Chronological Record
From foundational geomatic engineering in Kumasi to national EUDR policy mapping and international forest monitoring — 18+ years of applied geospatial science in Ghana.
European Forest Institute
Validating forest/non-forest maps supporting the EU Deforestation Regulation — applying years of cocoa-landscape research directly to international forest policy.
WWF Japan
Mapped cocoa-driven deforestation across Ghana's cocoa-forest mosaic landscape, producing evidence for deforestation-free supply chains.
Ecometrica / UK PACT
Improved land cover mapping capacity to monitor cocoa's impact on forests in Nigeria, extending Ghana-tested methods across West Africa.
Faculty of Renewable Natural Resources, KNUST
Promoted to Senior Lecturer. Also serves as Deputy Coordinator of the MSc Geo-Information for Natural Resources Management programme.
African Plant Nutrition Institute, with CSIR-Soil Research Institute
Developing a remote-sensing-supported framework for site-specific fertiliser management on smallholder cocoa farms, including gender-specific adoption diagnostics.
GAF AG / Ghana Geological Survey Authority
Assessed requirements for an upgraded Geological and Minerals Information Management System for Ghana.
CIFOR (EUR 124,300 subgrant)
Led field-testing of land use/land cover maps (2015–2020) for Kwaebibirem and Atiwa West, aligned with Ghana's national REDD+ monitoring protocols.
IUCN Ghana
Produced LULC maps of the Wassa Amenfi landscape (2016 & 2020), distinguishing intensive cocoa from agroforestry with field-validated change analysis.
KNUST, Kumasi
Doctoral research on remote sensing of Ghana's cocoa-forest landscapes — the foundation of his cocoa/forest segregation methods.
University of Edinburgh, UK
Specialist training in forest degradation mapping techniques.
Centre for Landscape and Climate Research, University of Leicester, UK
Synthetic Aperture Radar training — radar remote sensing that sees through clouds, later applied to mangrove mapping at Keta Lagoon.
Ecometrica / UK Space Agency, with Forestry Commission of Ghana
Led the remote sensing work on a UK Space Agency project to protect and restore tropical forests — developing Ghana's harmonised cocoa-landscape classification scheme.
KNUST
Joined the academic staff, teaching and researching GIS and remote sensing applications in natural resource management.
Global Geospatial Conference (GSDI 12), Quebec
Co-presented 'GIS Application for Local Government Revenue Mobilization' — an early sign of GIS-for-development thinking.
KNUST Faculty of Forest Resources Technology
Managed geospatial work for an agroforestry livelihoods project in Sunyani-West District, and administered the APERL GIS Training & Research Centre.
KNUST, Kumasi
Advanced training in geospatial science and engineering.
KNUST, Kumasi
Where the journey with maps and satellites began.