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Attaining the Peak (AtP)
Advisory Board
Dr Mohamed Cherif Diarra
Board Chair
Mohamed Chérif Diarra is an education specialist and a citizen of the Republic of Mali, West Africa. He received a doctorate degree in Education Finance from Louisiana State University (LSU), Baton Rouge, Louisiana, United States of America.
He worked in various capacities for different organizations around the world: the Government of Mali; the United States Agency for International Development (USAID) at the American mission in Bamako,
Dr Elina Tsalicoglou
Board Secretary
Elina has been teaching English at a private British school based in Athens, Greece since 2011. Prior to this she lived in the UK for 10 years, first as a student and then as a teacher in the Department of Continuing Education at the University of Oxford. Elina volunteered in the Wadham-Tower Hamlets Tutoring Programme, an Oxford-based scheme providing literacy support to primary school children in the East End of London. She supported Emefa Amoako in the early stages of ‘AtP Oxford’
Professor Emeritus Pai Obanya
Board Member
Pai Obanya (International Education Strategist) is Emeritus Professor in the Institute of Education, University of Ibadan-Nigeria. He is the immediate past Chairman of Council of the West African Examinations Council (WAEC). He sits on the Committee of Experts of Education International (EI) and has in the recent past served as Technical Adviser to the Reform Implementation Committee of the Federal Ministry of Education in Nigeria, following his earlier work (January-May 2011) as Chairman of the Presidential ….
Dr Jose Manuel Marques
Board Member
Dr. Jose Manuel Marques Lopes, 47 years old, was born on the Island of Santiago. He has a Master in Telecommunications Engineering, post-graduate in Education Planning and Degree in Statistics.
He held the position of General Director of Planning, Budget and Management at the Ministry of Education from July 1, 2017 to December 14, 2020, having a long professional career and performing various functions in the field of Management, focusing on the position of specialist in Monitoring & Evaluation in the Fight Against
Dr Emefa J.A. Takyi-Amoako
Founder & Ceo
Dr Emefa J.A. Takyi-Amoako is the Founder and CEO of Attaining the Peak (ATP) Africa and Oxford ATP Club (https://www.oxfordatp.club/), which provide support and help to students from different backgrounds to unlock and develop their intellectual and professional potential to the highest level for the benefit of not only themselves but also society in general. She is an Education Consultant, an Academic, a Senior Quality Expert and a Researcher. Emefa is an expert on education, skills/training
Experts
Dr Kwabena Dei Ofori-Attah
Professor
My name is Kwabena Dei Ofori-Attah. I am a professor at Central State University, Wilberforce, OH, USA.I have a doctorate in Elementary Education, two master’s degrees, one in Public Administration and the other International Affairs. I am a Research Fellow of the African Educational Research Network (AERN) and the founder of an online journal, The African Symposium (TAS). I have over 15 years of online and on ground teaching experience in Ghana, Nigeria and the United States. Over the years, I have presented several papers at regional….
Dr. Benjamin A. Ogwo
Associate Professor
Dr. Ogwo is an Associate Professor and the Coordinator, Occupational Competency Assessment Program, Department of Vocational Teacher Preparation, State University of New York (SUNY), Oswego, New York. USA. Prior to his present appointment, Dr. Ogwo was an Adjunct Visiting Scholar in Workforce Development and Education Program, Department of Learning & Performance Systems, Pennsylvania State University and worked at the University of Nigeria, Nsukka as a Professor, Industrial Technical & Workforce Education. He had….
Dr Akemi Yonemura
Programme Specialist
Akemi Yonemura is Programme Specialist (Education) for UNESCO since 2002, worked at both the headquarters in Paris and field offices in New Delhi, Addis Ababa and Dakar. In these offices, she managed all levels of education and various topics, such as skills development, multilingualism, quality assurance of higher education, migration and education, teacher education, etc. Currently at the Dakar Regional Office, she is responsible for Global Citizenship Education (GCED) and Education for Sustainable Development (ESD) programmes….
Prosper Bazaanah
Doctoral Researcher, Executive Secretary
Mr Bazaanah Prosper was born in Dapuori of the Upper West Regio, Ghana. He Started his elementary education at the Roman Catholic Primary and Junior Secondary Schools, where he successfully completed his nine year compulsory basic education from 1989-1998. He continued to the St. James Seminary for his three year Senior Secondary School (SSS) education between 1999-2001. Upon completing SSS, he gained admission to pursue a four year