Dr. Daniel Sarpong is an Engineer by profession. He specializes in Water, Sanitation and Environmental/Agricultural engineering. Daniel has PhD in Civil Engineering (Water and Environment Sanitation) from Kwame Nkrumah University of Science & Technology-Ghana. Daniel also has MSc in Water & Sanitation, KNUST-Ghana and MSc by research in Water & Environment Technology from Cranfield University, United Kingdom.

During his 15 years of work experience, he has contributed to programs design, planning, implementation, management, monitoring and evaluation on the themes of Circular Rural/Urban Water and Sanitation, Circular Economy/Waste Recovery and Climate Change. In addition, he has provided strategic leadership and vision for a team of 25 to provide poor and marginalized communities with access to clean, safe water, improved sanitation, and hygiene (WASH) through culturally appropriate programs. Improving people’s health and livelihoods was central to this work.

After fulfilling several advisory or consultancy roles within international organizations such as UNICEF Nigeria and Ghana, AfDB, World Bank, GIZ, World Vision International – West Africa Region, WaterAid Ghana (as Head of Program), OXFAM GB, Plan International, to name only a few. Daniel now works mainly as a Researcher and continues to be a part-time Lecturer at Civil Engineering Department of the Accra Technical University, Ghana. He has supervised and mentored over 20 undergraduate students, 10 Master’s Students and 5 PhD students. Daniel has working experience across countries like Uganda, Kenya, Sierra Leone, Liberia, Mali, Niger, Chad, Rwanda, Nigeria and Ghana.

His great skills are human resources development, Financing/budgeting, capacity building of local government staff, NGOs, Private and Civil Society Organization is admirable. He is very sensitive to gender program design and implementation. Daniel has significant research prowess and has published a number of articles and reports in international journals.