Born at La-Accra, on June 7th, 1950, Nii Sowa entered PRESEC at Odumase in 1965 and completed his O'Level in 1970, at Legon. In his time, he was the School's Dispenser, but most people remember him for his writing of plays. He was the first student to stage his plays at the School's new Assembly Hall in 1968 ("Eureka") and in 1969 ("Passport to Heaven or to Hell").

Nii. Sowa entered the University of Ghana in 1973, and read Economics and Mathematics. In 1976, while a Teaching Assistant at the Department of Economics at the University of Ghana, Nii Sowa also taught A'Level Economics at PRESEC, Legon. Between 1977 and 1979 Nii Sowa worked at the Bank for Housing and Construction (BHC) as an Economics Officer.

Nii Sowa left Ghana in 1979 for Canada to pursue his graduate studies under a University of Ghana scholarship. He read for his Master's and PhD degrees in Economics at Queen's University and McMaster University respectively, specializing in Econometrics and Money and Banking. Dr. Sowa came back to Ghana in 1985.

Dr. Sowa is currently a Core Research Fellow with the Centre for Policy Analysis (CEPA), Accra. Before joining CEPA, Dr Sowa was a Senior Lecturer in Economics at the University of Ghana, Legon, and was the Head of the Department of Economics between 1988 and 1991. Dr Sowa has published widely in academic journals and books, mostly on Monetary Economics, Inflation and Economic Policy Management.

Dr. Sowa is an Economist of international repute. He has on several occasions served as economic consultant for several international organizations including the World Bank, the United Nations Economic Commission for Africa (ECA), the United States Agency for International Development (USAID), Canadian International Development Agency (CIDA), and the British Overseas Development Agency, now DfID.

He has held several international lecturing and research positions at highly reputable foreign institutions including Oxford University, the University of Warwick, and the Overseas Development Institute, all in the UK. In 1994, he was a visiting scholar to the Research Department of the International Monetary Fund (IMF). In 1996, he was named as a William Clark Visiting Fellow (third in the world and first African) to the Overseas Development Institute in Britain. In 1997, he was named as first Michael Bruno Visiting Fellow to the World Bank. In 2001, Dr. Sowa was honoured by the Ghana Academy of Arts and Sciences with the Silver Award for the best academic article.

In addition to serving on several Boards, Dr. Sowa is one of the two external members of the Monetary Policy Committee of the Bank of Ghana, and also a Commissioner at the Securities and Exchange Commission.

Dr. Sowa is listed in the millennium edition of Who's Who in the World.

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