Adu Kakra Duayeden

Biography

Adu Kakra is an accomplished Data Quality Manager specializing in fieldwork and data management. With extensive experience in overseeing data quality initiatives, he possesses a profound interest and expertise in data management, statistics, geographic information systems (GIS), and information technology, and artificial intelligence. He currently serves as the Afrobarometer Data Quality Manager for fieldwork, ensuring the integrity and accuracy of survey data across multiple regions in Africa.

Kakra demonstrates strong capabilities in both qualitative and quantitative research methods, with advanced research analysis skills among other proficiencies. His career includes significant international experience, notably his tenure as a Fredskorpset Fellow (FK) at the Institute for Democracy in Africa (IDASA) during 2009/2010. As part of this program, he served as a Research Officer at the Public Affairs and Parliamentary Support Trust (PAPST) in Zimbabwe.

In 2012, Kakra was awarded the prestigious Hewlett Fellowship at the Weatherhead Center for International Affairs. During this period, he completed intensive short courses in data management at the Institute for Quantitative Social Science (IQSS) at Harvard University in Cambridge, Massachusetts, the Center for U.S.-Mexican Studies (USMEX) at the University of California, San Diego, and the UCT-CSSR Afrobarometer Summer School at the University of Cape Town, South Africa.

Adu Kakra holds an MBA in Petroleum Economics and Finance from Coventry University, UK, and a Bachelor of Arts degree in Economics and Sociology from the University of Cape Coast, Ghana.