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Alexander Tetteh Kwasi Nuer 
Dear Franklin,
I hope you are doing well as I am here in Tarkwa.
I have started work and I want youto know that I am very proud of you and all the team for an excellent work doneduring SYPALA,2008.I still miss the talks and I can say that eventhough I have not finished reading theAtlas Shrugged, I want to ask the question who is John Gaith?I am stirred up in my loins to reach out the more beyond the sky as I am spurredbeyond the world's limit.SYPALA,2008 has thought me that there is nothing new under the sun and there isnothing one cannot do if one is determined to reach the top.
IMANI deserves a national award and I would not hesitate to recommend you and your team to any world award if I get the chance to do that.
The Faculty was one of the best and I know the class is beyond definition.keep the good work and thank you very much for giving me the opportunity to learnfrom the pool of resources that you placed under the canopy of SYPALA,2008.
Cheers
Alexander Tetteh Kwasi Nuer
Augusta Kolekang
"Sypala "2008" was like fertilizer applied to a piece of land with stunted growing crops, medicine injected into a dying population. I just became a new person within 5 days! I can't still believe that such a thing is possible but it happened. I do not know what to tell Imani, maybe there is a John Galt behind the scene.
I am confident that the results of the work of Imani will help put the political and civil societies in their rightful places to contribute meaningfully to his joint venture of making the world a better place for mankind. It was a real life changing experience."
Thank you
Augusta Kolekang
Susu Allordey
Dear Franklin
It has been a week since we graduated from SYPALA 2008 under the theme,"Liberty Abreast African Intellect' which was organized by Cato Institute and IMANI. I must say in all sincerity that it was a great experience that I will forever recommend to everybody, especially to young people who wish Ghana ,and for that mater Africa, becomes a better and prosperous continent to live in sooner than later.
The week long conference has really opened my mind to a lot of things that I would have otherwise not known if I had not been part of this year's seminar. Indeed, what Africa needs at this current socio-political dispensation is liberalized socio-economic system devoid of excessive governmental control by minimizing political power whilst upholding the principles of the rule of law and good governance so as to create an atmosphere for innovation which will consequently lead to alleviation of Africa's worse diseas- poverty.
Susu Alordey
Christopher Bennett wrote:
Hi Mr. Franklin Cudjoe,
I just wanted to send you a quick note to again thank you for the
invitation
to participate in the SYPALA 2008 "Liberty Abreast African Intellect"
seminar. My time at the event was very rewarding and inspiring and I
learned
a lot. It was a pleasure to
meet you in person and I look forward to many years ahead in working
together creatively in Advancing Freedom and Prosperity in our world.. I
definitely plan to attend the next IMANI event.
I am still digesting all the information from the event and I will be in
touch soon to discuss specifics on how we may work together, including in
the short-term to draw attention to the good work you are doing.
Congratulations on putting on a wonderful event. It was obvious how much
effort you put into it. Well done.
Dear Franklin,
Greetings to you and all at Imani. I'm sure you have regained your strength by now after the intensive and activity-filled seminar.
I would like to thank you for the recent opportunity to meet with such wonderful people to share ideas and also to find the best solutions to the problems we are facing in our world.
This seminar was really an eye opener. I have gained a lot of knowledge and more light has been thrown on a lot of pressing issues. Thank you also for creating a platform for us the youth to freely express our views and opinions as well as share ideas.
I am grateful to Imani for such an experience. I'm now ready to step out and in my own small way try to help make the world a better place for us all.
Imani is truly a place for policy and education. IMANI THINK -TANK.
I pray that the good old lord will grant you all the wisdom and strength to carry on.God bless.
Harriet Buatsi.
John Templeton Prize for IMANI
IMANI is the only think tank to have been awarded the John Templeton Prize twice in Africa for Advancing Freedom.This year, IMANI was the sole recipient in Africa of the Antony & Dorian Fisher Award (Out of 180 think-tanks globally) that recognise thinkanks playing a crucial role to ensure that public policy debates are not dominated by government insiders.
A judge on the Templeton Prize awarded to IMANI commented, "I give them [IMANI] the highest points for being most specific and rigorous in applying free-market solutions to an array of complex social problems. Their submission shows the importance of using rigorously derived, quantifiable research outputs to gain credibility in shaping the policy debate. Crisp, clear, compelling data is the most useful tool to provide to any media outlet, and it's easy for the media to use, without interpretation."
Atlas Fisher Venture Grant Awarded to IMANI
March 25, 2008 - The Atlas Economic Research Foundation announced fisherthat IMANI Center for Policy and Education (Accra, Ghana) is the only African think tank among its first class of recipients of Dorian & Antony Fisher Venture Grants. More than 180 think tanks competed for the grants in this program, but only nine were selected to receive up to $100,000 from Atlas over the next three years. Franklin Cudjoe, the founding director of IMANI Center for Policy and Education, remarked: "Receiving this grant from the Atlas Economic Research Foundation is another great vindication of the important work IMANI began 3 years ago. We are determined to see that public policy debate in Ghana and West Africa involve students who should be informed by principled, non-partisan viewpoints." Read more
Podcast
July 30, 2008 IMANI director discusses Ghanaian Security matters in Ghana. Ghana's Police Chief in charge of Public Relations, DSP, Kwesi OFori, and Dr. Joshua Alabi are co-discussants IMANI director discusses Ghanaian Security matters in Ghana on Ghana's acclaimed Talk Radio, Choice FM. The discussion was held in early July 2008. In April 2008, Franklin also spoke to Atlas Economic Research's' New Intellectual Entrepreneurs about successful strategies for new think tanks.
The event was held in Atlanta, Georgia. IMANI director discusses Ghanaian government's intervention to reduce the economic burden as a result of high fuel and food prices. The discussion was held on TV Africa, June 2008. Please listen to an audio version here Tuesday, April 22, 2008 In April 2008 IMANI's Executive Director, Franklin Cudjoe discussed 'How Trade and Globalization Expand Freedom, Create Jobs, and Improve Lives" with Daniel Griswold, Director, Center for Trade Policy Studies, Cato Institute. The moderator was Ambassador Terry Miller, Director, Center for International Trade and Economics of The Heritage Foundation. The event was held in Atlanta, Georgia. You can hear Franklin's talk here IMANI director discusses Ghanaian government's plan to deepen prisoner rights in Ghana. This week we interview Imani Ghana’s founder and directory Franklin Cudjoe, along with Elyse Speicher, a student at Grove City College, who interned with Imani last year. This interview discusses last year’s inaugural summer seminar in Ghana, Elyse’s internship and work with the institute and Imani’s recent Atlas Shrugged program. Read two of Franklin’s latest articles, Thickheadedness on African Debt and A Libertarian’s Impression of the Stiglitz Performance. |