Dr. Antoinette Tsiboe-Darko
The Governing Board of the Danquah Institute (DI) has appointed Dr. Antoinette Tsiboe-Darko, a Research Fellow and Lecturer at the University of Ghana, as the Acting Executive Director of the institute, a policy analysis think tank with leanings to the New Patriotic Party (NPP).
Dr. Tsiboe-Darko, becomes the first woman to head the think tank which was established in 2007 and she is replacing Richard Ahiagbah.
A statement signed by Mansa Williams, the DI Secretary of the Governing Board said Dr. Tsiboe-Darko’s mandate “is to lead the institute by promoting the ideology of the Danquah-Busia-Dombo tradition, fostering responsible and responsive governance, and espousing the virtues of economic freedom, individual liberties and responsibilities in a progressive society of opportunities for all.”
“She will also be expected to undertake important research, policy advocacy, and training and to position the institute firmly in the promotion of a single market in Africa. A key task of the new Executive Director is to actively seek out and mentor the next generation of leaders,” the statement said.
It said that “DI has been a rich breeding ground for leaders of the NPP, including its pioneers such as Nana Bediatuo Asante, Saratu Atta, Samuel Abu Jinapor, Dr. Mustapha Hamid, Sophia Kokor, Eugene Arhin, Herbert Krapa, Dr. Stephen Amoah, Frank Annor Dompreh, and Ambassador Mike Oquaye Jnr. and many more.”
The statement further said that “the institute, which, by a decision of the National Council of the New Patriotic Party, is responsible for training, research and policy initiatives for the party, is expected to enjoy greater collaboration with the secretariat of the NPP.
Dr. Tsiboe-Darko, the statement said, is a Social Development Analyst, worked very closely with John Boadu, the NPP General Secretary, in the 2020 general elections.
It quoted former Speaker Prof. Mike Aaron Ocquaye who is the Chairman of the Governing Board of DI as saying that “It is a collaboration between party and think tank which we hope to firm up under Annie’s leadership.”
Dr. Tsiboe-Darko lectures in Social and Public Policy at the graduate level at the University of Ghana and has carried out research works in natural resource management, child marriage, gender and agriculture, social protection, decentralisation, volunteering and philanthropy among other areas.
She has over ten years of experience in providing expert consultancy services in social development, natural resource management and social interventions in communities endowed with natural resources.
Within civil society, she has worked with organisations such as the Partnership for African Social and Governance Research, STAR Ghana Foundation, UNICEF and World Vision Ghana, focusing on training programmes, facilitation of stakeholder dialogues, grants evaluation and community research projects.
In 2016 and 2020, she researched on how social development issues influence voter choices in Ghana. She was a key member of the Communications Strategy Team for the 2020 elections for the NPP, under the leadership of Mrs. Oboshie Sai Cofie.