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CURRICULUM VITAE

SHORT BIO AND HEADSHOT

DR. GEORGE YAW OBENG

Dr. George Yaw Obeng is a Senior Research Fellow and Director of the Technology

Consultancy Centre (TCC) of the College of Engineering, Kwame Nkrumah University of

Science and Technology (KNUST), Kumasi, Ghana. He is also a Fellow of The Energy

Center (TEC), KNUST, Kumasi. He has been working as a Senior Member of the University

since 1994/5 and is a member of several local and international associations and committees

including steering committee member: Ghana GIS-energy access project; Ghana Jatropha

(GHAJA) Project; College of Engineering Board; Member Kumasi Business Incubator

(KBI); Research Group on Culture Knowledge and Development of the Center for

Development Research (ZEF) University of Bonn, Germany; Planning Meeting on ASADI

VI agenda for the Energy Access, Pretoria; and Advisory Committee on Design and

Urbanisation, New York, USA. For about 9 years he served as the Manager of the

Intermediate Technology Transfer Unit (ITTU) of the TCC, KNUST in Kumasi, Ghana. He

holds a BSc in Agricultural Engineering, MSc in Approriate Technology and Development

with major in Renewable Energy Technologies from Flensburg University, Germany, and

holds a PhD in Development Studies with focus on Energy Access and Poverty studies in

Ghana and Africa. He teaches Production Engineering Techniques in the Mechanical

Engineering Department of KNUST and has been practically involved in the design and

development of food and agro processing machinery and equipment. He has both local and

international experience working with the EU, CIDA, EUEI-PDF, GEF/UNDP,

GEDAP/World Bank, Rockefeller Foundation, MIT, etc. in development focused research.

And combines engineering science and planning tools to undertake R&D in energy access,

quality of life and productive improvements of the poor in Ghana and Africa. Arising out of

his R&D efforts are a number of scholarly journal publications, conference proceedings,

technical papers, working prototypes and working papers.

Position : Director

Contact address : Technology Consultancy Centre (TCC)

College of Engineering

Kwame Nkrumah Univ. of Science & Technology

(KNUST) Kumasi, Ghana.

Telephone : 00233-51-62033

Mobile : 00233-244-298743

E-Mail : [email protected]

mailto:[email protected]


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1. PERSONAL DATA

Name : Dr. GEORGE YAW OBENG

Nationality : Ghanaian

Profession : Engineer/Energy & Development Expert

Position : Senior Research Fellow

Contact address : Technology Consultancy Centre (TCC)

College of Engineering

Kwame Nkrumah Univ. of Science & Technology (KNUST)

Kumasi, Ghana.

Telephone : 00233-51-62033

Mobile : 00233-244-298743

E-Mail : [email protected]

2. EDUCATION & TRAINING

Date Degree Programme Institution City/Country

Feb-

Apr.

2009

DAAD Postdoctoral

Research Award

(Energy poverty &

Energy access research)

Center for

Development

Research (ZEF),

University of Bonn

Bonn,

Germany

Feb.

2008

Doctor of

Philosophy

(PhD)

Development Studies Dept. of Planning,

KNUST. Co-tutored

with: Center for

Dev. Research (ZEF)

University of Bonn,

Germany.

Kumasi,

Ghana

1992-

1994

Magister

Scientiae

(MSc)

Appropriate Tech. &

Rural Development.

(Renewable Energy

Technologies)

Univ. of Flensburg Flensburg,

Germany

1985-

1989

Bachelor of

Science

(BSc)

Agricultural

Engineering

(Final Project in Design)

Kwame Nkrumah

Univ. of Science &

Technology

Kumasi,

Ghana

2008 Certificate International

Development and

Design

Massachusetts Inst.

of Technology (MIT)

Cambridge,

Massachusetts

USA

2007 Certificate Learning Intercultural

competence

University of Bonn Bonn,

Germany

1999-

2000

Certificate Tool Design (Dies,

Moulds).

Central Institute of

Tool Design.

Hyderabad,

India


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3. PROFESSIONAL WORK EXPERIENCE

Since Aug ’10 : Director, Technology Consultancy Centre, KNUST, Kumasi, Ghana.

Since 2008 : Senior Research Fellow, TCC, KNUST

1995- 2008 : Research Fellow & Lecturer , KNUST, Kumasi

1995-2004 : Manager, Suame Intermediate Technology Transfer Unit (ITTU),

TCC, KNUST, Kumasi, GHANA.

