Professor E. Gyimah-Boadi is the Executive Director of the Ghana Center for Democratic Development (CDD-Ghana), a research think-tank for democratic development in Ghana and the West Africa sub-region; and also the Executive Director of the Afrobarometer (a survey project tracking public opinion on democratic and economic reforms in 20 African countries). E. Gyimah-Boadi is also a professor in the Department of Political Science at the University of Ghana.

He is a member of the Research Council of the International Forum for Democratic Studies, the Editorial Board of the Journal of Democracy, International Advisory Board of Development Policy Review, International Journal for Transitional Justice, the Board of the International Center for Transitional Justice, and the Governing Council of the Ghana chapter of Transparency International. He has taught at various institutions, like Dartmouth College, American University and the School of Advanced International Studies at the Johns Hopkins University. A former visiting fellow at the Woodrow Wilson Center and the National Endowment for Democracy, Prof. Gyimah-Boadi has consulted in the past for the African Development Bank, the World Bank, USAID, UNDP, FAO, the Overseas Development Council, OECD, Africa Leadership Forum, and the Global Coalition for Africa. His recent publications include Democratic Reform in Africa: The Quality of Progress.