Dr. Akwasi Aidoo on Ama Ata Aidoo, July 2, 2023

[Toyin Falola]

Dr. Akwasi Aidoo to join the Panel Discussion on Ama Ata Aidoo, July 2, 2023

 

 

Dr. Akwasi Aidoo is a philanthropy professional and a creative writer.  He is currently a Senior Fellow at Humanity United, and was the founding Executive Director of TrustAfrica – a foundation dedicated to promoting equitable development, social justice, movement building and democracy in Africa.

 

His previous positions include head of the health sciences program of the International Development Research Center (IDRC) in West and Central Africa, head of the Ford Foundation’s offices in Senegal and Nigeria, and Director of the Ford Foundation’s Special Initiative for Africa.

 

Dr. Aidoo currently serves on the Boards of several international organizations including Human Rights Watch, International Development Research Centre, and the Centre on African Philanthropy and Social Investment at Wits Business School at the University of Witwatersrand in South Africa. He also previously chaired the Boards of Fund for Global Human Rights, Resource Alliance, Africa Grantmakers’ Affinity Group, and two units of Open Society Foundations. Other Boards Akwasi has served on in the past include those of OXFAM America, Resource Alliance, Global Greengrants Fund, and the Global Network Committee of the Ash Institute at Harvard University.

 

In the 1970s and 1980s, Dr. Aidoo taught at universities in Ghana, Tanzania, and the United States. He was educated in Ghana and the United States and received a Doctor of Philosophy degree in medical sociology from the University of Connecticut in 1985.

 

 

Sunday, July 2, 2023

4:00 PM Ghana // 5:00 PM Nigeria // 11:00 AM Austin CST

 

Register and Watch:

https://www.tfinterviews.com/post/ama-ata-aidoo

 

Join via Zoom:

https://us02web.zoom.us/j/86580894258