Key Managerial Responsibilities:

Administration, planning and control of the unit’s day-to-day activities including

adaptive research & development and technology transfer of developed machinery and

equipment to SMEs and the community at large.

Income generation to expand and sustain the activities of the ITTU.

Organisation of hands-on training of apprentices and master craftsmen, documentation

of developed technologies in handbooks and manuals.

Writing of project proposals, costing & estimating, report writing and client visitation .

Organisation and monitoring of credit schemes for SMEs in Kumasi Suame Magazine.

Spearheaded the EU-GRATIS/TCC Working capital loan & hire-purchase scheme for 6

engineering enterprises in Kumasi Suame Magazine, Kumasi, Ghana.

No. of employees supervised: 10-15

University Teaching Experience:

2007 - 2010

Lecturer, ME 477 & 478 Production Engineering I & II, Mechanical Engineering Department,

KNUST, Kumasi, Ghana. And co-supervised several final year students’ projects on

performance evaluation of millet, rice thresher, assessment of Waste Vegetable Oil (WVOs)

as Biofuel Feedstock in Ghana, Department of Agricultural Engineering, KNUST.

2003 - 2007

Study leave to pursue PhD at the Department of Planning, KNUST, Kumasi, Ghana and

Centre for Development Research (ZEF), University of Bonn, Germany.

2000 - 2003

Taught ME 466 Renewable Energy Resources; ME 470 Production Engineering Techniques,

ME 469 Principles of Production Engineering Systems, Engineering Drawing in the

Mechanical Engineering Department, KNUST, Kumasi, Ghana.

1989 - 1992

Teaching Assistant: Department of Agricultural Engineering, Machinery Development

Section, Kwame Nkrumah University of Science & Technology (KNUST), Kumasi, Ghana.

Assisted GTZ-Experts in teaching and research in Animal Powered System

Development, Documentation and Preparation of Production and Operating Manuals of

Energy and Agro-processing machinery : Palm fruit digester & oil palm processing,

animal feedmixers, cassava grater, sawdust stove, sausage press etc.

Assisted in the teaching of Engineering Drawing at the School of Engineering, KNUST,

Kumasi, Ghana.


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4. RESEARCH AREAS & ANALYTICAL SKILLS :

1. Design, Development and Construction of Agro and Food Processing Machinery

2. SMEs Cluster Development

3. Renewable Energy Technologies for Rural Applications.

4. Energy-Poverty and Energy Access Studies

5. Energy Policy and Planning

6. Impact Assessment Using With/Without and Before/After Comparative Analysis.

7. Social Research using Surveys, Focus Groups, PLA/PRA, In-depth Interviews

8. Principal Component Analysis (PCA), Factor Analysis, Pareto’s Analysis, Logical

Framework Analysis (LFA), Descriptive Analysis and Cost Benefit Analysis (CBA).

5. PROJECTS AND RESEARCH MANAGEMENT:

Team Leader, August 2010-August 2011

Ghana Jatropha (GHAJA) Project –Use of Jatropha plant to improve sustainable renewable

energy development and create income generation activities: an integrated approach to

ensure sustainable livelihood conditions and mitigate land degradation effects in rural

Ghana.

Project Coordinator, January 2009 – December 2010

GIS-based Implementation of Policy and Plans for Increasing Energy Access in Ghana. A

project of The Energy Centre, College of Engineering, KNUST, Kumasi funded by the

European Union Energy Initiative - Partnership Dialogue Facility (EUEI-PDF), Germany.

Energy Researcher, 2006

Survey of Electricity and Kerosene Consumption in Rural Communities, Ghana. A Ghana

Energy Development and Access Project (GEDAP), A World Bank funded project. In this

project, I carried out cross-sectional surveys of households in grid-electrified, solar-

electrified and un-electrified rural areas in Nkoranza district, Brong-Ahafo region, Ghana.

Project Engineer, 2002 - 2004

Development of Environment-friendly Biomass Cookstove and Training Project. Small

Grant Project (SGP) of Global Environmental Fund (GEF)/UNDP. Technology Consultancy

Centre, KNUST, Kumasi-Ghana.

