Daniel Sakyi is a Professor of Economics and Director of the Centre for Cultural and African Studies (CeCASt), Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology (KNUST), Kumasi. Professor Sakyi 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 from University of Antwerp, Belgium, and a Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.) in Economics from University of Pisa, Italy.

Professor Sakyi is specialized in development macroeconomics and growth, international trade and finance, and regional integration. He is a member of African Growth and Development Policy Modeling Consortium facilitated by AKADEMIYA2063, an Associate Editor for Foreign Trade Review, and a former Volkswagen Foundation (VW) Senior Fellow. Professor Sakyi serves as an expert trainer and consultant on regional/agricultural trade and development issues. Additionally, he served as an expert trainer for Biennial Review reporting on the 2014 Malabo Declaration on accelerated agriculture growth and transformation for shared prosperity and improved livelihoods in Africa, facilitated by the Department of Agriculture, Rural Development, Blue Economy and Sustainable Environment (DARBE) of African Union Commission, and the NEPAD Planning and Coordinating Agency from 2016 to 2021.

Professor Sakyi is a visiting Professor at the Department of Economics, University of Cantabria, Spain, and the African Economic Research Consortium’s (AERC) Shared Facility for Specialisation and Electives hosted by the University of Pretoria, South Africa. He has led and also participated in several research projects funded by international organizations, including the VW Foundation, the AERC, the International Growth Centre, and the African Capacity Building Foundation. Professor Sakyi has participated in several international conferences and workshops across the world and 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.

Aside the supervision of undergraduate dissertation and master’s/Ph.D. thesis, Professor Sakyi teaches undergraduate and postgraduate courses, including Macroeconomic Theory, International Economics, International Development, International Agricultural Trade and Policy, and International Money and Finance.