Daniel Sakyi is a Professor of Economics and the Director of the Centre for Cultural and African Studies (CeCASt) at Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology (KNUST), Kumasi, Ghana. He holds a Bachelor of Arts in Economics and Geography from KNUST, an Erasmus Mundus joint Master of Arts in Economics of International Trade and European Integration awarded by seven partner European universities - University of Antwerp (Belgium), Staffordshire University (UK), Prague University of Economics and Business (Czech Republic), University of Cantabria (Spain), Lille University of Science and Technology (France), Free University of Brussels (Belgium), and University of Bari Aldo Moro (Italy), and a Doctor of Philosophy in Economics from University of Pisa, Italy.

Professor Sakyi is a former Volkswagen Foundation Senior Fellow and a member of both the African Growth and Development Policy Modeling Consortium facilitated by AKADEMIYA2063 and the International Association of Agricultural Economists (IAAE). He serves as Associate Editor for Foreign Trade Review and Journal of Contemporary African Studies. He has extensive experience as a visiting professor at institutions including the Faculty of Economics and Business Studies, University of Cantabria (Santander, Spain), African Economic Research Consortium (AERC) Shared Facility for Specialisation and Electives (Nairobi, Kenya), Department of Agricultural Economics, Extension and Rural Development, University of Pretoria (Pretoria, South Africa), and Department of Economics and Development Studies, Covenant University (Ota, Nigeria). He has also conducted research as visiting scholar at the Centre for Development Research (ZEF), University of Bonn (Bonn, Germany), the Faculty of Economics and Business Studies, University of Cantabria (Santander, Spain), and the German Institute of Development and Sustainability (IDOS) (Bonn, Germany). Since 2016, Professor Sakyi has contributed to Africa’s Biennial Review reporting on agricultural development, serving as an expert trainer and facilitator for the reporting on the  “2014 Malabo Declaration, which focuses on accelerated agriculture growth, shared prosperity, and improved livelihoods across the continent. This project is facilitated by the Department of Agriculture, Rural Development, Blue Economy and Sustainable Environment (DARBE) of African Union Commission (AUC) and the NEPAD Planning and Coordinating Agency.

Professor Sakyi has led and participated in several competitive research projects and consultancies funded by international organizations, including the Volkswagen Foundation, AERC, The International Development Research Centre (IDRC) and Hewlett Foundation, the International Growth Centre (IGC), the African Capacity Building Foundation (ACBF), and the International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI). He has also contributed to several prestigious national and international conferences, including the 2025 World Trade Forum, at the European University Institute (EUI, Florence, Italy), the 2024 International Conference of Agricultural Economists, (New Delhi, India), the 2024 Centre for the Study of African Economies (CSAE) Economic Development in Africa Conference at the St. Catherine’s College (University of Oxford, UK), the 2022 1st biennial “Africa in the Global Economy“ conference on “Africa’s Regional and Global Integration - Lessons from the Past and Implications for the Future”, conference at IDOS (Bonn, Germany), the 2018 AGRODEP Workshop and Conference on African Continental Free Trade Area (AfCFTA), organised by IFPRI at Dakar, Senegal, and the 2018 Western Economic Association International’s 93^rd Annual Conference at Sheraton Vancouver Wall Centre (Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada).

Professor Sakyi’s research focuses on development macroeconomics, economic growth and development, international economics, international agricultural trade and policy, and regional integration with a particular focus on Africa and the developing countries. He has authored over sixty peer-reviewed publications in reputable journals, including Review of World Economics, Review of Development Economics, The International Trade Journal, The Journal of International Trade and Economic Development, International Economics and Economic Policy, Technovation, Applied Economics, The Journal of Developing Areas, Poverty and Public Policy, African Development Review, Maritime Economics and Logistics, Maritime Policy and Management, Environmental Science and Pollution Research, International Journal of Entrepreneurship and Small Business, Foreign Trade Review, Journal of African Business, WMU Journal of Maritime Affairs, and Journal of African Trade.

Professor Sakyi teaches undergraduate and postgraduate courses, including Macroeconomic Theory, International Economics, International Development, International Money and Finance, and International Agricultural Trade and Policy. In addition to teaching and research, he supervises undergraduate, master’s and doctoral students, dedicating his expertise to developing the next generation of scholars and policymakers.