Team Leader, 2001 - 2002

Carried out field research in selected SME clusters of Suame Magazine, Kumasi, Ghana and

Kamkunji/Kariobangi, Nairobi, Kenya. Research study on impact and potential of

Information and Communication Technologies (ICTs) in SMEs in Kenya and Ghana. United

Nations University Institute for New Technologies (UNU-INTECH), Maastricht,

Netherlands/Kumasi Institute of Technology Energy and Environment (KITE), Kumasi.

Project Consultant, Technology Transfer (1995 – 2000)

Tasked to promote the commercial aspect, monitoring & evaluation of project performance

and assessment of techno-economic impacts of Renewable Energy Technologies in Ghana.

CIDA-University of Regina Canada/ University of Science & Technology, Kumasi, Ghana,

(CIDA-UR/UST) Renewable Energy Project. This was an institutional collaborative project


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to develop sustainable RETs (Solar PV, water pump, solar crop dryers, solar water

distillation etc. ) to increase energy access in three pilot communities of Ashanti, Eastern

and Brong-Ahafo regions of Ghana.

Project Engineer, 1996 - 2003:

Research and Development of Food Processing Machinery: Expellers for palm oil, Jatropha

oil, Honey processing equipment, Soybean processing equipment, Tomato pasteuriser and

Animal Singeing facility etc.

6. KNOWLEDGE OF COMPUTER

Windows ( MS Word; MS Excel; MS Access; MS Power Point, etc )

AutoSketch for Windows ( Computer Aided Drawing)

eDrawings with Solid Works

Statistical Package for Social Science (SPSS)

7. LINGUISTIC COMPETENCE

READING WRITING SPEAKING

Twi (Mother Tongue) Excellent Good Excellent

English Excellent Excellent Excellent

German Excellent Good Good

8. MEMBERSHIP OF ASSOCIATIONS & INTERNATIONAL COMMITTEES

Ghana Solar Energy Society ( GHASES)

Ghana Society of Agricultural Engineering (GSAE)

Energy Research Group (ERG), Ghana.

Steering Committee Member, GIS-Enegy Access Project, EUEI-PDF/TEC in Kumasi

Member, Research Group (RG) on Culture, Knowledge and Development, Center for

Development Research, University of Bonn, Germany.

Member, Advisory Committee on Critical Mass: Design & Urbanisation, New York,

USA.

Member, Kumasi Business Incubator (KBI)

Steering Committee Member, Ghana Jatropha (GHAJA) Project

Member, College of Engineering Board

Reviewer for Journal of Science and Technology (JUST)

9. INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCES, WORKSHOPS & MEETINGS

May 4 – 12, 2010

Critical Mass Advisory Committee meeting organized and funded by Rockefeller

Foundation and Cooper-Hewitt, National Design Museum, New York, USA.

January 16-24, 2010 & March 29- April 1, 2010

Assessing Energy Access experiences in West Africa (Senegal and Burkina Faso) to draw

lessons to enhance the EUEI-PDF sponsored GIS-based Energy Access Project being

implemented by The Energy Center, College of Engineering, KNUST, Ghana.


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October 7-9, 2009

Participated in the World Association of Industrial and Technological Research

Organization (WAITRO) and Science and Technology Europe Africa Project (ST-EAP) on

Strengthening RTOs and SMEs for Sustainable Development, College of Physicians and

Surgeons/Orchid Hotel, Accra, Ghana.

September 21-24, 2009

Invited by the Academy of Science of South Africa (ASSAf) to plan a future workshop and

conference to be organized by the African Science Academy Development Initiative -ASADI

VI (2010) on Improving Energy Access in Sub-Saharan Africa with focus on Energy Policy-

Makers Dialogue. Organised by ASSAf in Pretoria, South Africa.

July 08 –August 12, 2009

Local Organizer of the International Development and Design Summit (IDDS 2009) in

collaboration with Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), USA. About 80 people from

over 20 different countries participated. It was held at the Kwame Nkrumah University of

Science and Technology, Kumasi, Ghana.

September 1-3, 2008

Exhibited and presented some of the scientific research works in posters including water,

energy and environment, and agriculture undertaken by faculty members of the Kwame

Nkrumah University of Science and Technology, Kumasi, Ghana. COPENMIND Conference

and Exhibition 2008, Copenhagen, Denmark.

April 16-18, 2008

Participated in the International Conference on Renewable Energy in Africa (ICREA). Jointly

organised by the Government of Senegal, the African Union, German Federal Ministry of

Economic Cooperation and Development, Dakar, Senegal.

