Members

Professor Walter Leal

Professor Walter Leal (Germany) IPCC lead author, has been working in the WASCAL region for the past 25 years, with climate change and resilience projects undertaken in Senegal, Burkina Faso, Mali, Nigeria, Ghana and Ivory Coast. He was involved in the training of some WASCAL PhD students, who have attended various events he has organised. […]

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Professor Kehinde Ogunjobi

Professor Kehinde Ogunjobi (WASCAL Competence Center) is a meteorologist, biodiversity expert, environmental and climate scientist with vast experience in climate change, LULC, air quality and aerosols meteorology. His research focuses on air quality modeling, climate modeling. Considering the numbers and quality of his research, Professor Ogunjobi has made significant contribution to the scientific critical mass […]

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Professor Sidat Yaffa

Professor Sidat Yaffa (The Gambia) specializes on agriculture, climate change research, loss & damage research, and UNFCCC negotiations. He often writes technical papers on agriculture and climate change/climate variability, and has written many project proposals, mid- term reviews, and project completion reports. Currently, he is a Professor of Agronomy at University of The Gambia, Dean, […]

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Dr. Belko Abdoul Aziz DIALLO 

Belko Abdoul Aziz Diallo (WASCAL competence centre), Eng., PhD. (male) is a GIS and Big Data scientist. He holds the position of Senior Data Manager at the Competence center of WASCAL (West African Science Service Centre on Climate Change and Adapted Land Use). He completed his PhD research program on mobile Geospatial Business Intelligence at […]

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Dr. Ebrima Sonko

Dr. Ebrima Sonko (The Gambia) specializes on agriculture, soil nutrition and fertility, and land use change. Has a good background on GIS that relates to land use and change. He has obtained a Ph.D. on “Climate Change and Land Use” from the WASCAL Programme at Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology, Kumasi, Ghana. He […]

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Dr. Adama Gassama-Jallow

Dr. Adama Gassama-Jallow (The Gambia) specializes in climate change, renewable energy and water resources management. Has a good background in renewable energy usage and water resources management and monitoring that relates to land use and climate change. She obtained a Masters Degree in Climate Change and Energy from the WASCAL Programme at Abdou Moumouni University […]

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Dr. Mamma Sawaneh

Dr Mamma Sawaneh (The Gambia) Specializes in production and climate change economics with extensive experience and skills in Climate Change Economics related research, Participatory social research, Programme evaluation, organizational development and institutional assessment, strategy planning & policy development. He obtained a Ph.D. in Economics and Climate Change from the WASCAL Programme at University of Cheikh […]

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Dr. Peter Gibba

Dr. Peter Gibba (The Gambia) specializes on climate change and water resources management. Has a good background in water resources management and monitoring that relates to land use and change. He obtained a Ph.D. on Meteorology and Climate Science from the WASCAL Programme at Federal University of Technology in Akure, Nigeria. He also writes technical […]

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Ms. Gloria Okafor

Ms. Gloria Okafor (The Gambia) is a dedicated accountant and ACCA member with a MSc in Business Administration (International Business) from the University of the Gambia and a BSc (Hons) in Accountancy from Enugu State University of Science and Technology. With extensive experience as an accountant for various projects at the University of The Gambia […]

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Mr. Abubacarr Sidi Fofana

Mr. Abubacarr Sidi Fofana (The Gambia) specializes in IT management. He graduated from the University of The Gambia (UTG) BSc. degree in Information Systems. He completed an MBA program with a specialization in Information Technology Management. His research focused on designing and implementing an Enterprise Resources Planning, Management System and Cyber Security Awareness. Abubacarr is […]

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