Dr G.M. Afeti is a mechanical engineer trained at the Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology (KNUST) in Ghana and the University of Paris in France.
He is a technical and vocational education and training (TVET) expert and engineering educator with over 30 years of experience as university teacher and administrator and as a consultant to the World Bank, UNESCO, African Union Commission, and African Development Bank, among others. He has taught at universities and polytechnics in Ghana, Nigeria and France. He was Principal of Ho Polytechnic (now Ho Technical University) in Ghana for 13 years and Secretary General of the Commonwealth Association of Technical Universities and Polytechnics in Africa for 4 years.
Dr Afeti drafted the African Union Continental TVET Strategy to Foster Youth Employment and was Chairman of the African Union TVET Expert Group for 4 years.
Dr Afeti currently works as a Senior Skills Development Expert on the Skills Initiative for Africa (SIFA) Programme which is being implemented in eight African countries under the auspices of the African Union Development Agency (AUDA-NEPAD).