January 29-31, 2008

Invited by the UNDP/ECOWAS to work with energy access experts to develop Training

Module on Energy Access at the International Institute for Water and Environmental

Engineering (2IE), Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso.

November 11-17, 2007

Participated in the Technical Experts Meetings of the 8th Meeting of ECOWAS Ministers in

Charge of Energy, Lome, Togo.

October 16-18, 2007

Participated in the Regional Workshop on Development and Energy in Africa (DEA),

Ngurdoto Mountain Lodge, Arusha, Tanzania.

December 2006 – March 2007

Participated in the International Doctoral Programme at the Centre for Development

Research (ZEF), University of Bonn, Bonn, Germany.


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March - May 2005

Carried out a Literature Survey on Solar PV electrification and Energy Poverty at the Centre

for Development Research (ZEF), University of Bonn, Bonn, Germany, DAAD sponsored

Revisit Programme.

June 2004

Study Visit to the University of Tilburg, Tilburg, The Netherlands.

May-June 2004

Participated and presented a paper at the Renewable Energy Conference 2004 and

International Summer School in Bonn and Flensburg, Germany.

April 2003

Carried out a Survey of Multifunctional Platforms for Rural Energy Services in Burkina

Faso. KITE/UNDP Ouagadugou Sponsored.

September – October 2002

Presented a Guest Lecture on Renewable Energies in Ghana at the International Seminar on

‘Systems of Innovation in the South’, Aalborg University, Aalborg, Denmark.

March – April 2002

Participated in a Synthesis meeting on research survey on impact and potential of ICTs in

MSE clusters in Ghana and Kenya UNU-INTECH, Maastricht, The Netherlands.

August 1997

Presentation on Solar Energy in Ghana at the Flensburg University, Flensburg, Germany.

December 4-8, 1995

Presentation of Paper at the 2nd International Conference on the Implementation of

Renewable and Alternative Energy Technologies ( CREAT 95). University of Nigeria,

Nsukka, Nigeria.

October 1993 - January 1994

Carried out 3 months Field Research on : Solar Water Heating in India, University of

Chandigarh, Punjab and Indian Institute of Technology, IIT New Dehli, India.

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September 1993

Implemented a Project Documentation Research on the Production of Rotorblade for Small

Wind Energy Generators (Aerogenerators) as part of MSc programme at Wind Flower,

Stentrup, Denmark.

August 1993

Study Visit/Meeting on Appropriate Technology Options at SKAT, St. Gallen, Switzerland.

August 1993

Study Visit/Meeting on Community Resources Available for Financing NGO Development

Activities, EU-Brussels, Belgium.


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July 1993

Undertook laboratory testing of solar crop dryers using artificial solar radiation at the

Natural Resources Institute, Chatham, Kent-England.

10. TRAINING PROGRAMMES & WORKSHOPS

May 5-16, 2003

Training Workshop on Fault Diagnosing & Maintenance of Automotive Electrical, Electronic

and Computer Systems. Organised for Auto-Electricians,Kumasi-Ghana. Course Organiser

& Coordinator

September 18 - 29, 2000

Training Workshop on Management of Small Engineering Enterprises. Organised for 45

local Entrepreneurs of the Suame Engine Reborers Association, Suame Magazine, Kumasi-

Ghana. Course Organiser & Coordinator

July 27 - 28, 2000

Training Workshop on Operations and Management of Solar Service Centres’ in Ghana.

Solar Energy Applications laboratory, Mechanical Engineering Department, KNUST,

Kumasi, Ghana. Resource Person

May 8, 2000

Workshop on African Rural Energy Enterprise Development (AREED). A UNEP initiative

supported by the UN Foundation, Labadi Beach Hotel, Accra-Ghana.

March 27- April 2, 2000

5th. Kumasi International College on Energy, Energy for Sustainable Development in the

Third Millenium. KNUST-Kumasi, Ghana. National Organising Committee Member.

July 23 1999

Ghana Renewable Energy Technologies (RETS) Project. First Stakeholders Workshop, Royal

Basin Hotel, Kumasi-Ghana.

February 22 - February 26 1999

Unesco Workshop on Renewable Energy in West Africa.Organised by UNESCO/MED, UST,

Kumasi-Ghana. Resource Person

November 17 - November 20 1998

Workshop on renewable energy systems development and Application (RESDA).

