Daniel Sakyi is an Associate Professor of Economics and the Director of the Centre for Cultural and African Studies, Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology (KNUST), Kumasi. Daniel is a former Volkswagen Foundation Senior Fellow. He holds a BA (Economics and Geography) from KNUST, an Erasmus Mundus MA (Economics of International Trade and European Integration) from University of Antwerp (Belgium), and a Ph.D. (Economics) from University of Pisa (Italy). Daniel is specialized in development macroeconomics and growth, international trade and finance, and regional integration. He is a visiting Professor at the Department of Economics of University of Cantabria (Spain) and the African Economic Research Consortium’s Shared Facility for Specialisation and Electives hosted by the University of Pretoria (South Africa). Daniel serves as an expert trainer and consultant on regional/agricultural trade and development issues. He has executed several research projects with research grants from a number of international organizations including the Volkswagen Foundation, the African Capacity Building Foundation, the International Growth Centre, and the African Economic Research Consortium. Daniel has participated in several international conferences and workshops across the world. His research works have appeared in reputed peer reviewed journals including review of world economics, review of development economics, applied economics, the international trade journal, the journal of international trade and economic development, maritime economics and logistics, maritime policy and management, African development review, and journal of African trade, among others.