Our Team

Management

Isaac Hubert Arthur
Executive Director

Isaac Hubert Arthur is the Executive Director of ACINTaD. He is an experienced bilingual (English & French) international trade policy expert and development practitioner with focus on Sub-Saharan Africa.

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Ms. Angela Nyakotey
Head, Legal Affairs

Angela is a Director and Head of Legal Affairs of ACINTaD where she is responsible for the organization’s legal matters and also coordinates the Trade Law program.

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Staff

Sarah Appiah
Programme Officer

Ms. Sarah Appiah joined ACINTaD in March 2018 as a Program Officer. She is a young economist specializing in economic development issues.

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Dorcas Obeng Okraku
Finance and Administrative Officer

Dorcas is a Finance and Administration Officer of ACINTaD. For the past eight years she has been working as an Accountant for two different License Cocoa buying companies, where she also oversaw the operations and directed the activities at her branch as an administrator as well.

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Dorcas Obeng Okraku is a Finance and Administration Officer at the Africa Centre for International Trade and Development. For the past eight years she has been working as an accountant for two different License Cocoa buying companies, where she also oversaw the operations and directed the activities at her branch as an administrator as well. Dorcas has also worked for nonprofit organizations such as West Africa Aids Foundation (WAAF), and also serving on her church finance committee for the past ten years. Dorcas holds a Bachelors degree in Commerce from the University of Cape Coast and is currently a student member of the Institute of Chartered Accountant Ghana (ICA). Dorcas In her spare time love to watch movies and go to the beach.
Ms. Ruth Ouraga
Programme Assistant

Ms. Ruth Ouraga is a Programme Assistant at ACINTaD. Ruth is a young leader and passionate about trade and development. She completed her Master’s degree in International Economic Law and Policy (IELPO) at the University of Barcelona in Spain...

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Ms. Ruth Ouraga is a Programme Assistant at ACINTaD. Ruth is a young leader and passionate about trade and development. She completed her Master’s degree in International Economic Law and Policy (IELPO) at the University of Barcelona in Spain, and a Master’s degree in Business Law at the Université Felix Houphouet Boigny in Abidjan. She obtained her Bachelor of Laws from the International University of Social Sciences Hampaté Ba, Abidjan (Ivory Coast). In 2014, she represented her country at the European Law Student Association Moot Court Competition on WTO Law (Johannesburg, South Africa). She was also a semi-finalist at the Moot Court on Business Law from the Organisation for Harmonization of Business Law in Africa the same year. Based on these experiences, she was awarded a scholarship to pursue the IELPO Programme at the University of Barcelona in 2016. After her studies in Europe, Ruth returned home and worked with the Ivory Coast Ministry of Trade and Ministry of Foreign Affairs as Trade Policy Trainee. As part of her duties, she organised seminars and trainings on gender regulation for development. She represented her country during the last UNCTAD Youth Conference in Geneva in 2018 as a delegate, and many other youth international conferences. Ruth is a problem solver and change maker. She is a member of the Ivorian Law Students Association. She is a French speaker from Ivory Coast, and fluent in English, with experience in public speaking. She loves travelling, singing, dancing and reading.

Research Fellows

Kwami Ossadzifo Wonyra (PhD)

Dr. Wonyra is a Research Fellow at ACINTaD, specializing in International Economics. He is a lecturer and researcher at the University of Kara, Togo, where he teaches International Trade, Trade Policy Practice, Trade Negotiations and Applied Econometrics.

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Dr. Wonyra is a Research Fellow at ACINTaD, specializing in International Economics. He is a lecturer and researcher at the University of Kara, Togo, where he teaches International Trade, Trade Policy Practice, Trade Negotiations and Applied Econometrics. His research spans trade liberalisation in the service sector, the effects of regional trade agreements (including impact evaluation of trade policies implemented in developing countries), non-tariff barriers, and macroeconomics policies. Prior to joining the University of Kara, Kwami worked as Program Manager at Togo’s Ministry of Social Action, Togo, where he coordinated programs and projects aimed at empowering the vulnerable. He provides consultancy services regularly, and in 2019 was commissioned by the United Nations Economic Commission for Africa (UNECA) to draft the national strategy for the implementation of AfCFTA in Togo. He obtained his PhD & Master’s degree in International Economics, and a Bachelor’s degree in Economics from the University of Lome, Togo; Postgraduate Diploma in Trade Policy and Trade Law from the Trade Policy Training Center in Africa (TRAPCA) and LUND UNIVERSITY, Sweden. He equally has UNCTAD Certificates in Trade and Poverty, Trade and Gender, Non-Tariff Measures, and Structural Transformation and Industrial Policies.
Abah Danladi (PhD)

Dr. Danladi is a Research Fellow at ACINTaD and a multi-award winning researcher and Lecturer in the Department of History and International Studies

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Chikamso C. Apeh

Chikamso is an Associate of ACINTaD and he specializes in Agriculture related trade and food security.

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