Shemawu Alhassan Yahaya

Shemawu Alhassan Yahaya is a Planning, Monitoring and Evaluation (PM&E) specialist with more than a decade of experience in development planning, policy implementation and stakeholder engagement across Ghana’s public sector.

He is currently Principal Development Planning Officer at the Tema West Municipal Assembly. He leads municipal planning, monitoring and evaluation of development projects and policies. He also carries out impact assessments of local economic development, infrastructure and social programmes. His data-driven reports support accountability and transparency in municipal governance and inform decisions on sustainable urban development.

Shemawu began his planning career in 2013 at the Accra Metropolitan Assembly. He then served at the La Dade-Kotopon Municipal Assembly, where he led monitoring and evaluation of government-funded projects and facilitated stakeholder consultations and capacity-building workshops. He joined Tema West in 2018 as Senior Development Planning Officer and was promoted to his current role in 2025. Earlier in his career he worked as a classroom instructor with the Ghana Education Service.

He holds an MSc in Development Management from Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology (KNUST), specialising in sustainable development management, strategic planning and development financing. He also has a BA in Integrated Development Studies (Economics and Entrepreneurial Development) from the University for Development Studies (UDS). He is a member of the Ghana Institute of Planning (GIP).

His strengths include strategic policy formulation, economic research and impact assessment, project management, GIS and spatial analysis, and community development. He speaks English, Dagbani and Twi.

At ACAiD, Shemawu brings a practical, evidence-based approach to planning and accountability. This helps ensure the organisation’s programmes are well designed, properly measured and focused on lasting community impact. (Adjust this closing line to his actual board role.)