Deputy Director Research, The Brenthurst Foundation, Johannesburg

Lead on research into economic transformation, cities and communities, empowerment and jobs, peace, and security on the African continent

Research Director, Peace and Sustainable Development, Developmental, Capable and Ethical State Unit, HSRC, Pretoria

Conceptualise research projects, raise funding, manage teams and implement projects in sustainable security/development in Africa. The focus is on water, food, climate, economic, health and skills security, and migration.

Chief Research Specialist, Democracy, Governance and Service Delivery Unit. HSRC, Pretoria

Involved in several research projects in governance, migration and development, youth development, Skills, 4IR and the future of work, women economic empowerment in IORA member states, poverty, inequality and unemployment.

Chief Research Specialist, Africa Institute of South Africa. Pretoria

Served as Head of the Sustainable Development research unit, leading cross programme, multi-year, multidisciplinary projects on the SDGs, Agenda 2063, AfCFTA and the African integration agenda, in collaboration with scholars in South Africa and across the continent.

Acting Executive Director, Africa Institute of South Africa.

I acted as Executive Director of the Africa Institute of South Africa in the absence of the Executive Director on several occasions

Senior Research Specialist, Economic Performance and Development Unit. HSRC Pretoria

Led/participated in several projects, managed masters interns, designed an intems management policy for the organisation, published peer reviewed journal articles, some with colleagues and interns, mentored PhD and Masters interns.

Technical Officer, Capital Markets and Financial Inclusion.

Economic Management Capacity Building Project-Financial Sector Reform (EMCB FSR Cr-4124-GH) Ghana, funded by the World Bank, DfID at the Ministry of Finance and Economic Planning, Ghana. ($35 million dollars, 5 years)
This project involved policy, institutional and market reform of Ghana’s financial sector to make it more facilitative of private sector led economic growth. I participated in project design, appraisal processes by funding oganisations, funding negotiation and implementation. I played a key role in the design and finalisation of outcome indicators and the monitoring and evaluation framework for this project which was sucessfully completed within the required timeframe of five years. I was further responsible for writing reports on the project as input into Country Reports to the World Bank, National Budgets and the IMF.

Sekyere, E &Willis, Alexandra. (2022) Undocumented migrants, the myths, realities, what we know and dont know. The Brenthurst Foundation. Johannesburg. South Africa.

Sekyere, E, & Nwokollo, M.N. (2021) Understanding and building resilience of Health Systems in Africa. COVID-19 and Beyond.

Socioeconomic impact of COVID-19 in South Africa. April 2020. Occasional Paper. Wilson Center. Washington D.C.

Steyn-Kotze, J., Bohler Muller, N., Gordon S. & Sekyere, E. (2019) Women Economic Empowerment in IORA member countries. HSRC Policy brief.

Sekyere, E. (2019) Africa’s demographic dividend, Fact or Farce? Article in Africa Growth Agenda Vol 16(1): 10-12 ISSN1811-5187

Sekyere, E. Behr, C and Ramirez, J (2017). Designing measurements for sustainability in infrastructure development. Economic Policy Forum. GIZ Working Paper. April 2017.

Sekyere, E. Tshitiza, O. & Hart, T. (2016) Leveraging m-governance innovations for active citizenship engagement in South Africa.

Sekyere, E., Motala, S., Ngandu, S, Sausi, K & Verryn, A (2015). Strengthening the capacity of civil society to enhance social accountability.

Chitiga, M., Sekyere, E., Ngepah, N. & Josie, J. (2014). Shifting fiscal responsibilities downstream: fiscal decengralisation and economic growth in South Africa.

Chitiga, M., Sekyere, E, Tsoanamatsie, N. (2014). Income inequality and limitations of the Gini Index: The case of South Africa.

Ndokweni, M., Sekyere, E., Nhemachena, C., Mupela, E. (2014). Navigating the government’s development path.

Sekyere, E. & Fynn A. (2021) From Survival to Opportunity through COVID-19 and Beyond. South Africa Future Trust SMME Benchmark Report. Oppenheimer Generations Philantropies.

Sekyere, E., Gordon, S., Pienaar, G. & Bohler-Muller, N. (2020) Is South Africa winning the war on poverty and inequality?: what do the available statistics tell us?. In: Durojaye, E. & Mirugi-Mukundi, G. (eds).Exploring the link between poverty and human rights in Africa. Pretoria: Pretoria University Law Press. 33-54.

Owusu-Sekyere, E. (2020) The political economy of industrialization in Africa. In: Oloruntoba, S.O. & Falola, T. (eds).The Palgrave handbook of African political economy. Cham, Switzerland: Palgrave Macmillan. 739-756.

April, Y.F. & Owusu-Sekyere, E. (2019) Developmental state perspectives and the National Development Plan lessons from South Korea. In: April, Y.F. & Owusu-Sekyere, E. (eds).Economic development, the role of a developmental state: South Africa and South Korea. Pretoria: Africa Institute of South Africa. 1-13.

April, Y.F. & Owusu-Sekyere, E. (2019) The way forward: fast Tracking the implementation of the NDP in South Africa: lessons from South Korea. In: April, YF & Owusu-Sekyere, E (eds).Economic development, the role of a developmental state: South Africa and South Korea. Pretoria: Africa Institute of South Africa. 76-80.

Sekyere, E. (2018) Achieving sustainability in the context of the Blue Economy. In A Handbook on the Blue Economy in the Indian Ocean Region. In collaboration with IORA and the University of Mauritius.

Owusu-Sekyere, E. (2018) Attracting investment for infrastructure development in Africa: the way forward. In: Simelane, T. & Mananga, L. (eds).Belt and road initiative: alternative development path for Africa. Pretoria: Africa Institute of South Africa. 20-31.