Sampson Adotey is the Associate Director of Communications at the Child Health and Mortality Prevention Surveillance (CHAMPS) Network headquartered at Emory University in Atlanta, GA and funded by the Gates Foundation. Before joining CHAMPS, Sampson was Head of Communications for the Global Network at the African Institute for Mathematical Sciences—Next Einstein Initiative, where he played a pivotal role in shaping the Institute’s global presence and securing six-figure grants to scale impact. Sampson is an alumnus of the Duke of Edinburgh International Award for Young People and Ghana’s Head of State Award Scheme (Bronze and Silver Medal). He is also on the Alumni Advisory Board for Africa on the Award Program.

Sampson is a member of the World Economic Forum’s Global Shapers Community. He served in several capacities, including being the first ever Community Champion – Anglophone West Africa (Ghana, Liberia, Sierra Leone and The Gambia)- and reported to the Community HQ in Geneva. He was selected to attend the World Economic Forum 2019 Annual Meeting, the Africa Meeting in 2019 and the 2022 Sustainable Development Impact Summit at the UNGA77, among several other community events in South Africa, Kenya and the US.

Sampson regularly contributes to the World Economic Forum’s Agenda. He also serves on the International Advisory Board of ESDEV Foundation Africa.