Daniel Sakyi
Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology
- Professor, Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology, since 2023per ORCID
Publishing since 2011, latest 2026
Daniel Sakyi is a Professor of Economics and Director of the Centre for Cultural and African Studies (CeCASt), Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology (KNUST), Kumasi. Daniel is a former Volkswagen Foundation Senior Fellow. He is specialized in development macroeconomics and growth, international trade and finance, and regional integration. Daniel is a visiting Professor at the Department of Economics of University of Cantabria, Spain, and the African Economic… More on ORCID
- Economics and Econometrics
- General Economics, Econometrics and Finance
- Information Systems
- Accounting
- Finance
- Development
In their own words
- Development Macroeconomics
- International Trade and Finance
- Regional Integration
- Macroeconomics
- Economic Growth and Development
- Regional Integrati
- Publications
- 712011–2026
- Citations
- 1,561to those papers
- h-index
- 21i10-index 33
- Field-weighted impact
- 4.801.00 is the world average
- World top 10%
- 57%28 of 49 scored papers
- Open access
- 43%21 of the 49 whose access is recorded
4 other works — preprints, datasets and the like — are listed but not counted.
Google Scholar shows 2,249 citations, h-index 25 and i10-index 42 (1,642 citations and h-index 22 since 2021), as of October 10, 2026. It also counts theses, books and web pages, so it runs higher.
By year
Papers, and the citations to them
Publications, left axisCitations to that year’s papers, right axis2026 still in progress
Positions
- Professor, Department of EconomicsKwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technologysince 2023
- Associate Professor, Department of EconomicsKwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology2020–2023
- Senior Lecturer, Department of EconomicsKwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology2016–2020
- Lecturer, Department of EconomicsKwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology2012–2016
Education
Publications
71 in all
- Trade openness and economic growth in Africa: The role of seaport efficiency
2026WMU Journal of Maritime AffairsBook chapter0 citations10.1007/s13437-026-00412-0
- The Impact of Informal Economy on Poverty in Sub‐Saharan Africa. Does Institutional Quality Matter?
2026Poverty & Public PolicyJournalOpen access