Member for
5 monthsTitle
Dr
First name
Zaid
Last name
Abubakari
Organization
SDD-UBIDS
Location
Wa, Upper West Region
Country
Ghana
Specific topic(s) of interest
digitalization of land registration, land tenure, legal pluralism, interface of formal and informal institutions
Bio
Zaid Abubakari is a researcher with expertise in land administration systems, customary tenure, and the intersection of digital technologies and social inclusion. He is affiliated with the Department of Land Management at the Simon Diedong Dombo University of Business and Integrated Development Studies (SDD-UBIDS) in Wa, Ghana. His work critically examines the impacts of digitalization on land registration processes, particularly in contexts where formal and customary land systems coexist. Zaid has consulted for national and international organizations on issues related to land policy, tenure security, and participatory land governance in West Africa. He combines academic research with field-based insights, drawing on interdisciplinary approaches to explore how emerging technologies and administrative approaches shape access to land, land administration, and institutional reform in the Global South

