1. Name: CYPRIAN EKOR
Telephone: 0233-2444485498/0544315398
Email: cyprianekor@yahoo.com
Summary of Experience
Cyprian has his first degree in Economics and Political Science and Master’s Degree in Social Policy
Studies all from University of Ghana coupled with enormous experience as a quantitative and
qualitative researcher and policy analyst.
Cyprian has over 15 years quantitative and qualitative research experience with many national and
international organizations.
Cyprian has worked for TNS-RMS Ghana for over 4 years working as the statistician, sampling and
methodology expert. His main area of expertise is sampling, methodology, quantitative and qualitative
research.
He has conducted extensive research in the field of National Population Census Data Collection,
household income, small medium enterprise development projects, agriculture households’ census,
education, sanitation and poverty in Ghana. His association with research institutions such as Ghana
Statistical Service (GSS) that he worked for over 12 years as a Senior Statistician as a District Officer,
Statistics Korea-KOICA, Centre for the Study of African Economies-Oxford University, University of
Cambridge, University of Edinburgh, London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine (LSHTM) as
Consultant for Assessing Potential Public Health Benefits from Clean Team Toilets in
Kumasi-Ghana, Institute of Statistical, Social and Economics Research (ISSER)-University of
Ghana, Centre for Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR-STEPRI) on e-access and ICT USAGE in
Ghana , Associates for Change (AfC) Ghana as consultant, National Development Planning
Commission (NDPC) in Ghana, Ministry of Education (MOE), Ministry of Food and Agriculture
(MOFA) on a World Bank and USAID funded project called Ghana Commercial Agriculture Project
(GCAP) baseline study on agricultural producers and small and medium scale enterprises dealing with
specifically maize, rice, soya, fruits and vegetables in the Accra plain and SADA zone as the
Statistician who designed the sampling and the methodology of the project. Again as a consultant on
many projects such as Market Oriented Agricultural Programme (MOAP) for Genuine Product
Limited and Ministry of Agricultural (MOFA) funded by GIZ- Ghana, French Embassy, ISODEC,
VSO, RTI (Country representative for internet adoption Project), Social Impact (SI), KPMG project
on Inter-Phase Review Studies of Rural Enterprise Programme and other institutions
enables him to oversee and conduct extensive research.
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2. 1. EDUCATIONAL INSTITUTIONS
Certificates Institution Year
1. Masters Degree in Social Policy Studies University of Ghana, Legon: 2008-2009
2. Bachelor of Arts in Economics
and Political Science University of Ghana, Legon 1999-2005
3. Secondary Education: Bishop Herman College-Kpando 1988-1995
2. PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT TRAINING
1. 29th
July – 22nd
September, 2012: Instructor Training Course in South Korea
sponsored by KOICA, Statistics Korea Institute and Dongbu CNI University.
2. 28th
– 3rd
March 2011: Data Management Training using Excel in Managing Assets
at the District Assembly Level by Local Government Institute in Tamale.
3. 28th
– 30th
December 2009: Qualitative and Quantitative training in Urban
Development Policy Formulation Project by the Institute of Statistical, Social and
Economic Research (ISSER) and the Ministry of Local Government and Rural
Development (MLG&RD).
4. 3rd
– 7th
March 2008: Training in Qualitative Data Analysis (the use of Atlas Ti-
computer software for qualitative data analysis) by Research Consortium for
Educational Outcome and Poverty (RECOUP) Project, University of Edinburgh and
University of Cambridge in collaboration with Associates for Change (AFC), Ghana.
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3. 5. 8th
– 16th
May 2007: Training in Qualitative Research Skills by Research Consortium for
Educational Outcome and Poverty (RECOUP) Project, University of Cambridge, UK in
collaboration with AFC, Ghana.
6. 18th
– 25th
September 2003: Quantitative Training in Ghanaian Manufacturing Enterprise
Survey (Wave 7) organized by Centre for the Study of African Economies- Oxford
University, UK in four regions in Ghana (Accra, Ashanti, Central and Western).
WORK EXPERIENCE
1. TNS-RMS Ghana, January, 2012
Job Description:
• In-charge of Statistic, Sampling and Methodology
2. Ghana Statistical Service (GSS) from December, 1999 to 2011.
Job Description:
• Responsible for collecting and compiling data on households and establishments.
• Designing of questionnaires and manuals for surveys.
• Analysis of data collected on households and establishments.
• Writing of annual reports.
2. Netherlands Development Organization (SNV) an NGO working in Nkwanta
(V/R) from 1996 – 1998.
