ZAKARIA IDDI
TAMALE
Overview
30
30
years of professional experience
Work History
Deputy Director
Agriculture, Agribusiness
01.2019 - Current
- Agro-Processing
- Northern Development
- Authority
National Co-ordinator
Shea Network Ghana
01.2012 - 01.2019
Business Development Officer
PlaNet Finance Group
01.2009 - 01.2010
Programmes Officer
Microfinance
01.2007 - 01.2009
Member/Employers Liaison officer
Association of Chartered Certified
01.2006 - 01.2007
Accountants
ACCA
Accra
01.2004 - 01.2006
Head
Buoyem Secondary School
01.1997 - 01.1998
Class Teacher
Canteen JSS
01.1995 - 03.1997
Liaison Officer
Savannah Region Ministry of Regional
01.2018
District FBO and Credit Officer
University of Ghana
01.2004
- Research
- Governance
- Livelihoods
- Driving
- Digital
- 2017, Baseline Studies on rural women Access to Warehouse in the East Gonja District
- 2017, Supervised, baseline studies on rural and marginalized women access to shea parkland, by Sky Limit Consult, Ghana limited
- 2014, Promulgation of District Assembly byelaws for the protection of shea ( Busac Fund)
- 2013, Lead person, Effectiveness of the inclusion of Non-Timber Forest Products in Act 571 for their effective management and protection
- Busac Fund
- 2013, Lead Person, Impact studies of EU funded co-operative action project in Northern
- Ghana, PlaNet Finance Group
- 2012, MSc Thesis: The Effects of the Influx of Microfinance Institutions in Tamale
- Metropolis and its effects on Local Economic Development
- 2012
- Research Assistant, Baselines studies and profiling of she abutter actors,Professors
- Seidu, UDS
- 2011 Lead Person, Study on livelihood risk and demand for community base social funds,
- PlaNet Finance Ghana
- 2011, Lead Person, Needs Assessment Study for SMEs under the Agricultural Value CHAIN
- Mentorship Programme of IFDC/AGRA
- 2010, Lead Person, Market Research to develop microfinance products, PlaNet Finance
- Ghana
- 2009 Baseline studies for the implementation of shea value chain Programme, Planet Finance
- Ghana
- 2003, Study on the profitability of local rice production among low land rice farmers and processors in Savelugu District, Northern Region of Ghana 2003, Centre for Agriculture and Rural
- Development
Tutor
Bagabaga Teacher Training College
01.2003
FBO/Microfinance, Co-ordinator
Newmont Ghana Gold Ahafo
- Agribusiness Growth Initiative (AAGI
Head
of Agric Science Department
Education
PhD - Environmental Governance
University of Energy and Natural
Resources
06.2022
MSc - Local Economic Development, Technology
Kwame Nkrumah University
of Science
01.2013
BSc - Agricultural Economics
University of Ghana
01.2003
Post - Harvest Technology
University of Ghana
01.1999
O Levels -
Bagabaga Teacher Training
College, Salaga Secondary School
01.1995
Chartered Certified Accountants (ACCA). - Agricultural
01.1992
Diploma -
Certificate in Education -
PhD -
Energy and Natural Resources
MSc - Local Economic
KNUST
Skills
- SKILLS AND EXPERTISE
- Agricultural commodities &Policy
- Local Economic and Regional
- Development
- Project Management-Development
- Management of Networks and
- Coalitions
- Advocacy
- Environment
- Computer applications
- Change planning
- Process updates
- Database coordination
Accomplishments
- 2018, Participant Conference on Agriculture, Nutrition and Health, Kempiski Accra
- 2018 , Organizer Seminar on Land Rights, Tamale Star Ghana
- 2017, Participant Advocacy capacity building, BUSAC Fund Bolga
- 2015, Participant Advocacy Training, Accra Ghana, SNV Netherlands Development
- Organisation
- Global Shea Alliance Conference in Abuja Nigeria (2017), Burkina Faso (2014), la Code
- Dvoire (2013), Abuja Nigeria (2012) Cotonoue, Benin (2011), Accra Ghana (2010)
- 2014, Leadership and social business management, Nairobi, Kenya
- 2010, Training of Star Shea group leaders PlaNet Finance, Tamale
- 2005, Group Dynamics training among fish mongers, Makango Fish mongers
- REP/IFAD/AfDB
- Northern Development Authority 2
- Alhaji Abdul-Mugmin
- Northern Development Authority
- Tamale
- Tel: 0242874118 3
- Alhaji Pang Kofi Thomas
- Board Member
- Shea Network Ghana
- Tel: pangtomgh@yahoo.com
- 1999, Student Dissertation University of Ghana, Legon Post harvest handling of shea nuts in
- Northern Ghana Submitted to the Department of Crop Science, University of Ghana, Legon
- 2003 BSc Dissertation Econometric Modeling of the Supply of Domestically Produced Layer
- Day Old Dpt
- Of Agric Economics, University of Ghana, Legon Chicks, 1970-2002
References
REFEREES
1. Mr Sumaila Abdul Rahman
0244318121
Additional Information
- HOBBIES Politics (Liberal Democrat) Coaching of young professionals Reading Investing Praying
Timeline
Deputy Director
Agriculture, Agribusiness
01.2019 - Current
Liaison Officer
Savannah Region Ministry of Regional
01.2018
National Co-ordinator
Shea Network Ghana
01.2012 - 01.2019
Business Development Officer
PlaNet Finance Group
01.2009 - 01.2010
Programmes Officer
Microfinance
01.2007 - 01.2009
Member/Employers Liaison officer
Association of Chartered Certified
01.2006 - 01.2007
Accountants
ACCA
01.2004 - 01.2006
District FBO and Credit Officer
University of Ghana
01.2004
Tutor
Bagabaga Teacher Training College
01.2003
Head
Buoyem Secondary School
01.1997 - 01.1998
Class Teacher
Canteen JSS
01.1995 - 03.1997
FBO/Microfinance, Co-ordinator
Newmont Ghana Gold Ahafo
Head
of Agric Science Department
PhD - Environmental Governance
University of Energy and Natural
Resources
MSc - Local Economic Development, Technology
Kwame Nkrumah University
of Science
BSc - Agricultural Economics
University of Ghana
Post - Harvest Technology
University of Ghana
O Levels -
Bagabaga Teacher Training
College, Salaga Secondary School
Chartered Certified Accountants (ACCA). - Agricultural
Diploma -
Certificate in Education -
PhD -
Energy and Natural Resources
MSc - Local Economic
KNUST
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