Organised by GRATIS/UNIFEM, Kumasi-Ghana. Resource Person

May 15 – May 29 1998

Training workshop on Management for Micro & Small businesses EU/GRATIS

programme.Nurom hotel, Kumasi-Ghana. Resource Person


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January 20 – January 29 1997

Training workshop in Photovoltaic installation and maintenance, University of Science &

Technology, Kumasi-Ghana. Resource Person

July 29 - August 9 1996

Training on the introduction of AutoSketch for Windows(CAD). Organised by KNUST and

Intermediate Technology (IT Ghana), Kumasi, Ghana.

11. LIST OF PUBLICATIONS

1. Obeng, G.Y. (1990). Production and Operating Manual of Cassava Grater. GTZ-DAE Technical

Manual Series. University of Science & Technology, Kumasi, Ghana.

2. Obeng, G.Y. (1991). Production and Operating Manual of Sawdust Stove. GTZ-DAE Technical

Manual Series. University of Science & Technology, Kumasi, Ghana

3. Obeng, G.Y. (1992). Production and Operating Manual of Palm Fruit Digester. GTZ-DAE Technical

Manual Series. University of Science & Technology, Kumasi, Ghana

4. Obeng, G.Y, Buatsi C. (1998). Guide to Training Programme for Apprenticeship (Part One). TCC-

ITTU, University of Science & Technology, Kumasi, Ghana.

5. Obeng, G.Y., Amrago, D., Quansah, J., Donkor, P., and Appiah, J.A. (2005). Insulated Ahibenso

Charcoal Stove: A Production Manual. TCC-UNDP/GEF Small Grant Programme, GHA/98/G52.

6. Obeng, G.Y. (1997). Renewable Energy Project. Report on Dromankese Project. CIDA-UR/UST,

University of Science & Technology, Kumasi, Ghana.

7. Obeng, G.Y. (1997). Asuhyiae Solar Service Centre. Project Monitoring Report. CIDA UR/UST,

University of Science & Technology, Kumasi, Ghana.

8. Obeng, G.Y. and Quansah J. (2002): Renewable Energy Project. Final Report, CIDA-University of

Regina, Canada /UST, Kumasi, Ghana.

9. Plahar W.A, Nti C.A, Oti-Boateng P, Obeng G, Quaye W, Larweh P.M and Clement E. (2002).

Soybean Production, Processing, Marketing and Utilization in Ghana. Final Project Report. Food

Crops Development Project (FCDP). Africa Development Bank (ADB)/ MOFA. Accra, Ghana.

10. Obeng, G.Y., Agyei, E.I. and Derzu, D. (2003). Survey of Multifunctional Platforms in Burkina

Faso. UNDP-Ouagadougou and KE/KITE Report. Kumasi, Ghana

11. G.Y. Obeng (2004). Survey of Planning Thoughts Reviewed from the Perspective of Key

Proponents. A Guided Study Paper Submitted to the Department of Planning, KNUST, Kumasi. Pp 1-

17.

12. G. Y. Obeng (2004). Review and Critique of Historical Evolution of Planning Theories. A Guided

Study Paper Submitted to the Department of Planning, KNUST, Kumasi. Pp 1-17

13. G.Y. Obeng (2004). Relevance of Reviewed Theories to the Thesis Topic: Renewable Energy and

Poverty Reduction: A Study of the Impact of Solar Photovoltaic Electrification in Rural Ghana. A

Guided Study Paper Submitted to the Department of Planning, KNUST, Kumasi. Pp 1-7.


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14. Obeng, G.Y. (2006). Survey of Electricity and Kerosene Consumption in Rural Communities,

Ghana. Report Prepared for the Ghana Energy Development and Access Project (GEDAP), Accra,

Ghana.

15. Obeng, G.Y. (1995). Commercialization of Rural PV Battery Servicing and Charging. The

Dromankese Experience. A paper presented at CREAT ’95 Conference, 4-8. December 1995,

University of Nigeria, Nsukka, Nigeria.

16. Obeng, G. (1998). The Technology Transfer and Commercialization of Renewable Energy in Rural

Ghana. A paper presented at the GRATIS/UNIFEM Renewable Energy Systems Development and

Application (RESDA), 17-20 Nov. 1998, Kumasi, Ghana.

