Paul Frimpong, CGIA, ICCE

Global Head, Membership & Strategy, ICCE

Paul Frimpong is a global development economist, award-winning entrepreneur, and a Sino-African expert. He is a Chartered Global Investment Analyst (CGIA®) from the CGIA Institute and a Fellow of the Institute of Certified Chartered Economists (ICCE).

He has written and published over 50 African economic development and China-Africa economic affairs-related articles published in both leading local and international media platforms including People’s Daily, China Daily, Business & Financial Times.

He has worked in and travelled to more than 10 different countries in Africa as well as across multiple countries in the Middle East and Asia (China). He has delivered papers on infrastructure financing in Africa at various symposiums and forums including the University of South Africa in Pretoria under the Thabo Mbeki African Leadership Institute in March 2016.

Paul received the award as the 2015 ExLA Young Achiever in the category of Business and Trade. He was named among Ghana’s Top 30 Under 30 in 2016 by the Future of Ghana Foundation based in the UK. He is currently the Global Head, Strategy and Membership Services with the ICCE – Institute of Certified Chartered Economists.

Paul is a frequent economic development, investments, and China – Africa commentator and has been featured on Voice of America (VOA) Straight Talk Africa, CGTN Global Business, Business Television Africa, Metro TV, Joy News TV, TV3, People’s Daily, China Daily, eTV Ghana, Asaase Radio, etc.

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