Angela Affran
Angela Affran works at T-TEL as the Technical Advisor to the Ministry of Education. She served as the Regional Director for Perkins International in the African Region, coordinating and managing projects, training teachers to serve learners with disabilities and special needs, advocating for the rights of children with visual impairment and additional disabilities, and supporting parents to advocate for their children.
She also worked as an Inclusive Education consultant with Inclusive Development Partners (IDP), USA and UNICEF in Ghana to conduct a formative research and to provide technical guidance on identification and support to children with disabilities in the early grades in both Ghana and Tanzania on Vision. She is also serving as a consultant for Ashesi University on the Disability Programming under the Mastercard Foundation Scholars Programme-Phase 3.
She was previously the coordinator for Braille Literacy, Math and Science at the Special Education Division of the Ghana Education Service. She has a Master’s Degree from Teachers College, Columbia University, a Bachelor’s degree from the University of Education, Ghana and a Diploma in Statistics from the University of Ghana. Angela also has a certificate in Action Research and citizen led change from the Coady Institute, St. Francis Xavier University, Antigonish, Nova Scotia. She is was a recipient of the Ford Foundation Scholarship, Wolfensohn Family Foundation Scholarship and was adjudged the best teacher in Math and Science category at the Akuapem North District in 2005.
She has worked in various countries and successfully implemented various projects with USAID, UNICEF, RTI, SIB and Brien Holden Vision Institute (BHVI) in Ghana, Uganda, Kenya, Tanzania, Malawi, Lesotho, South Africa and Nigeria. She is the Co-Founder of Scaleup Future, a member of the Early Childhood Network in Ghana, the Greater Accra Regional Chairperson for the Ghana National Education Campaign Coalition, a member of the National Inclusive Education Steering Committee and the president of the Ford Foundation International Fellowships Program Alumni Association of Ghana (IFPAAG).