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.
A framework for defining and measuring the wider support systems needed to maintain infrastructure was developed and applied in six countries with... Read more...
The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints 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...
Latter-Day Saints Charities' intervention in a district-wide partnership in Ghana transforms lives in hard-to-reach communities and schools Read more...
Ghana joins World Water Day with several celebrations. 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...
With the help of the Latter-Day Saints Charities, schools and hard-to-access communities in Asutifi North District will be getting access to safe drinking water Read more...
Five civil society organisations in Asutifi North District received grants to carry out public education and sensitisation around issues of equity and inclusion 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 Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints Charities. 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...
IRC Ghana in collaboration with the Coalition of NGOs in Water and Sanitation (CONIWAS) and Hope for Future Generations (HFFG) hosted side event on social inclusion. 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...