Courage K. Adjei is an Engineer with specialization in Railway Operations and a Transport Policy Analyst from Ghana where he is working at the Ministry of Railway Development on designing, constructing and monitoring of railway projects. Courage is a fervent advocate of optimization of transport and its transition to zero-emission technologies. Courage holds a Master of Sciences in Transportation Engineering from the Beijing Jiatong University as well as a degree in Political Science and Information Systems Management.
Short interview
What are you currently working on – and what goals do you want to achieve with it?
I was working on transport policy review mainly in the railway sector. But with the immense knowledge acquired from this fellowship program, I am now working around the idea of a Think Tank to drive the transport transformation into mainstream policy.
What insight do you take from the fellowship for your work?
Sufficient data produced by research can propel the adoption of sound policies that work.
Was there something that surprised you?
Germany is not pretending to have all the answers and is heavily investing in research!