Frederick Asumanu

Versatile subject matter expert specializing in Telecom/ICT market and skilled at planning, implementing and overseeing key improvements to drive business growth and efficiency. History of cultivating an open culture to enable exchange of requisite information. Pursuing new professional challenges with a growth-oriented Institution to seek and maintain full-time position that offers professional challenges utilizing interpersonal and problem-solving skills.

Documented strengths in building and maintaining relationships with diverse range of stakeholders in dynamic, fast-paced settings.

Currently , I am Vice Chair ITU study Group 3 Management team responsible for Economic and Policy related Issues on Telecom/ICT.




I have championed full implementation of ECOWAS Free Roaming Initiative between Ghana and Cote D'Ivoire and expected to Implement the successes in 14 other West African countries.

International Telecommunication Union (ITU),

• 12 years continuous active participation in programs /workshop and focal group’s activities at the International Telecommunications Union, Geneva and the Africa Region.
• Currently the Vice Chair-ITU Study Group 3 Management Team & Rapporteur responsible, inter alia, for studying international telecommunication/ICT policy and economic issues and tariff and accounting matters (including costing principles and methodologies), with a view to informing the development of enabling regulatory models and frameworks.
• Ongoing work item under my supervision as Rapporteur of Study Group 3(ITU) is expected to contribute to discussions on review of the International Telecommunication Regulations, and on the handling of policy issues in emerging markets.

National Regulatory Authority’s Focal Point/Expert to International Institutions( ECOWAS Commission & ITU) Projects and Initiatives,

• Study on the Development of a New Legislative and Regulatory Framework for the Digital Economy sector in West Africa.
• the Study on The Elaboration of a Digital Sector Development Strategy for the ECOWAS Region.
• the ECOWAS Free Roaming Initiative Project.
• National Correspondents for Indicators (NCIs) of the ECOWAS Digital Observatory data collection.
• Telecommunications/ICT Regulatory Survey of the Telecommunication Development Bureau (BDT) of the International Telecommunication Union (ITU)

• Validation workshop for the draft digital sector development strategy for the ECOWAS region-2023
• Speaker at ITU Regional Economic Dialogue on Telecommunications/ICT for Africa on Incentives to foster investment and business opportunities for digital services-Tax policies and practices for digital services around the world.-2019
• Validation workshop on the competition law implications of radio spectrum management in the West African region, the workshop was jointly held by West Africa Economic and Monetary Union and ECOWAS in collaboration with Worldbank-2019
• Focal Point(Ghana) workshop on the Study on the Development of New Legislative and Regulatory Framework for the Digital Economy Sector in West Africa-2019
• Expert Mission and Focus Group on Digital Financial Service(DFS) workshop by ITU/World Bank at Washington DC- 2015
• Resource Person and Participant for International Telecommunication Union(ITU) Expert meetings on Economic and Policy Issues:- Geneva 2012-2016
• ITU Africa Regional Study Group 3 Member on Economic and Policy Issues: 2012-2016
• Participant -ECOWAS Expert meeting On Taxation on Telecommunications Services:- Abidjan 2013
• Resource person- Study on the Harmonized model for Interconnection Costing in the telecommunication/ICT Sector in the ECOWAS Region:-Gambia 2013
• Resource person on the Review of Spectrum Pricing modelling for the National Communications Authority(NCA)-2012
• Participant -Regulating Branchless Banking in Ghana:- 2012
• Procurement Transformation Project –MTN Group Project:-Dubai 2011

• Diploma in Regulatory and Privatization Issues in Telecom, United States Telecommunications Training Institutes,
• Certificate in Competition Policy in the Digital Age, GSMA Capacity Building Training,
• Economic Regulatory Master Class, UK,
• Advanced Study in Project Monitoring and Evaluation, Ghana Institute of Management and Public Administration,
• Leadership and Managerial Skills, Ghana Institute of Management and Public Administration

• Date of Birth: 11/29/79
• Gender: Male
• Nationality: Ghanaian
• Marital Status: Married

I am a football fanatic with key interest in African football and European football leagues.

I mostly swim to distress and spend quality time with the family.