Before joining the Ford Foundation as Programme Officer, Aida Opoku Mensah was the Regional Director for Panos Institute's Southern Africa office based in Lusaka, Zambia.
Aida is a Linguistics graduate from the University of Ghana. She holds a post-graduate diploma in International Relations (University of London) and an MA in Communication Policy Studies (City University), and is currently a PhD candidate in the Institute of Politics and International Studies, University of Leeds.
She has taught Radio and Press Policy at City University and is a journalist and broadcaster.
Since its foundation in 1936, the Ford Foundation has been aimed at:
It is an independent, non-profit, nongovernmental organization. It has provided slightly more than $10 billion in grants and loans.
The Ford Foundation for West Africa is based in Lagos, Nigeria. Since its foundation in 1958, it has made over 600 grants totalling approximately $250 million to institutions and individuals throughout the region.
This Foundation's regional office has six media objectives:
By supporting the media, the Ford Foundation for West Africa also contributes to agriculture, rural development and to the democratisation process.
For more information on the Ford Foundation: http://www.fordfound.org
