Josef Antwi-Boasiako🇬🇭

PhD Student in Public Policy |Editorial Assistant for IJSE |Research interest in Digital Gov/Smart Cities in Africa |Research and Teaching Assistant

[Josef Antwi-Boasiako🇬🇭 @josef_ab]

The 100th Google Scholar citation!!!!!

Cheers 🍻 to all the co-authors and to all the amazing people who find our work worthy enough to cite them.

And oh! my Google Scholar word cloud too 😎

[United Nations @UN]

Tuesday marks eight years since the passing of former UN Secretary-General Kofi Annan, who was regarded by so many as a guiding force for good.

Today and every day, we remember him. https://t.co/GW8fas0Boc

[Josef Antwi-Boasiako🇬🇭 @josef_ab]

@Ebo_dadzie It was abandoned from the very first minute

[IRON BOY @blacksherif_]

Toronto! It’s official. I will see you guys soon.

[Josef Antwi-Boasiako🇬🇭 @josef_ab]

It's Tax Deadline Day 🇨🇦

This season I volunteered with @CanRevAgency CVITP program through @MacSSC filing 60+ free tax returns and helping put $240K+ back in the hands of Hamilton community members.

Truly the most fulfilling way to give back to @McMasterU and @cityofhamilton.

[Reuters Africa @ReutersAfrica]

Ghana said late Tuesday it was working to identify an investor for a new national airline, inviting "potential strategic partners" to engage with the West African country, which has not had a functional carrier for more than two decades. https://t.co/XnJouZjGZj

[Reuters Africa @ReutersAfrica]

South Africa has withdrawn its first draft national AI policy after revelations that it contained fictitious sources in its reference list which appeared to have been AI-generated. https://t.co/KGdln6WrSw

[Statistics Canada @StatCan_eng]

Canadians aged 55 and over were less likely than younger Canadians to volunteer for a charity or non-profit organization, but those who did gave more hours.

https://t.co/N2SXDwMnw1 #NationalVolunteerWeek

[Josef Antwi-Boasiako🇬🇭 @josef_ab]

Happy to share our new publication:

https://t.co/Ygm6g8bCiy

[Sam Okudzeto Ablakwa @S_OkudzetoAblak]

President John Mahama has today announced that the Government of Ghana has decided to introduce a free visa regime for all Africans who wish to visit Ghana.

The new policy takes effect on May 25, a day which is commemorated as Africa Day.

President Mahama made the declaration during the inaugural State Visit of President Emmerson Mnangagwa of Zimbabwe to Ghana.

Ghana seeks to consolidate its credentials as the cradle of Pan-Africanism even as it expects a major boost in tourism and intra-African trade by this groundbreaking reform.

The Free Visa for Africans would be a component of a new e-Visa policy the Mahama Administration is launching next month.

President Mahama also assured that the Ministry of Foreign Affairs would continue with its intentional and determined effort at securing more Visa Waiver Agreements for Ghanaian passport holders. Since last year, 23 Visa Waiver Agreements have been negotiated for Ghanaians.

For God, Country and Continent.

[Josef Antwi-Boasiako🇬🇭 @josef_ab]

Happy to share my contribution to this timely report on Smart City Surveillance in Africa

I focus on Rwanda, which has become Africa's poster child for digital transformation (the “Singapore of Africa”)

Read the full report
https://t.co/GPwezRB02Z

[Josef Antwi-Boasiako🇬🇭 @josef_ab]

Happy to share my new co-authored research paper on Policy Termination in Ghana. We used the Ghana’s Gold4Oil to demonstrate how termination is sometimes driven by external forces.

[Policy & Society Journal @PolicySociety]

#PolicyTermination in developing countries has yet to be examined

Frank L.K. Ohemeng & Joseph Antwi-Boasiako argue that policy termination in developing countries is driven by external forces, especially the #InternationalFinancialInstitutions 👇

https://t.co/XxbGHq6UbZ

[The Economic Misfit @EconomicMisfit]

Postdoctoral Research Associate Position at Princeton SPIA

Application Review Starts: Late January 2026

Salary: $72,000

Eligible Disciplines: Political science, Economics, Sociology, Anthropology, History

https://t.co/wYkyfbK51S

[Mark Berlin @mark_berlin2]

Postdoctoral research position at the School of Public and International Affairs at Princeton University. Applications are due next month. I’m happy to answer any questions about the position! https://t.co/RfuWL7xTDB

[Urban Studies Foundation @USForg]

📢 New USF Funding: Urban Urgencies

The Urban Studies Foundation is launching a major new grant to support rapid-response collaborative research on the world’s most pressing urban challenges.

Deadline: 23rd March 2026

Read more & share: https://t.co/ubzlbljDRt

[Albert | KatruGuma @albertKatruGuma]

“you shouldn’t be blowing your own trumpet”

Me in 2026:

[NBER @nberpubs]

Call for Graduate Student Fellowship Applicants: The NBER is accepting applications for 15 dissertation-writer fellowships on various topics for the 2026-27 academic year. Deadlines are Jan. 4-8, 2026. Further information: https://t.co/z5ZYQROzru

[Ana-Maria Dimand @AnaDimand]

The Princeton School of Public and International Affairs at Princeton University invites applications for postdoctoral research positions.

https://t.co/YbuoEuM8jA

#PAJobMarket

[Microsoft Research @MSFTResearch]

Announcing the 2026 Microsoft Research Fellowship, a program that creates opportunities for faculty, PhD students, and postdocs to collaborate with Microsoft Research on open research challenges that advance science and benefit society. Submit proposals by Dec 2:

[Josef Antwi-Boasiako🇬🇭 @josef_ab]

@IreneAddai Oh fine fine fine. Indeed it is! ☺️