Josephine Appiah-Nyamekye Sanny
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Josephine is Afrobarometer's acting director of communications.
Biography
Josephine Appiah-Nyamekye Sanny, Afrobarometer’s communications and knowledge manager, also doubles as acting director of communications.
She is a bilingual communications practitioner credited with cutting-edge communication strategies across Africa. Her expertise includes strategic communications, data analysis and visualisation, stakeholder engagement, government relations, media relations, digital public relations, and issues and crisis management.
She previously served as Afrobarometer knowledge translation manager, and communications coordinator for Anglophone West and North Africa, and has played a key role in the creation of compelling strategies and audiovisual content to boost the Network’s visibility. She has authored research publications on several themes including youth, migration, media freedom, violent extremism and public service delivery.
Josephine holds a master’s degree in communications studies from the University of Ghana. She is an accredited member of the Institute of Public Relations, Ghana (IPR-Ghana) and a member of the Chartered Institute of Public Relations, UK (CIPR-UK). She was adjudged the Public Relations Discovery of the Year 2020 by IPR-Ghana and has been named one of the Top 10 Women in PR Ghana for three consecutive years.
Publications
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AD734: Africa’s youth: More educated, less employed, still unheard in policy and development
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AD734: Jeunesse d’Afrique : Plus instruite, moins embauchée, toujours absente dans les débats politiques et de développement
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AD702: Moroccans endorse women’s political participation but not equal access to jobs, land
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AD512: As percepções são más, a realidade é pior: Cidadãos relatam predação pela polícia africana
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AD574: Les Africains perçoivent une répartition injuste de l’aide d’urgence COVID-19 et une perte de ressources à cause de la corruption
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AD574: Africans see unfair distribution of COVID-19 relief assistance, loss of resources to corruption
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Africans’ durable demand for democracy
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Africans are concerned about ills of social media but oppose government restrictions
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‘Updata-ing’ the narrative about African migration
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US foreign policy toward Africa: An African citizen perspective
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Who gets involved? Insights on civic engagement in Africa and implications for fostering volunteerism
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AD553: Africans are split on COVID-19 vaccination, don’t trust government to ensure vaccine safety
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AD553: Les Africains sont très divergents quant au vaccin COVID-19 et ne croient pas que leur gouvernement puisse en garantir l’innocuité
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AD512 : Si les perceptions sont mauvaises, la réalité est pire : Les citoyens signalent une prédation répandue de la part des policiers africains
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AD512: Perceptions are bad, reality is worse: Citizens report widespread predation by African police
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AD492: Au-delà les frontières : Les Africains pour un développement auto-déterminé mais sceptiques quant au libre-échange
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AD492: Beyond borders? Africans prefer self-reliant development but remain skeptical of free trade and open borders
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AD489: Les Africains apprécient l’influence de la Chine mais conservent leurs aspirations démocratiques
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AD489: Africans welcome China’s influence but maintain democratic aspirations
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AD480: Ugandans see social media as beneficial and want unrestricted access, but are wary of its use to spread fake news
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AD454: Liberians are unhappy about economic conditions, but wary of public protests
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AD433: Beyond borders? Africans prefer self-reliant development but remain skeptical of free trade and open borders
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PP72: Who gets involved? Insights on civic engagement in Africa and implications for fostering volunteerism
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AD424: Most Sierra Leoneans approve of measures against sexual violence, want more to be done
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AD420: Liberians laud government’s COVID-19 response but claim unfair distribution of relief assistance
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AD407: Africans regard China’s influence as significant and positive, but slipping
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AD403: Citizens’ negative perceptions of police extend well beyond Nigeria’s #EndSARS
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AD400: Most Ghanaians support gender fairness in political leadership, but women trail men in participation, digital access, asset ownership
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AD382: International Youth Day – Unemployment and education are Ghanaian youth’s most important problems
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AD366: Ghanaians see pros, cons of social media, want access but not fake news
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AD355: Trusted and influential: Religious and traditional leaders can be assets in COVID-19 fight
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AD351: Ghanaians’ acceptance of security-related restrictions faces test with COVID-19 lockdown
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AD346: Sierra Leoneans say health care hard to access, beset by corruption – especially for the poor
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AD345: Fear of political violence soars in Sierra Leone
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AD332: Ghanaians voice dissatisfaction with living conditions, government economic performance
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AD331: Despite recent banking shake-up, Ghanaians still see banks as their safest option
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PP56: Presse sous pression. Le soutien à la liberté des médias recule en Afrique
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PP56: How free is too free? Across Africa, media freedom is on the defensive
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AD288: A la recherche d’opportunités: En Afrique, les jeunes et les instruits sont plus susceptibles de penser à émigrer
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AD288: In search of opportunity: Young and educated Africans most likely to consider moving abroad
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AD285: يعد البخث عن فرض الشغلمحفزا رئيسيا للهجرةالداخليةوالخارجية
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AD285: L’emploi pèse lourd dans les attitudes relatives à l’immigration/émigration au Maroc
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AD285: Jobs loom large in Moroccans’ attitudes toward in- and out-migration
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AD250: Ghanaians rely on radio and TV, but support for media freedom drops sharply
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AD207: Nigerians optimistic about economic outlook despite persistent poverty, inadequate services
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AD199: Nigerians worried about violent clashes, praise government efforts to address armed extremism
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AD187: In Nigeria, perceived corruption remains high despite praise for president’s anti-graft fight
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AD186: Ghanaians denounce mob ‘justice’ and political-party vigilantism, endorse rule of law instead