Koffi C. Akakpo

Koffi C. Akakpo is a Togolese American academic administrator serving as the 19th president of Kentucky State University since 2023. He was previously the president and chief executive officer of Bluegrass Community and Technical College. Akakpo was the deputy director of the Ohio Department of Natural Resources.

Life Akakpo earned a M.S. in managerial finance from the University of Lomé. He completed a M.B.A. at Ashland University. His 2017 dissertation was titled Community College Administrators’ Perceptions of Ohio’s Performance-Funding Policy. David L. Meabon was his doctoral advisor.