Samuel Kobina Annim

Mr. Samuel Kobina Annimhas been the Director of the African Centre for Statistics (ACS) within the UN Economic Commission for Africa (ECA) since September 2025.

Before joining ECA, Mr. Annim served as the Head (Government Statistician) of the Ghana Statistical Service from 2019 to 2025. Prior to that, he spent 17 years at the University of Cape Coast in Ghana as an academic, where he was appointed Professor of Economics in 2018. During this period, he served as the Director of the University's Research, Innovation and Consultancy Directorate and Head of the Department of Economics.

At the international level, Samuel has served as Co-Chair of the United Nations High-Level Group on Partnership, Coordination and Capacity Building (UN-HLG PCCB) and as Chair of the Executive Board and the Board of the Partnership in Statistics for Development in the 21st Century (PARIS21).

Samuel received a Doctor of Philosophy in Economics from the University of Manchester, United Kingdom. He also holds a Master of Philosophy in Economics from the University of Ghana and a Bachelor of Arts Degree in Economics from the University of Cape Coast, Ghana.