Dr Kafui Tsekpo

Kafui Tsekpo is a Research Associate of the African Leadership Centre. His research explores the dynamics between society and the state, focusing on how social and political actors and their interactions within the polity influences leadership, security, and development. Over the past decade, he has been involved in various research activities cantered around issues of inclusivity, peacebuilding, nation-building and transformative development in Africa. He has consulted and provided research support for several organizations in Africa and internationally. Kafui has held teaching positions at the Institute of African Studies, University of Ghana. He was a Visiting Scholar at the Dag Hammarskjöld Institute for Peace and Conflict Studies (DHIPS) at the Copperbelt University, Zambia. Kafui is also a Fellow of the South African Research Chair in Social Policy at UNISA, Pretoria. He is a member of the Conflict Research Network-West Africa, the Ghana Inclusive Development Research Network, Development Studies Association-UK, South African Sociological Association, the International Public Policy Association, and Ghana Studies Association.