Ing. Dr. Edward A. Awafo

Ing. Dr. Edward A. Awafo is a Senior Lecturer and a Researcher with the Department of Agricultural and Bioresources Engineering at the University of Energy and Natural Resources (UENR) in Sunyani. Edward’s expertise and training are in Food and Postharvest Engineering; Energy Systems and Policies; Climate Change Mitigation and Adaptation. He teaches courses and advises and assesses undergraduate and postgraduate students’ theses on areas related to food and postharvest engineering, bioresources engineering, energy technologies and policies, in particular waste to energy, and climate change.Ing. Dr. Awafo has special interest, and has gained enormous experience, in developing and managing energy and climate change related projects. He has secured funding worth millions of United States Dollars in these areas and has managed many funded research grants and projects. Ing. Dr. Awafo has consulted for many national and international organizations, including Ghana’s Ministries of Energy and Environment, West African Science Service Center on Climate Change and Adapted Land Use (WASCAL), EPA, CSIR, UN, GIZ, Global Green Growth Institute (GGGI), World Bank, IRENA, ECREEE, European Commission, West African Development Bank (BOAD), The Swiss National Science Foundation (SNF), etc.Edward has a very good grasp of the emerging sustainable energy and environment narrative in Africa and has travelled widely across the world, participating and contributing to knowledge and learning on these. Edward’s passion is in collaborating with professionals from different disciplines to develop new skills and solve new challenges.Ing. Dr. Awafo leads the UENR team to implement tasks on the project, some of which include studies of energy needs and agricultural residues assessment at the project location in the Sawla-Tuna-Kalba District of the Savannah region;  design and installation of gasification plant at Tuna Senior High School; environment and economic assessment; development of market and business strategies as well as training; scientific analysis and dissemination of project results; etc. As the project lead, Edward is also responsible for coordination and management of the project implementation, within UENR and among partners. Ing. Dr. Edward A. Awafo is a registered Professional Engineer with the Ghana Institution of Engineering (PE-GhIE) in good standing.