Stephen O. Kwankye is an Associate Professor of the Regional Institute for Population Studies (RIPS), College of Humanities, at the University of Ghana, Legon. He is a Demographer and Population Scientist by training and holds PhD in Population Studies with specialisation in adolescent sexual and reproductive health. Between 2011 and 2014, he worked on secondment to the National Population Council of Ghana as the Executive Director, in charge of coordinating all population-related programmes in Ghana and advising government on relevant policy interventions.