Abubakari has over seventeen years of experience in information and communication management. He is currently responsible for IRC Ghana communications, learning and advocacy coordination and management; and has a passion for promoting evidence-based learning that supports good governance.
Abubakari is also working together with the Steering Committee of RCN Ghana to properly focus sector learning and address more strategic issues on the sustainability of learning in the water sanitation and hygiene sector in Ghana. He was the National Coordinator of the Resource Centre Network (RCN) Ghana from 2008 - April 2014.
Before IRC / RCN, Abubakari worked with the British Council Ghana as the information officer and later the head of information and library services; and also with Macmillan Ghana (a subsidiary of Macmillan Publishers, UK) as head of marketing communications.
Abubakari holds an MBA in Marketing (University of Ghana Business School), and MA in Development Studies, specialised in rural development and decentralisation (University of Leeds, UK) and was originally trained in Communications (public relations, advertising and marketing) at the Ghana Institute of Journalism; and social sciences (BA, University of Ghana, Legon, Accra). He is an associate member of the Chartered Institute of Marketing, Ghana (CIMG) and the Institute of Public Relations (IPR) Ghana.
This project, WASH services for hard-to-reach households, was generously funded by the Latter Day Saints Charities (LDSC). The team is visiting Bronyakrom, a hard-to-reach community that to date had not been connected to a water point. Read more...
A learning exchange was held on district-wide initiatives for Sustainable Development Goal 6 in Ghana. Read more...
A novel public-public partnership between Uganda's national water utility and local government is part of the increasing trend of rural utilisation. Read more...
A special edition of the ANAM WASH Hubdate features recent visit of representatives of the Conrad N. Hilton Foundation. Read more...
Video stories of political leadership, united NGOs and communities out now! Read more...
Booklet providing a baseline picture in Asutifi North, before embarking on an initiative to give every person in the district access to sustainable... Read more...
The Conrad N. Hilton Foundation's new Vice President of Strategy and Programs – Marc J. Holley, and Chris Dunston (Senior Program Officer) - arrived in Kenyasi on a 5-day visit to Ghana. Read more...
A four-year investment phase targets communities with no water service at all and those with limited water service. Read more...
The Mayor of Banfora is well aware that improving water services will really help Sanata and many others in his district. Read more...
Study seeks solutions for sustainable small-town water service delivery. Read more...
On the whole, stakeholder monitoring tends to be disjointed, with the diverse actors failing to coalesce their efforts around a common set of indicators. And there is a conspicuous lack of regulation of the rural water sector. Read more...
District Assemblies (DAs) are not fully exercising their mandates as development authorities, responsible for planning, implementation, coordination... Read more...
Stakeholders from local government, NGOs and private sector meet to finalise district master plan. Read more...