Job Description
• Research Assistant: Community mobilization and assisting research students
from overseas to Ghana for research work.
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4. • Facilitator: Attached to DANIDA Water and Sanitation team in training the
WATSAN committees in communities that were to benefit from water
facilities.
3. World Vision International – Ghana in Nkwanta (V/R) from January 1999 –
December, 1999.
Job Description
• Monitoring and Evaluator: Monitoring and Evaluation of community
projects in the District.
4. CONSULTANCY AND WORK EXPERIENCE WITH NATIONAL AND
INTERNATIONAL ORGANIZATIONS
1. Co-Consultant for KPMG project on Inter-Phase Review Studies of Rural
Enterprise Programme in September, 2015.
2. Consultant for Genuine Product Limited, working for Ministry of Food and
Agriculture (MOFA) in a project called Market Oriented Agricultural Programme
(MOAP) funded by GIZ GH. The study was to collect Baseline data on Food and
Nutrition in three regions of Ghana-Brong Ahafo, Central and Volta in 2015.
3. Consultant for Genuine Product Limited working for Ministry of Food and Agriculture
(MOFA) on a World Bank and USAID funded project called Ghana Commercial
Agriculture Project (GCAP) baseline study on agricultural producers and small and
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5. medium scale enterprises dealing with specifically maize, rice, soya, fruits and
vegetables in the Accra Plain and Savannah Accelerated Development Authority
(SADA) zones as the Statistician who designed the Sampling and the Methodology
for the project in 2014.
4. Country Representative for RTI –on Internet Adoption Project 2014.
5. Consultant for London School for Health and Tropical Medicine (LSHTM) -
Assessing Potential Public Health Benefits from Clean Team Toilets in Kumasi,
Ghana in 2014.
6. District Statistician in-charge of 2010 Population and Housing Census- Kpandai
District in the Northern Region.
7. Research Analyst: June 2010 – November 2010 – Qualitative and Quantitative data
analysis on the status of French Language in Ghana Public Schools.
8. Research Analyst: April 2010 – June 2010 – Quantitative data analysis on level of
implementation of National Literacy Accelerated Programme (NALAP) for Ministry
of Education, Associate for Change (AFC) and USAID.
9. Project Coordinator: 28th
December 2009 – 22nd
January 2010- Qualitative and
quantitative data collection to gather views and opinions on the current state of the
Ghanaian urban sector. It was to provide reliable data or information for development
interventions in the Ghanaian urban sector.
10. Research Assistant: September 2009- African Science and Technology
Innovations Indicators Survey organized in collaboration by Ghana Statistical Service
and CSIR-STEPRI on the role of telecommunication in Ghanaian Small and Medium
Scale Enterprise.
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6. 6. Research Team Leader: Identification of Businesses in OSU, Ghana and its
Environs: September 2009- Listing of businesses in OSU conducted by Ghana
Statistical Service and CSIR-STEPRI for the deployment and provision of internet
service by TELEDATA ICT privately-owned company providing internet and data
services in Osu and its environs with wifi-platform.
7. Research Assistant: August-September 2009- Baseline survey to determine the
capacity and performance of District Assembly and Civil Society in the management
of mining revenue in the Asutifi District in the Brong Ahafo Region organized by
Revenue Watch International in collaboration with ISODEC Ghana.
8. Facilitator: September 2008- The use of Geographical Positioning System (GPS)
in collecting GPS coordinates of utilities, farm sizes and location of towns during
GLSS 5+ Baseline survey undertaking by Millennium Development Authority
(MiDA), Ghana Statistical Service and Institute of Statistical Social and Economic
Research (ISSER).
9. Research Team Member: August 2008-November, 2009: Market and Economic
Research (Skills Development). Conduct in-depth interviews and focus group
discussions with apprentices, master artisans, some financial institutions, training
institutions and policy makers on skills development and employment, in four
research areas in northern and southern Ghana. Research Consortium on Educational
Outcomes and Poverty (RECOUP), Associates for Change, Ghana (August 2008-
November, 2009): Conduct interviews and focus group discusses in four research
areas in northern and southern Ghana.
10. Research Team Member: July 2008- March 2009, Aid and Partnership Research,
Conducted in-depth interviews with donors, donor agencies and government agencies
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7. who are direct recipients of aid in Ghana under the Research Consortium on
Educational Outcomes and Poverty (RECOUP) project, Associates for Change, Ghana
(July2008- March 2009).
