WAC SRT - West African Center for Sustainable Rural Transformation

Keywords

Sustainable Rural Development in West Africa, Academic Capacity Building, Renewable Energy Generation, Agricultural Water Management, Agricultural Economy, Development Management

Countries

Ghana, Niger and Germany. Students from other West African countries

Summary

Established in 2017, the West African Center for Sustainable Rural Transformation (WAC-SRT) develops interdisciplinary research and teaching programs that produce the required knowledge, applicable technological solutions, and locally adapted business models and administrative approaches, like renewable energy sources and agricultural water management. Bringing partners from Niger and Ghana together, the center fosters synergies to address problems that are shared by many West-African Countries. WAC-SRT bridges rural-urban and Anglophone-Francophone divides in order to contribute towards West Africa’s sustainable rural transformation in an interdisciplinary and transnational manner.

Main Cooperation Partners

Main Funding Partners

Budget for first phase: 1.8 Million Euros

Further information

 
News
https://www.zef.de/media-center/news/news-single-view.html?contact=1558&tx_news_pi1%5Bnews%5D=4203&cHash=d47efb01936efff0114919fd537dd1be

Duration of the Project

Phase 1: 2017 - 2021
Phase 2: 2022 - 2026 (planned)

Project Homepage
https://www.zef.de/wac-srt
Team

At ZEF -  Bonn:

At UAM - Niamey, Niger:

  • Prof. Dr. Dr. Adamou Rabani (project director)
  • Dr. Karimoun Massalatchi Illyassou (project coordinator)
  • Mr. Agbo David (project coordinator)

At UDS - Tamale, Ghana:

  • Dr. Michael Ayamga (project director)
  • Mr. Isaac Gershon Kodwo Ansah (project coordinator)

At UBIDS – Wa, Ghana:

  • Dr. Emmanuel Derbile (project director)
  • Dr. Elias D Kuusaana (project coordinator)

At University of Ghana – Legon, Ghana:

  • Prof. Dr. Felix Asante (project coordinator)

Contact

Wolfram Laube

Dr. Wolfram Laube

Phone.:
+49-228-73-4914

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