Dr Prince Boakye Frimpong is a Senior Lecturer in the Department of Economics at the Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology (KNUST), Kumasi. He recently served as a Postdoctoral Fellow with the prestigious Swiss National Science Foundation (SNSF) and holds a professional affiliation with the Econometric Society. He has an impressive academic foundation that includes a PhD in Economics from Università degli Studi di Milano, Italy, an MSc in Economic Development and Growth from the University of Warwick, UK, and another MSc in Economic Development and Growth from Lund University, Sweden. He also holds both an MA in Economics and a BA in Economics and Geography from KNUST.
His core specialisation is the rigorous application of Applied Econometrics and Applied Microeconomics across critical fields, notably Health Economics, Resource Economics, Energy Economics, Labour Economics, Education Economics and Gender Economics. Dr Frimpong's research leadership includes his role as Principal Investigator on a project focusing on Mobile Money Agents' incentives to adopt Digital Tools: A Randomised Controlled Pilot Study, which is awarded by The Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation (BMGF) through the Institute of Statistical, Social and Economic Research (ISSER).
He has been a key contributor to significant research projects, serving as a co-investigator on initiatives like Counting Women's Work in Ghana and projects focused on estimating the demographic dividend for Ghana. In the consultancy space, he served as a Technical Team Leader for the Youth Sector Engagement Group (Y-SEG), which developed an index for the performance and sustainability of youth businesses in Ghana's informal sector. He has also provided expertise to organisations, including the Development Change Hub and Participatory Development and Associates (PDA), on evaluating programme interventions. Specifically, he is listed as a Consultant for the Absa Young Africa Works Program End of Programme Evaluation funded by the Mastercard Foundation and conducted by PDA.
His research has been supported by competitive grants from several major international organisations, including the SNSF, the William and Flora Hewlett Foundation, the International Development Research Centre (IDRC), the Foundation for Economic Education, and the International Growth Centre (IGC). He is actively involved in teaching both undergraduate and postgraduate students in a range of advanced subjects, including Mathematical Economics, Applied Econometrics, Advanced Econometrics, Labour Economics, Resource Economics, and Sports Economics