17. Akuffo, F.O, Obeng, G, Nsiah-Gyabaah, K and Kybett, B.D. (1998). The Solar Service Centre: An

Innovative Strategy for Diffusing Renewable Energy Technologies in Rural Ghana. A Paper Presented

At AFREPEN/UNESCO ENERGY RETs REGIONAL SOLAR WORKSHOP, 7-10 Sept. 1998, Nairobi,

Kenya.

18. Dawoe, E. and Obeng, G.Y, (1999). The Role of Technology Consultancy Centre in the Transfer

and Commercialisation of Agricultural Technologies. A paper presented at the workshop on the

transfer and commercialisation of agricultural technologies: Prospects for small and micro scale

enterprises development in Ghana. CSIR, Accra, Ghana.

19. Obeng, G.Y, Quansah, J., and Buabeng S.N. (2000). Experiences in the Introduction of Solar

Energy in Rural Ghana. A paper presented at the Workshop on Renewable Energy in Ghana: Visions,

Barriers and Opportunities. A Danida Energy Sector Programme Support Expert /Stakeholders

Workshop. STEPRI, CSIR, 15-17 August 2000, Accra, Ghana.

20. Obeng, G. (2000). The Role of Micro and Small-Scale Engineering Enterprises in Providing Food

Security in Ghana: The case of Suame Magazine. In Agodzo, S.K. and Ashburner, J.E (Eds),

‘Engineering Contribution to Food Security in Developing Countries’, Proceedings of Second

International Conference on Agricultural Engineering, 24 - 29 September. Kumasi, Ghana. Pp 245-255.

21. King, R. and Obeng, G.Y (2002). The Impact and Potential of ICTs in MSEs: A Study of Kenya and

Ghana. UNU-INTECH Research Study. Final Country Report Ghana, Contribution to Nyaki, A.

(2003), ‘Sources of Training in Africa Clusters and Awareness of ICTs: A Study of Kenya and Ghana’,

UNU-INTECH Discussion Paper Series, Maastricht.

22. Obeng, G. (2004). ‘Modern Energy Services for the Poor: Going for Solar Service Centres or

Multifunctional Platforms?’ In, ‘Renewable Energy in Schleswig-Holstein: Regional Experience for

International Development’, Proceedings of International Summer School, May-June 2004, University of

Flensburg, Germany.Pp 330-342.

23. G.Y. Obeng, F.O. Akuffo, I. Braimah, H.D. Evers, and E. Mensah (2007). Impacts of Solar

Photovoltaic Electrification on Environmental Health in Off-grid Rural Households in Ghana, in,

Engineering Ghana’s Agriculture and Health for Economic Progress. Proceedings of the 3rd National

Conference on Agricultural Engineering. Ghana Society of Agricultural Engineering, KNUST, 1-4 August

2006. Pp 238-247

24. Mensah, E., Kyei-Baffour, N., Ofori, E., and Obeng, G.Y. (2007). Influence of Human Activities

and Land Use on Heavy Metal Concentration in Irrigated Vegetables in Ghana and Probable Health


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Implications. In Yanful et al (Eds.), Building Tools and capacity for Sustainable Production,

Proceedings of the First International Conference on Environment Research, Technology and Policy, July 17-

19, Accra, Ghana, Africa.

25. Akuffo, F.O. and Obeng, G.Y. (2007). Energy and Sustainable Development in Africa with

Particular Reference to Ghana. Proceedings of UNU Global Seminar on Environment and Education for

Sustainable Development, 19-23 March 2007, Kumasi, Ghana.

26. Mensah, E., Kyei-Baffour, N., Ofori, E., and Obeng, G.Y. (2007). Cadmium (Cd) and Lead (Pb)

Concentrations in Wastewater Irrigated Vegetables in Ghana and Probable Health Implications.

Proceedings of the 3rd National Conference on Agricultural Engineering. Ghana Society of Agricultural

Engineering, KNUST, 1-4 August 2006. Pp 147-153.

27. Obeng, G.Y. (2002). Kumasi Suame Magazine: A Background Paper. Microfinance Article Library.

London: ITDG Publishing.

28. Obeng, G.Y., Evers H-D., Akuffo, F.O., Braimah, I., and Brew Hammond, A. (2007). Solar

Photovoltaic Rural Electrification and Energy Poverty Assessment in Ghana: A Principal Component

Analysis. Center for Development Research (ZEF), University of Bonn. Working Paper Series No. 25: 1-

21. ISSN 1864-6638

29. A. Brew-Hammond, L. Darkwah, G. Obeng and F. Kemausuor (2008). Renewable Energy

Technology, Capacity Building and R&D in Africa. Thematic Background Paper for International

Conference on Renewable Energy in Africa. Jointly organised by the Government of Senegal, the African

Union, German Federal Ministry of Economic Cooperation and Development, 16-18 April 2008,

Dakar, Senegal.

