No

Source

of funds

Title of project

Duration

Role

Amount to KNUST

1. Grants that I initiated (mobilised over USD 4 million).

1

UNICEF

Enhancing Institutional Capacity for Water Safety Plan approach in Ghana.

2024 - 2026

PI

USD 434,920

2

USAID

Rural Evidence and Learning (REAL) for Water research project

2021- 2025

PI and Project Director

USD 1.23 million

3

UNICEF

Addressing Sanitation Technology Challenges in Ghana.

2021 - 2022

PI

USD 246,157

4

UNICEF

Strengthening Strategic Framework for Sustainable WASH Services

2021 - 2022

PI

GHS 2,0235,363

5

UNICEF

Capacity Development Initiative on Key Aspects of Water Safety Plan Approach for Scale-Up in Ghana.

2019 - 2020

PI

USD 122,040

6

DFID

/WSUP

Research Around Sanitation Surcharges Included in Property Rates in Ghana.

2018

PI

GBP 75,500

7

UNICEF

Addressing Sanitation Technology Challenges in Ghana.

2017-2019

PI

USD 233,824

8

GWCL

Training of GWCL Staff on Water, Sanitation and Hygiene service Delivery to Low-income Urban Dwellers

2017

PI

USD 30,000

9

UNICEF

Determine effectiveness, cost and sustainability of Community Led Total Sanitation (CLTS) and WASH in school intervention.

2014 -

2016

PI

GHS 221,830

10

DFID

/ASI

Determine the cost of providing sustainable water, sanitation and hygiene (WASH) services in the rural and peri-urban areas in Sierra Leone. 

2012-2013

PI and Director

GBP 199,950

11

Grand Challenges Canada

Improving rural water service delivery using mobile phone Technology to procure spare parts and to pool funds together to finance long term capital maintenance.

2011-2013

PI

$113,000 CAD

12

European Union

Project to Strengthen sector capacity to make effective investments in new Technologies (WASHTECH)

2011-2013

Local PI

€ 75,320

13

CIGI

Canada

Political Economy of tariff subsidy design in urban water sector in Ghana

2011-2012

PI

$15,000 CAD

14

UNESCO-IHE Delft, NL

Benchmarking for Pro-Poor Water Services Provision: Together with 5 other institutions won € 249,581 to conduct research using postgraduate students (MSc’s).

2009-2011

Local PI

€ 52,160

15

UNESCO-IHE Delft, NL

Partnerships in the Water Supply and Sanitation Sector: Together with 5 other institutions won € 258,785 to conduct research

2009-2011

Local PI

€ 52,160

16

BMGF/IRC

Gates Foundation - WASHCost Project on costing sustainable WASH in four countries:  joined 4 other institutions in Netherlands, Burkina Faso and India to develop a proposal and obtained US $ 14.5 million

2008 - 2012

Local PI

US $ 1.15 million

17

GWCL

Development of a model for Kumasi Water Distribution network.

2003

PI 

GHs 10,000

18

DFID

Collaborated with Cranfield University on “Regulation for Public Private Partnership in water supply in Ghana;” and “connection charges and water supply for the urban poor.”

2003-2004

Local PI

£18K

(USD 29K)

1. Grants that I contributed that were successful (mobilised over US $ 24 million)

19

Donations

KNUST College of Engineering Endowment Fund

2021 to date

GHs 10 million (Jan 2026)

20

World Bank

Engineering Programme for the Emerging Centre of Excellence in Engineering for Entrepreneurship at GTTI/USET in Gambia

2021- 2024

Project Lead

USD 2.75 million

21

World Bank/

Ghana Government

ACE, KNUST Engineering Education Project (KEEP) Kumasi funded by the World Bank/Ghana Government

2019 -2023

Project

Lead

USD 5.5 million

22

World Bank/

Ghana government

ACE, Regional Water and Environment Sanitation Centre Kumasi (RWESCK) funded

2019 -2023

Research lead - WTD

USD 5.5 million

23

Skills Development Fund

Establishment of Drilling and Well Control training centre at Petroleum Engineering, KNUST, Kumasi.

2019

Head of Department

GHs 500,000.00

24

Tullow

Oil

Student Scholarships and Staff Development for KNUST College of Engineering.

2018-2024

USD 352,000.00

25

GNPC

Ghana National Petroleum Commission Professorial Chair in Petroleum Engineering 

2018 -2022

USD 1 million

26

World Bank/

Ghana Government

World Bank African Centre of Excellence. Regional Water and Environmental Sanitation Centre Kumasi (RWESCK), KNUST.

2013-2019

Team member

USD 8 million