Dr. Samuel K. A. B. Crabbe
Chairman of AFDEG & Chairman of the Steering Committee
Dr. Samuel K. A. B. Crabbe is an accomplished entrepreneur, governance reform advocate, and digital finance scholar. He holds a PhD in Business & Management from the University of Bradford, specialising in blockchain-enabled governance and digital trust systems, and an MBA from the International University of Monaco. He is the Founder of IFG Ghana, AFDEG’s primary sponsor, and a guest lecturer in blockchain, platform governance, and entrepreneurship.
Dr. Crabbe is also Founder of Omaxx SC Limited, a UK blockchain governance company accepted into the FCA Innovation Pathways Programme, and Founder/CEO of Omanye Group, a global payments company. His entrepreneurial career includes establishing ACS-BPS, Ghana’s first data-processing BPO; co-founding CTI-TECH (Ghana’s first medical transcription company); and serving as Executive Vice President & Founding Shareholder of Ghana International Airlines.
His unique blend of academic insight, public-sector leadership, and entrepreneurship positions him as the strategic driver of AFDEG’s continental vision.