Dr Godfred Frempong is a Chief Research Scientist of the Science and Technology Policy Research Institute (STEPRI) of the Council for Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR) in Ghana. He holds a Ph.D in Sociology from the University of Ghana and a Masters in Social Sciences in Science Policy from Research Policy Institute of the University of Lund (Sweden). He has also received post-qualification training at University of Amsterdam, Wageningen University, Centre for Information Technologies of Technical University of Denmark and PREST of Manchester University (as a Commonwealth Professional Fellow in 2006).
He has been involved in policy research for the past 31 years. Godfred coordinates RIA’s research activities in Ghana He is also a member of the Steering Committee of African Academic Network on Internet Policy.