Gifty Obeng

Associate Development Planner and Environmental Management Expert


Gifty Obeng is the Operations Manager of Good Governance Africa – West Africa Regional Office (GGA-WARO), a position she has held since the year 2015. Prior to that She had worked with very reputable private and public sector organizations including, the Bureau of Community Action and Development (BUCAD), the Forestry Research Institute of Ghana (FORIG), Centre for Development Initiatives (CENDIs) and the Ghana Education Service. Gifty has 19 years cumulative experience including, 10 years of impacting knowledge to school children at various levels as a Trained Certified Teacher with the Ghana Education Service.An environmental management professional with a post graduate degree in Environmental and Resource Management from the prestigious Brandenburg University of Technology-Senftenberg, Germany.


She also holds a BSc. Degree in Development Planning from the Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology (KNUST), Ghana and a 3-year Teacher Certificate from the Holy Child College of Education. She is currently pursuing a second master’s degree in Business Administration in Big Data Management with the University of IU International University of Applied Sciences in Germany. Gifty also serves on the board of Prestige Pension Trust Ltd and has strong passion for good and effective corporate and project governance. Gifty is an accomplished strategic conductor of trainings of all magnitude and a great stakeholder Mobilizer. She is also an excellent designer of content that suits various categories of clients needs.