Yunus Abdulai

Mr. Yunus Abdulai is an Agricultural Economist by training and an experienced Chief of Party with more 21 years of experience managing agriculture, food security, access to finance, market linkages, nutrition, government systems strengthening, WASH, natural resources management, agriculture policy, public financial management, gender & youth development programs in Ghana, Nigeria and Cote d'Ivoire. Mr. Abdulai has managed large scale donor-funded projects of up to US$60 million in size and cumulatively over $100 million as Chief of Party. Mr. Abdulai has served as Chief of Party (COP) on several projects including USAID Resiliency in Northern Ghana (RING), USAID Advancing Nutrition Ghana, USAID Ghana Justice Sector Reform Case Tracking System (CTS) and currently he is the Country Lead on USAID-supported Feed the Future Ghana Policy LINK Activity. Mr. Abdulai has managed diverse teams of up to 126 staff. He has experience in managing relationships with donors, government officials, CSOs, private sector and local community stakeholders. These projects contributed to driving private sector growth, strengthening government systems, improving livelihoods, health and wellbeing of communities and people supported. He speaks fluent English and basic French. Mr. Abdulai also has program development and evaluation experience in Bangladesh and Kenya.