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.
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District WASH master plan of Makalondi, Niger Read more...
Updated guidance, including recommended targets, on domestic water supply to ensure beneficial health outcomes. 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...
Good Practice for WASH booklet to become a reference point for municipal, metropolitan and district chief executives in Ghana. Read more...
National Development Planning Commission - NDPC in collaboration with IRC and partners is disseminating the findings and is further engaging relevant stakeholders on the stories starting with the launch of the Good Practice for WASH in Ghana booklet. Read more...
Dr Angela Huston (IRC) discusses whether the WASH systems strengthening approach is relevant in all contexts and why can it be useful for WASH system... Read more...
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