Prince Boakye Frimpong is a senior lecturer at the Department of Economics, Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology, Kumasi, and recently a postdoctoral fellow at the Swiss National Science Foundation (SNSF).

He holds a BA in Economics and Geography and an MA in Economics from the Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology, an MSc in Economic Development and Growth from the University of Warwick, UK, an MSc in Economic Development and Growth from Lund University, Sweden, and a PhD in Economics from Università degli Studi di Milano, Italy. His areas of specialization are Applied Econometrics and Applied Microeconomics in Health Economics, Resource Economics, Energy Economics, Labour Economics, and Gender Economics. He has previously worked as a co-investigator in projects including Counting Women's Work in Ghana and estimating the demographic dividend for Ghana. He was recently a consultant for the Youth Sector Engagement Group which developed an index for the sustainability of youth businesses in Ghana, particularly in the informal sector. He has benefited from research grants from several international organizations, including the Swiss National Science Foundation, William and Flora Hewlett Foundation and International Development Research Centre, Foundation for Economic Education, and the International Growth Centre. 

He teaches both undergraduate and postgraduate courses including Mathematical Economics, Labour Economics, Sports Economics, Applied Econometrics, Resource Economics, Advanced Econometrics, and Quantitative Methods in Economics.