[4][5] Prior to assuming the role of Deputy Governor, Opoku-Afari worked at the International Monetary Fund (IMF).
[6] Opoku-Afari attended the Pope John Senior High School and Minor Seminary from 1987 to 1989.
[9][10] While at the IMF, Opoku-Afari participated in IMF negotiation missions to several African and Caribbean countries and handled extensive policy discussions on Rwanda, Zambia, Jamaica and Sao Tome and Principe—where he led the program negotiation mission in 2015.
He has extensive publications on monetary policy, inclusive growth, short-term output indicators in low income countries, aid effectiveness, and on capital flows and real exchange rate dynamics.
He has extensive publications on monetary policy, inclusive growth, short-term output indicators in low income countries, aid effectiveness, and on capital flows and real exchange rate dynamics.