2021:
Quoted in “Eric Adams Returns From Ghana, His Spirit Cleansed and To-Do List Full”, The New York Times
“Kikwete: Ndulu meant so much to so many people in so many ways,” The Citizen (Tanzania)
Yaw Nyarko presents “From bilateral trade to centralized markets: A search model for commodity exchanges in Africa” at SOAS University of London
2020:
Voice of America’s Interview with Yaw Nyarko on West African Currency Change
2019:
Joy News Interview on the Role of Technological Innovations like Commodity Exchanges in Addressing the Impacts of Climate Change
Voice of America’s Interview with Yaw Nyarko on Reliable Online Markets for Smallholder farmers
Voice of America’s Interview with Yaw Nyarko on the Impact of Brexit on Africa
Africa House Fireside Chat with H.E. Ambassador Fatima Kyari Mohammed, African Union Permanent Observer to the United Nations
2019 Africa House Fellowship Presentations & Awards Ceremony
Yaw Nyarko ADvocacy Presentation on “Recruiting International Migrant Labor: Theory and Evidence (UAE)” at NYU Abu Dhabi
2018:
Economic Theory and Commodities Research Highlighted at the UAE Official Trade and Investment Mission to Ghana
Africa House/CTED Highlight Video
Yaw Nyarko Presentation on Gulf Migration Research at the Abu Dhabi Dialogue Senior Officials’ Meeting
In Conversation with H.E. Dr. Jakaya M. Kikwete, Former President of the United Republic of Tanzania (2005-2015)
Ghana TV Features Yaw Nyarko’s Commodities Research in Ghana and the UAE
2017:
Yaw Nyarko Presents Technology and Commodities Research at the Sustainable Development Goals Conference “Mobilizing support and accelerating implementation of the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) in Africa” hosted by H.E. Nana Akufo-Addo, President of Ghana
Yaw Nyarko Hosts Commodities Exchange Program and Business Roundtable for Vice President of Ghana, H.E. Mahamudu Bawumia; H.E. Jamal Al Jarwan, Secretary General, UAE Investors Council; H.E. Abdullah Bin Ahmed Al Saleh, Under-Secretary of the Ministry of Economy for Foreign Trade and Industry of the UAE; members of the Ghana and Ethiopia Commodities Exchanges and the UAE business community
In Conversation with President and Chairman of the Board of Directors of the African Export-Import Bank (Afreximbank), Dr. Benedict O. Oramah
Yaw Nyarko Hosts Presidential Town Hall with Ghana’s President H.E. Nana Akufo-Addo
Ghana Commodities Exchange (GCX) Launches Warehouse Receipt System
2016:
DRI 2016 Annual Conference Presentation “Are the Migrants Better Off? Let Them Decide!"
With the theme “Sustainable Cities and Structural Transformation,” Yaw Nyarko Hosts the African Development Bank Presentation of the 2016 “African Economic Outlook” Report
Yaw Nyarko Moderates the “Namibia Commerce and Prosperity Forum” with Namibia’s President H.E. Dr. Hage G. Geingob, Minister of Finance, Minister of Mines and Energy, Minister of Economic Planning, and Minister of Industrialization
Migration research featured in The National article “UAE labour mobility reforms create winners and losers”
Migration research featured in The Economist article “Migrant workers in the UAE: Wages of chagrin”
2015:
Inauguration of the Kumawu Palace Museum with Barima Sarfo Tweneboa Kodua (Kumawumanhene) and Ghana Minister of Culture, Tourism and Creative Arts, Hon. Elizabeth Ofosu-Adjare
Yaw Nyarko’s Presentation on "Cross-border Technology Flows for Success: The African Mobile Revolution" at DRI's 2015 Annual Conference “Beyond the Nation State”
2013:
Yaw Nyarko's Presentation on "How Indigenous Cocoa Entrepreneurs Transformed Ghana" at 2013 DRI Annual Conference "Beyond the Nation: Pioneering Studies on How Development Spreads"
2012:
Yaw Nyarko Signs MOU with Ethiopian Commodities Exchange (ECX) on Behalf of NYU Africa House, the Development Research Institute (DRI), and the Center for Technology and Economic Development (CTED) to conduct a research evaluation of the ECX. Mr. Bemnet Aschenaki, Chief Strategy Officer of ECX, and Nyarko presented the objectives and scope of the partnership in a press conference at ECX offices in Addis Ababa.
Financial Access Initiative (FAI) and Micro Save interview with Yaw Nyarko on the book “Portfolios of the Poor” and its influence on development research
Yaw Nyarko Hosts “Somalia, the Horn of Africa and Food Security” Conference with Former President of Ghana, Jerry Rawlings (1993-2001) in Collaboration with NYU Abu Dhabi Research Institute
2011:
Yaw Nyarko Hosts Eleni Gabre-Madhin, Chief Executive Officer of the Ethiopia Commodity Exchange (ECX) for a presentation on “The Making of a Market: How the Ethiopia Commodity Exchange Came to Be”
2010:
Audio: BBC interview on the Millennium Development Goals
William Easterly and Yaw Nyarko on winning the 2009 BBVA Frontiers of Knowledge in Development Cooperation Award
