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.
Over 5000 people in hard-to-reach institutions benefit from Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints-funded water and sanitation project. Read more...
Community Water and Sanitation Agency (CWSA) initiated a policy reform in 2017, to expand its mandate to include the management of piped water systems in rural areas, and thus in effect become a rural utility. Four years into the reform agenda, CWSA recognizes that it needs to evolve to become the... Read more...
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IRC Ghana together with partners convened inception engagements at the regional and district levels to announce the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints' District-wide water, sanitation and hygiene (WASH) project, which seeks to contribute to the main Ahafo Regional WASH programme. The... Read more...
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Plans to achieve universal WASH coverage by 2030 Read more...
This report on the Rural Water 'Utilitisation' project in Ghana gives a comprehensive overview on water infrastructure, services and stakeholders in the Western Region. Read more...
Leveraging partnerships to scale-up innovations for universal WASH services by 2030 Read more...
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...
The high level side event was convened by the Government of Ghana, in collaboration with the Governments of Uganda, Nigeria, and Tonga, the Copenhagen Consensus Centre, the Hilton Foundation, IRC Ghana, and the UN Ghana Country Team Read more...
ACCRA, 26 July 2023 - IRC Ghana and Project Maji have joined forces to execute a sustainable drinking water pilot project in Ghana's Ahafo Region. The partnership initiative is based on the shared vision that co-creation can spearhead successful water sanitation and hygiene interventions. By... Read more...
A step towards making universal access to WASH for all a reality Read more...
Participation of Ghana Ministerial Delegation Read more...
Media Release 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...
IRC, CWSA and partners convene side event at CSOs-led WASH conference to share project updates. 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...