Michael Edem Akafia is a Ghanaian lawyer, tax practitioner and mining executive.
[8][9] He is also licensed by the National Pensions Regulatory Authority as a trustee[10] Akafia began his career as a legal/research assistant at Lawfields Consulting and continued as an Associate at Bentsi-Enchill, Letsa & Ankomah law firm.
He then joined SIC Financial Services Ltd as Head of Legal and subsequently became a member of the Interim Management Committee.
[15] In 2010, he was licensed by Ghana’s Securities Exchange Commission as an investment advisor’s representative.
[16][17][18] Akafia represented the Ghana School of Law at the Philip C. Jessup International Law Moot Competition in Washington DC and subsequently served as a judge at the international rounds and as Ghana national co-administrator.