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Richmond Yeboah (born on 27th July 1983) is the Head of Investments and Public Relations at the Cape Coast Metropolitan Assembly, Ghana where he serves as the spokesperson for the Assembly, the Metropolitan Chief Executive and liaison between the Local Government and Investors both local and international. He has been involved in initiatives to safeguard the environment at the Municipal level. In July 2018, he was part of Government of Ghana delegation to Germany for a study tour on sustainable plastic waste management in Ghana. He was also part of Cities Alliance Joint Work Programme in Brussels, Belgium in November 2018.

Prior to his appointment in 2017, he worked as a Broadcast Journalist at Cape Coast based Eagle FM located at the Cape Coast Technical University, anchoring Sports and Political Shows. He rose to the position of Director of Programmes in 2011. As a Sportscaster, he had the privilege to cover two Africa Cup of Nations (AFCON) tournaments; AFCON 2008 and 2013 in Ghana and South Africa respectively. He is a member of the Association of Sports Broadcasters (ASBOG) in the Central Region.

Richmond is a Doctoral Candidate in International Studies at the University of Cape Coast, Ghana. He is working on the topic “Ghana-China Trade Relations from an Environment Perspective”. His topic aims at understanding the environmental impacts of Chinese investments and activities in Ghana to safeguard the environment for sustainable development (Achieving Agenda 2030). He holds a Masters of Philosophy Degree in Development Studies from the School for Development Studies and Bachelor’s Degree in Tourism Management all from the University of Cape Coast. He had his secondary education at Fomena T.I Ahmadiyya Secondary School.

From 2015 to date, Richmond has been teaching Research Methods at the Cape Coast Technical University and from December 2018, he has been teaching African Studies at the Institute of Education, University of Cape Coast all on part-time basis. He is specialist in Public Private Partnership in Solid Waste Management and runs advocacy on Environmental Protection. He also has strong passion for academic research and has two scholarly articles published in the International Journal in Management and Social Science.