Dr Francis Kofi Korankye-Sakyi is a senior lecturer at the Faculty of Law, University of Cape Coast, Ghana. He specialises in teaching commercial, trade, investment, competition, banking, and petroleum law. He is also an adjunct lecturer at the School of Business, the Institute for Oil and Gas Studies, and the College of Distance Education, UCC, where he teaches both undergraduate and postgraduate students in business law, company and partnership law, petroleum law, policy and regulation, and the legal environment of business. He is a guest lecturer at the University of Ghana School of Law, where he also lectures an LL.M./M.A. course in MSME Law and Competition Law. His training, experiences, and qualifications encompass teaching, governance, policy, entrepreneurship, research, and law.
He is an alumnus of the University of Ghana School of Law, where he earned his PhD(Law) degree. He holds a B.Ed., LL.B., M.A. (Governance and Sustainable Development; Cape Coast) and LL.M. (with distinction/dissertation) (Pretoria). He was a recipient of the ABSA Bank scholarship through the International Development Law Unit of the Centre for Human Rights at the University of Pretoria in 2019. He holds Advanced Certificates in Civil Society Law in Africa, Business and Human Rights Law in Africa, Rights to Development, Results-Based Monitoring and Evaluation in Development Projects, Management Consultancy, Administration Management and Project Management, among others. Dr Korankye-Sakyi was admitted with a full scholarship to the Institute for Global Law and Policy, David Kennedy, Harvard Law School, as a Global Academy Scholar in 2023 and 2024.
His research interests include investment/business and human rights and the extractive industry, competition law, international trade finance (focus on MSMEs), banking reforms and regulations, local governance and development law, regional integration (focus on Africa), human rights law, civil justice reforms in Africa, and environmental and climate law. He has organised, participated in, and presented papers at local and international conferences, including those organised by AIIL, IGLP, UNESCO, and the African Universities Association. He has published in reputable refereed journals and peer-reviewed books. He is the Notes and Review Editor for the University of Cape Coast Law Journal and a reviewer for reputable journals, locally and internationally. He was a former External Assessor for LL.B. long essays for the University of Professional Studies School of Law, Ghana, and supervises LL.M. dissertations and PhD theses.
Dr Korankye-Sakyi has about 25 years of working experience in the public and private sectors, including serving previously as a District Chief Executive for the Twifo Hemang Lower Denkyira District Assembly in the Central Region, Ghana. He is an astute entrepreneur and the founder of the Centre for African Trade and Investment Policies, Ghana – a research and consultancy firm. He served as a national council member of the Ghana National Chamber of Commerce and Industry and was the only Ghanaian to have served on the Working Group on Trade and MSMEs of the International Chamber of Commerce, contributing to policy papers for WTO Ministerial Conferences.
In 2024, the President of the Republic of Ghana appointed him to the first Governing Board of the Alternative Dispute Resolution Centre for a three-year term.
A member of the Society of International Economic Law, the Global Scholars Academy, the Socio-Legal Studies Association, the Global Business and Human Rights Scholars Association, the Chartered Institute of Arbitrators, the International Trade Finance Professionals, the International Boardroom Institute, the Institute of Management Consultants, and the Ghana Chamber of Commerce.
