Meet Dikan’s Board.

Our Board members

Board Chair

Mr. Kofi Kwakwa

Kofi Kwakwa’s career spans investment, business leadership and consulting across Africa. He has worked with McKinsey & Company and Standard Bank and is a former Board Chair and Director Emeritus of Ashesi University.

Founder & Board Member

Paul Ninson

Paul Ninson is the founder of Dikan. A Ghanaian visual storyteller and curator, he works to expand access to African knowledge and create opportunities for people to learn, pursue their own questions and contribute work of their own.

Board Member

NanaAma Botchway

NanaAma Botchway founded N. Dowuona & Company and serves as its Managing Partner. Her legal practice covers corporate transactions, finance and infrastructure, alongside experience in corporate governance and cross-border investment in Africa.

Board Member

Prof. Ato Quayson

Ato Quayson is a professor of English and African and African American Studies at Stanford University. His scholarship explores African and postcolonial literature, urban life, and the connections between literature and society.

Board Member

Nana Afoah Appiah-Korang

Nana Afoah Appiah-Korang is a private equity professional with investment experience across Africa. Her career includes more than 16 years at Emerging Capital Partners, as well as board service and advisory work with development finance institutions.

Dikan’s mission and values express the purpose and commitments at the heart of its work: care for African knowledge, opportunities for people to learn and contribute, and integrity in how knowledge is gathered, interpreted and shared.