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Founded | 2004 |
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Founder | Franklin Cudjoe |
Type | Non-profit NGO |
Headquarters | Accra, Ghana |
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Services | Promoting Peace and Prosperity |
Fields | Media attention, public advocacy, research, social commentating |
Key people | Franklin Cudjoe (CEO, Founder) Bright Simons (Vice President) |
Website | www |
The IMANI Center for Policy and Education is a think tank based in Accra, Ghana.[1] As a member of the Atlas Economic Research Foundation, the think tank applies free market solutions to intricate domestic social problems.[2][3]
It was founded in 2004 by Franklin Cudjoe, who currently serves as the president and chief executive officer.[4][5]
The think tank's operations center on these four thematic areas: rule of law, market growth and development, individual rights, and human security and institutional development.[3]
IMANI uses the Africanliberty.org platform as a springboard to reach out to the larger African audience in five international languages, including Swahili.[6][7] IMANI exerts influence in the Ghanaian public education and policy sphere through media appearances, publications, research, and seminars.[8][9]
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The think tank is ranked by the Global Go To Think Tanks and Civil Societies Program, organized annually by the University of Pennsylvania.[11][12] According to the 2009 Index Report, IMANI was ranked fifth most influential in Sub-Saharan Africa,[13] and the only African think tank to make the list of top 25 "Most Innovative" across the world.[14]
IMANI is funded through donations from individuals and foundations.[15] In 2008, the think tank won the $100,000 Anthony Fisher Venture Grant.[16][17]