[Available at http://energycenter.knust.edu.gh/downloads/5/52.pdf]

30. F.O Akuffo and G.Y. Obeng (2008). Policy Recommendations for Energy SME Development in

Africa. A Policy Makers Paper. African Rural Energy Enterprise Development (AREED), UNEP-DTIE

Publication.

31. G.Y. Obeng and F.O. Akuffo (2008). Capacity Needs for Access to Energy Services for the Poor

in West Africa: Taking Stock of Experiences in Ghana. Article Prepared for the UNDP/ECOWAS-

Working Session on the Development of Training Modules on Access to Energy Services, 29-31

January, 2008, Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso.

32. G.Y. Obeng and A. Brew-Hammond (2008). 2nd Workshop on Regional Activities for Increased

Access to Energy in Sub-Saharan Africa. A Report of the Workshop Proceedings Prepared for the

European Union Energy Initiative- Partnership Dialogue Facility (EUEI-PDF), Dakar, Senegal. Pp 1-

35.

33. Obeng, G.Y. (2004). Development of a Mechanized Plantain Slicer. Journal of Science and

Technology, Vol. 24(2): 126-133

34. Obeng, G.Y. (2006). Energy Services for the Rural Poor: A Comparative Analysis of Solar Service

Centres and Multifunctional Platforms and Lessons for Ghana, Journal of Science and Technology, Vol.26

(2) 160-169.

35. G.Y. Obeng, H-D. Evers, F.O. Akuffo, I. Braimah, and A. Brew Hammond. (2008). Solar

Photovoltaic Electrification and Rural Energy Poverty in Ghana. Energy for Sustainable Development,


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Vol. XII, No.1: 19-30. Energy for Sustainable Development. The Journal of the International Energy Initiative

Vol.XII, No.1:43-54.

36. G.Y. Obeng, F.O. Akuffo, I. Braimah, H-D. Evers and E. Mensah (2008). Impact of Solar

Photovoltaic Lighting on Indoor Air Smoke in Off-grid Rural Ghana. Energy for Sustainable

Development. The Journal of the International Energy Initiative Vol. XII, No. 1: 55-61.

37. G.Y. Obeng and H-D. Evers (2009). Solar Photovoltaic Rural Electrification and Energy Poverty: A

Review and Conceptual Framework With Reference to Ghana. Center for Development Research,

University of Bonn. Working Paper Series No. 36: 1-20. ISSN 1864-6638. (Online at the Munich Personal

RePEc Archive (MPRA Paper No. 17136) [http://mpra.ub.uni-muenchen.de/17136/], (September 06, 2009)

38. S. Atsu, G.Y. Obeng and E. Mensah (2009). Performance Evaluation of Prototyped Pearl Millet

Thresher in Ghana. Online at [http://milllet.wetpaint.com/page/Work+in+Ghana]

39. Obeng, G.Y., Adjaloo, M.K. and Donkor, P. (2010). Effect of Temperature, Moisture Content,

Particle Size and Roasting on Shea butter Extraction Efficiency, International Journal of Food

Engineering, Vol. 6, Issue 2, 1-12.

40. G.Y Obeng and A. Brew-Hammond (2010) (Eds). Application of Renewable Energy in Fuelling

Sustainable Development in Africa. Proceedings of African Alumni Workshop in Accra and Kumasi.

5-9 May 2008. ISBN: 978-9988-1-4170-7

41. G.Y. Obeng and H.D. Evers (2010). Impacts of public solar PV electrification on rural micro-

enterprises: The Case of Ghana. Energy for Sustainable Development Journal, Elsevier BV 14 (2010) 223-

231.

42. G.Y. Obeng, I. Braimah and F.O Akuffo (2010). Sustainable Use of Solar Photovoltaics in Rural

Ghana: Barriers, Measures to Remove Barriers and Policy Implications, in Application of Renewable

Energy in Fuelling Sustainable Development in Africa. Proceedings of African Alumni Workshop in

Accra and Kumasi. 5-9 May 2008, Pp 85-102. ISBN: 978-9988-1-4170-7.

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