdinand has also served as member of the Board of Directors of numerous public enterprises. He also served as Chairman for the Policy Working Group for the “STRENGTHEN PROJECT”, International labour Organisation (ILO) in the year 2015 to 2018.

Prof. Ferdinand Ahiakpor