Francis Kofi Korankye-Sakyi is a lecturer at the Faculty of Law, University of Cape Coast, Ghana. He specialises in teaching Commercial, Trade, Investment, Competition, Banking and Business Law. He is also an adjunct lecturer to the School of Business and the College of Distance Education, UCC where he teaches both undergraduate and post-graduate students in Business Law, Company and Partnership Law and Legal Environment of Business. He is a guest lecturer at the University of Ghana School of Law, where he also lectures LL.M/M.A courses in MSMEs Law and Competition Law.
Currently a PhD (Law) Candidate of University of Ghana School of Law, he holds B. Ed. LL. B and M.A (Governance and Sustainable Development; Cape Coast) and LL. M (with distinction/dissertation) (Pretoria). He was an ABSA Bank scholarship recipient through the International Development Law Unit of the Centre for Human Rights, 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. Mr Korankye-Sakyi was admitted with 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 IGLP, UNESCO, and Association of African Universities. 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 to the Journal of De Jure Law Journal, Potchefstroom Electronic Law Journal, the Speculum Juris Law Journal and the Journal of Business and Entrepreneurial Development. He is the External Assessor for LL. B long essays for the University of Professional Studies School of Law, Ghana, and supervises LL.M dissertations at the University of Ghana School of Law.
Mr Korankye-Sakyi has about 30years 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 Centre for African Trade and Investment Policies, Ghana-a research and consultancy firm in Cape Coast. He is a national Council member of the Ghana National Chamber of Commerce and Industry and the only Ghanaian ever to serve on the Working Group on Trade and MSMEs of the International Chamber of Commerce on policies paper 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 in fulfilment of Article 70 (e) of the 1992 Constitution and Sections 114 and 117 (1) (b) (1) of the ADR Act, 2010 (Act 798).
His training, experiences and qualifications intersect in teaching, governance, policy, entrepreneurship, research and legal.
A member of the Global Scholars Academy, Socio-Legal Studies Association, UK, 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 Ghana Chamber of Commerce.