Anna Gifty Opoku-Agyeman
Researcher, activist and writer
Anna Gifty Opoku-Agyeman is a Ghanaian-born American researcher and writer who edited The Black Agenda and co-founded the Sadie Collective.
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Born in Kumasi, Ghana
About Anna Gifty Opoku-Agyeman
Anna Gifty Opoku-Agyeman was born in 1996 and is a Ghanaian-American researcher, activist and writer. She co-founded the Sadie Collective, a nonprofit focused on the low presence of Black women in economics, finance and policy, and she is a former CEO of the organization. She also co-founded Black Birders Week. She earned a mathematics degree from the University of Maryland, Baltimore County in 2019, with economics as a minor. She edited The Black Agenda: Bold Solutions for a Broken System, a collection written by Black scholars and experts from fields such as economics, health, climate and technology.