Professor Samuel Kingsley Botwe Asante (SKB Asante) has passed on. According to reports, the venerable lawyer died today, November 28, 2020.

A statement sighted by the GhanaWeb has the Board of Trustees of the Centre for Regional Integration in Africa where he served as Executive Director, announcing his demise.

“It is with profound sorrow that the Centre for Regional Integration in Africa (CRIA) Board of Trustees and Secretariat announce the loss of the beloved Founder of the Centre. May PROF SKB ASANTE rest in eternal peace.”

Professor SKB Asante, was a recipient of the Order of the Volta Award.

He is a product of the Achimota School and a former head of the Political Science Department of the University of Ghana.

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Professor S.K.B. Asante, a product of Abuakwa State College, Achimota School, University of Ghana, and London School of Economics and Political Science, University of London, is the Executive Director of both the Centre for Regional Integration in Africa (CRIA) and the S. K. B. Asante International Consultancy Services (SAICs); Chairman of the Board of Trustees of the Professor and Mrs. S. K. B. Asante Educational Trust Fund; Member of the Governing Council of the Institute of Fiscal Studies; Professor of the Legon Centre for International Affairs and Diplomacy (LECIAD), and a Fellow of Ghana Academy of Arts and Sciences.

A former Head of Department of Political Science, University of Ghana; Professor and African Area Studies Consultant, University of Florida, Gainesville, United States; Director, United Nations Institute for Namibia; Principal Regional Adviser and Coordinator of the United Nations Multidisciplinary Regional Advisory Group at the Cabinet Office of the Economic Commission for Africa.

Professor Asante has been working in the field of regional integration for more than three decades and was selected by the United Nations African Institute for Economic Planning and Development (IDEP) for its very first Documentary Series (2015) on the Makers and Shakers of African Development, highlighting his distinguished contribution towards “Achieving Integration in West Africa”. Professor Asante was awarded the ORDER OF THE VOLTA (2008), a Ghana National Award, for distinguishing himself in Public Service, and the Ghana Book Award for Distinguished Writers (1980).

In 2007, Okyenhene, Osagyefuo Amoatia Ofori Panin, conferred on Professor Asante “OKYEMAN KANEA”, Okyeman’s highest award, in recognition of his distinguished achievement in public life and numerous contributions towards the development of Okyeman.

Professor Asante has published prolifically, especially on regional integration, governance and African development and serves as consultant to a number of international organizations, including the United Nations, World Bank, African Development Bank, European Union, ECOWAS and the African Leadership Forum.