Imani Centre for Policy and Education has been ranked as second most influential think tank in all of Africa.

The Ghanaian research institute was ranked by the Pennsylvania University in the United States among top 65 think tanks on the continent.

Last year, the Franklin Cudjoe-led policy institute was ranked number four on the continent by the same university.

East Africa-based Kenya Institute for Public Policy Research and Analysis (KIPPRA) was the only research institute ahead of IMANI in the 2015 rankings.

Here are the other categories IMANI was ranked:

- Top Think Tanks Worldwide (Non-U.S.)---out of 100 ranked globally. Position: 68

- Top Think Tanks Worldwide (U.S. and non-U.S.) out of 150 ranked globally. Position: 109

- Top Domestic Economic Policy Think Tanks (World Wide) out of 80 ranked globally. Position: 58

- Best Think Tank Network out of 60 ranked globally. Position: 58

- Best Use of Social Networks out of 60 ranked globally. Position: 48

- Think Tank to Watch out of a global pool of 80 ranked. Position: 29

- Think Tanks with the Most Innovative Policy Ideas/Proposals out of 30 ranked globally. Position: 25

Think Tanks with the Most Significant Impact on Public Policy out of a global pool of 70 think tanks. Position: 51

- Top Think Tanks with Annual Operating Budgets of Less Than $5 Million USD out of 25 ranked think tanks globally. Position: 10