11. Research Team Member: Youth Gender and Citizenship (YGC) (November
2007 to December, 2008): Conducted Focus Group Discussions and individual
interviews with youth and their parents in two sites in the southern Ghana; carried out
extensive qualitative data analysis using ATAS TI (qualitative analysis tool) followed
by report writing under the Research, Research Consortium on Educational Outcomes
and Poverty (RECOUP), Associates for Change, Ghana.
12. Supervisor: October 2007- The use of ICT in Ghana-e-access, (Research ICT,
Africa) organized and coordinated by Centre for Scientific and Industrial Research
(CSIR-STEPRI) in collaboration with Ghana Statistical Service to assess the use of
ICT and telecommunication in Ghana
13. Supervisor: May, 2007- Public Expenditure Tracking Survey (PETS) organized
by Statistical Service, Ghana Education Service and Ministry of Health and sponsored
by Ministry of Finance and Economic Planning to tract public spending, diversions,
refusal to use guidelines and the delays associated with it as well as helping in the
data cleaning and generation of tables for analysis.
14. Research Assistant: 2006- Ghana Health Service on Chronic Disease Risk Factor
Surveillance in Greater Accra Region, in collaboration with Ghana Statistical Service,
University of Ghana Medical School and World Health Organization (WHO).
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8. 15. Member of the Research Team: 2006- Monitoring and Evaluation Survey 2006
organized by National Development Planning Commission (NDPC) in 2006 to access
the effect and impact of the Ghana Poverty Reduction Strategy I (GPRS I).
16. Research Assistant: 2005- Ghanaian Household and Manufacturing Workers
Survey (Wave 7) – 2005 organized by Centre for Study of African Economies Oxford
University, UK in four regions (Accra, Ashanti, Central and Western).
17. Research Assistant: September, 2005- Ghana Cocoa Survey on expanding
productivity organized by Centre for the Study of African Economies- Oxford
University, UK in three regions of Ghana (Ashanti, Western and Brong Ahafo
regions).
18. Research Field Officer: 2005- Ghana Living Standard Survey Five (GLSS 5) data
collection exercise across the country on socio-economic indicators as well as house
holds enterprise situation in the country.
19. Research Assistant: 2004- Ghanaian Household Enterprise Survey organized by
Centre for the Study of African Economies Oxford University, UK to collect
information on household enterprise situation as well as problems facing the self
employed in four regions in Ghana (Accra, Ashanti, Central and Western).
20. Supervisor: 2004- Data collection during the Ghana Manufacturing and Industrial
Census organized by Ghana Statistical Service to assess the growth in the sector,
production capacity and all the problems associated with the industrial sector in
Ghana.
21. Supervisor: 2004- Ghana Living Standard Survey (GLSS 4) listing exercise and
data collection to assess the standard of living of Ghanaian.
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9. 22. Supervisor: 2003- Ghana Child Labour Survey. Data collection on children living
on the streets of Ghana and its associated effects and policy recommendations.
23. Supervisor: 2003- Ghana Manufacturing and Industrial Census, listing of
businesses and actual data collection.
24. Supervisor: 2000- 2000 Ghana Population and Housing Census enumeration
exercise.
25. Supervisor: 1999-2000- Demarcation of Enumeration Areas for 2000 Ghana
Housing and Population Census (PHC).
5. LANGUAGE SPOKEN
Ewe, English and Twi
6. INFORMATION AND COMMUNICATION TECHNOLOGY SKILLS
• Microsoft Word
• Microsoft Excel
• Microsoft Power Point
• Minitab Software
• SPSS Software
• Atlas-Ti (Qualitative Data Analysis Software)
• CSPro
7. PUBLICATION
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10. Ekor, C. (2009). Skills Acquisition and Personal Social Development: A Study of the
Government of Ghana Policy on Apprenticeship. A thesis presented to the Graduate
Studies, University of Ghana.
Co –Author: Assessing Potential Public Health Benefits from Clean Team Toilets in
Kumasi, Ghana in 2014.
8. HOBBIES
• Listening to news on current affairs and social issues
• Hockey
• Football
9. REFERENCES
1. Dr. W. K. Ahadzie (Lecturer)
Centre for Social Policy Studies.
University of Ghana-Legon, Ghana
(wahadzie@ug.edu.gh)
Tel: (0244-523554)
2. Dr. Leslie Casely-Hayford,
Director of Associates for Change, Ghana
(comdev9@yahoo.com),
Tel: (233-12 245612/ 233-244255170)
3. Mr. David Y. Kombat
Chief Director,
Ghana Statistical Service, Accra.
(kombeey@yahoo.com)
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