Akwasi Aidoo

Akwasi is a Senior Fellow at Humanity United and was the founding Executive Director of Trust Africa. Over the last four decades, Akwasi’s career has centered on human rights and philanthropy in Africa. His previous roles include Head of the Health and Equity programme of the Canadian International Development Research Centre in West and Central Africa, Head of the Ford Foundation in Senegal and Nigeria, and Director of the Ford Foundation’s Special Initiative for Africa. Akwasi was educated in Ghana and the United States and received a Ph.D. in Sociology from the University of Connecticut. He has taught at universities in Ghana, Tanzania, and the United States. He sits on the boards of several non-profit organisations which include Resource Alliance, Fund for Global Human Rights, Global Greengrants Fund, Open Society Institute for West Africa, and International Beliefs and Values Institute.