Francis Dakyaga holds an integral background in rural and urban development planning. He holds Ph.D in Spatial Planning from TU-Dortmund, Germnay. MS.c in Urban and Regional Development Planning and Management from TU-Dortmund University, Germany and Ardhi University, Tanzania. He obtained a Bachelor's degree in Integrated Community Development from the University for Development Studies, Ghana.
Practically, he gained diverse experiences via consultancies with local and International Non-Governmental Organisations and National public departments (e.g. TI-Germany, GII, Care International Ghana, CIKOD, Send Ghana, ActionAid, Vibrant Village Foundation etc) in the areas of Development research, Project monitoring and evaluation; Ex-ante evaluation, Impact evaluations and Ex-post Evaluation, Project management, Project Appraisal, urban land management, Environmental Impact Assessment (EIA), Social Impact Assessment (SIA), Climate change, Rural development, Poverty and Vulnerability Analysis.
His academic interests are in the areas of; urban planning, management of urban informalities, Urban development control, Urban infrastructure an
I am a Development Expert and have worked extensively on multidisciplinary research projects in thematic areas such as energy access, rural energy planning, rural transport planning, as well as on data analyses, data visualizations, and geographic information systems. He has worked as a consultant for different organizations including ILC Africa (Ghana), African Governance and Development Institute (Cameroun) and the African Development Bank (AfDB). He is in charge of managing the Monitoring and Evaluation component of the World Bank – Supported Nigeria Erosion and Watershed Management Project (NEWMAP) in Akwa Ibom State, Nigeria where he is leading the preparation of several is contributing to the implementation of projects with a portfolio of over US$50m spanning civil works, livelihood support, institutional capacity building, and project management. Uduak has a BSc in Statistics from the University of Uyo (Nigeria); an M.Sc. in Energy Studies with specialization in Energy Economics (with distinction) from the University of Dundee, United Kingdom; and a PhD in Development Economics from the School of Oriental and African Studies (SOAS), University of London, United Kingdom.
