Mustapha is an International Communication Expert, a PhD researcher, an Assistant Professor of Informational Technologies in Journalism, a coordinator of the Center for Information Pollution at the RUDN University of Russia. He is the CEO of Communication and Innovation Networking (COIN) Consults; a convener of the African Media Guide in combatting information pollution; and Cofounder/coordinator of the Center for Research on Development of African Media, Governance and Society. Mustapha holds a Bachelor's of Art in Development Communication from the African University College of Communications, Ghana; and a Master’s of Art in International Public Relations from the National University of Science and Technologies (NUST MISiS), Russian Federation.

Mustapha’s ongoing research is on ‘Information Disorder and African Democracy’. 

Research interest: misinformation, disinformation, propaganda, media literacy, democracy, and populism.