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.
Asunafo North Municipal Assembly, Asunafo South District Assembly and Tano North District Assembly together with major development partners and stakeholders have developed their respective 7-year (2023- 2030) WASH master plans to drive district-wide access to WASH services in Ghana. Read more...
Anesvad-funded WASH and NTDs master plan dissemination and implementation start-up in Upper Denkyira East Municipality. Read more...
IRC and partners support CONIWAS in meeting with Parliament on the 2023 budget. Read more...
First hybrid WASH Systems Academy training of local Civil Society Organisations (CSOs) ends in Tamale with high impressions Read more...
Ghana CSOs-led WASH conference ends with 7-points communique. Read more...
Latter-day Saints Charities renews support for sanitation and hygiene activities in the ANAM initiative in Asutifi North District. Read more...
Conrad N. Hilton Foundation has renewed support to scale-up innovations for universal WASH services in the Ahafo Region of Ghana. Read more...
Looking back at the Conrad N. Hilton funded small grants for civil society organisations (CSOs) in Ghana Read more...
The WASH toolkit provides a compendium of tools to assist in WASH life-cycle costing, undertaking inventory, improve WASH planning and governance Read more...
At the fourth national learning event in Ghana, participants shared experiences on achieving Sustainable Development Goal 6 in their area Read more...
The side-session on equity and inclusion was opened with a short video documentary on reaching the hard-to-access communities and schools in Asutifi North District of the Ahafo Region of Ghana. Read more...
The Mole Conference had four sub-themes and IRC Ghana Country Director, Vida Duti, presented on one of them: Managing Our Water Resources for Equitable Growth. Read more...
Five Civil Society Organisations (CSOs) win ANAM Small Grant Award in Asutifi North Read more...
Asutifi North District Assembly holds 'Akwaaba' meeting with IRC senior management team Read more...
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...
The Watershed end-of-project meeting highlighted the contributions to WASH/IWRM improvements in Ghana and discussed partnerships beyond the project. Read more...
As part of the dissemination strategy of the NDPC Good Practice for WASH booklet a video has been produced which highlights the documentation process, launch and post event media interactions. Read more...
A four-year investment phase targets communities with no water service at all and those with limited water service. Read more...