Content Curation Advisory Board Member
Peacebuilding and Reconciliation Specialist
Dr. Akwasi Aidoo
Senior Fellow, Humanity United
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Dr. Akwasi Aidoo is a philanthropy professional and also engages in creative writing in his spare time. He is currently a Senior Fellow at Humanity United, and was the founding Executive Director of TrustAfrica. His other previous positions include head of the health sciences program of the International Development Research Center (IDRC) in West and Central Africa, Director of the Ford Foundation’s offices in Senegal and Nigeria, Director of the Ford Foundation’s Special Initiative for Africa, In the 1970s and 1980s, Dr. Aidoo taught at universities in Ghana, Tanzania, and the United States.
Dr. Aidoo currently serves on the Boards of several international organizations including Human Rights Watch, International Development Research Centre, NatCen International. He is also a member of the Advisory Board of CAPSI. He previously chaired the Boards of Fund for Global Human Rights, Resource Alliance, Africa Grantmakers’ Affinity Group, The Resource Alliance, and two Boards of Open Society Foundations. Other Boards that Dr. Aidoo has served on in the past include those of OXFAM America, Global Greengrants Fund, and the Global Network Committee of the Ash Institute at Harvard University.
Dr. Aidoo was educated in Ghana and the United States and completed a Doctor of Philosophy degree in medical sociology from the University of Connecticut in 1985. In 2021, he received the African Philanthropy Lifetime Achievement Award.
