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.
The two utility models present in Kabarole outperformed the community management model, with the existing national utility demonstrating greater... Read more...
A presentation and discussion on harmonised monitoring for the WASH sector, using the example of SIASAR: Rural Water and Sanitation Information... Read more...
This case study seeks to share WaterAid Timor-Leste's experiences of institutional strengthening in an environment characterised by challenges and... Read more...
The woreda-wide approach (WWA) is a well-established model for improving water, sanitation, and hygiene (WASH) systems at the local level. Its... Read more...
A framework for defining and measuring the wider support systems needed to maintain infrastructure was developed and applied in six countries with... Read more...
Using a multiround Delphi survey, a panel of WASH sector experts identify, characterise, and prioritise the necessary attributes of WASH systems... Read more...
There is insufficient information in the literature to evaluate the utility and efficacy of systems approaches for improving WASH service... Read more...
Early findings from the application of outcome mapping and system-wide assessments within the USAID-funded Sustainable WASH Systems Learning... Read more...
Successful sanitation approaches were characterized by their adaptation to the local context, community participation, built-in mechanisms that... Read more...
Results from stakeholders workshops in Ethiopia and Uganda indicate that a more intentional focus on factor interactions in WASH systems could lead... Read more...
A strong enabling environment, which recognizes small communities and their local services, water quality control, post-construction support and the... Read more...
This document illustrates a practical example on the use of the Technology Introduction Process (TIP) tool for the cost model "CapEx subsidised" for... Read more...
Ten years after a community-led total sanitation campaign, intervention households continued to have higher rates of ever owning a latrine but... Read more...
Reflections on how to strengthen the capacity and relationships of actors in the Cambodian sanitation market - and in the wider rural sanitation... Read more...
Lessons learned on the development and use of sustainability metrics for systems, service providers, communities and technical assistance providers... Read more...
In this podcast you hear how the systems approach came about, what the current evidence of its importance is and what the challenges are for its... Read more...
The story of the SmarterWASH project in Ghana; the achievements, challenges, experiences, lessons learned over the years. Read more...