Francis Boafo Effah recieved his BSc Electrical & Electronic Engineering degree from the Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology (KNUST), Kumasi, in 2001. From 2001 to 2002, he served as a Teaching Assistant at the Department of Electrical/Electronic Engineering of KNUST. At the end of his National Service, he traveled to the United Kingdom (UK) on working holiday and returned to Ghana to take up an appointment as Electronic Engineer with Hospital Engineering Ltd (HEL), Accra, in 2003.

In 2005, he was appointed as Senior Electronic Engineer and Branch Manager responsible for HEL's workshop at the Korle Bu Teaching Hospital (KBTH) where he oversaw the setting up of a neonatal intensive care unit (NICU) at the Maternity block of KBTH. In 2008, he traveled again to the UK for postgraduate studies. He obtained his MSc Electrical Engineering and PhD Electrical and Electronic Engineering degrees from the University of Nottingham, UK, in 2009 and 2014, respectively.

From January 2014 to July 2015, he was a Research Fellow at the Power Electronics Machines and Controls (PEMC) Research Group of the University of Nottingham, UK, where he worked on Solid-state and Hybrid HVDC circuit breaker concepts for Alstom Grid, UK. He also worked on a back-to-back NPC converter motor drive for Bowden and Francis, UK and solid-state AC circuit breaker concepts for Techna UK. From July 2015 to December 2016, he worked as a Lecturer at the Department of Electrical and Electronic Engineering at the University of Mines and Technology, Tarkwa.

Dr Effah joined KNUST as a Lecturer in 2016 and was promoted to Senior Lecturer in 2021. He facilitates courses in Power Electronics, Electrical Machines, Electric Drives, Circuit Theory and Applied Electricity. He is a professional member of Ghana Institution of Engineering (PE-GhIE) and a Senior Member of the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (SMIEEE). His research interests include control and modulation strategies for power converters, power electronic converter topologies including Z-source and Matrix converters, power converters in power systems, variable speed drive systems, electrical technologies for sustainable and renewable energy systems.