Godfred is the founder and executive director of DAI-Africa, before which worked with local NGOs in Ghana, including Fountain of Life Care and Progressive Excellence Youth Organisation (PEYORG). He also worked as Director of Programmes for the Accra-based Hope for Future Generations (HFFG).

Godfred has also worked with international NGOs such as Opportunities Industrialization Centers International (OICI) as a Monitoring and Evaluation Officer for an HIV/AIDS home-based care program in the Central region of Ghana, Marie Stopes International Ghana as the Advocacy Manager and Youth Focal Person, and Talking Hope based in Berlin as Programmes Director. Across the above-named NGOs, He managed projects and programs funded by top donors, including USAID, DANIDA, the Netherlands Embassy in Ghana, DFID, and the Mercator Foundation.

Godfred’s professional expertise covers knowledge and experience in policy advocacy, public health, education, climate change, social policy design, implementation, monitoring and evaluation, and youth development. He has participated in the design and implementation of many social policies in Ghana, including the Adolescent Reproductive Health Policy and Strategy of the Ghana Health Service, the Revised National Population Policy, and the current National Youth Policy of Ghana, among others. He has been certificated as an advocacy specialist by the Advance Family Planning Advocacy Training programme, provided in collaboration with the Johns Hopkins School of Public Health, Bloomberg.

He holds a PhD in political science from Corvinus University Budapest, with a specialisation in youth participation in democratic politics, a Master’s degree in Practising Sustainable Development, specialising in ICTs for Development from Royal Holloway, University of London, and a first-class Bachelor’s degree in Natural Resources Management from the Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology in Kumasi, Ghana. He has scholarly publications in High Impact Q1 and Q2 journals in the fields of political attitudes and participation behaviors, educational policy, and ICTs for special needs education.

Godfred's current research examines the effect of emergency legislations, such as the declaration of a state of emergency on democratic institutions and civil liberties.

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