Leadership
Gabriel Fiatui
Lead Consultant — MSME Development, Investment & Trade
Gabriel Fiatui is a development professional with over two decades of experience in MSME development, entrepreneurship, investment promotion, trade facilitation and green finance. He designs and manages programmes that drive economic growth, strengthen enterprise ecosystems and promote sustainability across Ghana.
He formulates and implements strategies to improve SME management, strategic governance and capacity, and supports entrepreneurship ecosystems by aligning policy, business development services and investment flows to unlock opportunities for start-ups and growth-stage enterprises — particularly those led by women and youth.
In trade facilitation and investment promotion he works closely with government and private sector actors to improve the regulatory environment and enhance business competitiveness. He is an advocate for green business development, having led programmes that integrate climate-smart practices and circular economy principles into MSME support mechanisms.
He has served as a short-term national expert and consultant on donor-funded programmes including the BUSAC Fund (USAID, DFID, DANIDA, EU), GIZ/AFC SME Financial Access & Inclusion, AFC–Access Bank financial services for women-led businesses, GIZ–DSIK SME Financial Access and Inclusion, and GIZ develoPPP local supplier support in the mining sector. He has also worked with Action Aid, Plan Ghana, Camfed Ghana, World Vision, JICA and the World Bank-funded Agro-Climatic Resilience in Semi-Arid Landscapes (ACRESAL) Project in Kogi State, Nigeria.
His work is grounded in planning, monitoring, partnership and stakeholder engagement, adaptive management, and a commitment to capacity building and local ownership.
Work history
Professional experience
Central Region Development Commission (CEDECOM)
Director, Investment Promotion, Trade & SME Development
2011–2026
Ghana Enterprise Agency
Regional Manager — Entrepreneurship Development
2002–2011
DSIK / GIZ
National Expert — MSME access to financial services
Sept 2024 – June 2025
GIZ Programme for Sustainable Economic Development / AFC Consult
Senior Trainer / Short-Term Expert
June 2022 – Nov 2022
GIZ-AFC & Access Bank W-Initiative (Womenpreneurship)
Senior Trainer / Consultant
Nov 2022 & Nov 2023
GIZ develoPPP.de — Enhancing Local Procurement in the Mining Industry
Business coach / trainer
Consultancy
Wa Cooperative Credit Union
Board member
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Selected assignments
Representative work
Assignments drawn from the consultant's professional record.
Lead consultant, MSME financial access and inclusion — built the capacity of 1,500 MSMEs to use banking, insurance, pension and risk management products across five regions of Ghana (DSIK-GIZ, 2025).
Trained 642 MSMEs and provided coaching across five regions under the GIZ Programme for Sustainable Economic Development, Output 3: improving access to financial services (AFC Consult, 2022).
Delivered the Access Bank Mini MBA under the W-Initiative Womenpreneurship award — reviewed nine marketing modules and trained 50 female entrepreneurs across all ten regions of Ghana.
Facilitated financial literacy and cooperative training for over 600 community members under the World Bank-funded Agro-Climatic Resilience in Semi-Arid Landscapes (ACRESAL) Project, Kogi State, Nigeria (2024).
Provided entrepreneurship training to over 5,000 MSMEs across Ghana and business coaching to more than 450 SMEs to establish systems and structures for sustainability.
Supported over 150 SMEs to develop business plans and pitch decks, and assisted more than 85 farmer-based organisations with advisory services and linkages to credit unions, rural banks and commercial banks.
Chaired the fundraising committee for the CEDECOM International Investment Conference (May 2019) and led the exhibition sub-committee institutionalising the Central Regional Investment and Business EXPO.
Led a Central Region business delegation to Korea, China and Japan to build sustainable business partnerships with chambers of commerce and industry.
Developed the 'Standing Together for Trees' climate action programme with 50 basic schools in the Wa West District, Upper West Region.
Credentials
Qualifications and certifications
- MBA Marketing — School of Business, University of Ghana (2008–2010)
- BA Integrated Development Studies — University for Development Studies, Tamale (1997–2000)
- Enterprise Networking and Regional Development — Tokyo International Training Centre, Japan (2006)
- Strengthening Climate Adaptation and Resilience — UNITAR (2025)
- Green Industrial Policy: Promoting Competitive and Structural Transformation — UNITAR (2025)
- Green Economy: Introduction to Sustainable Finance — UNITAR (2025)
- Introduction to Sustainable Development in Practice — UNITAR (2023)
- Advancing Sustainable Development in Practice — UNITAR (2023)
- Accredited SEED Eco-Inclusive Enterprise Development trainer of trainers — German Federal Ministry for the Environment (2019)
- Internationally certified CEFE trainer, entrepreneurship for business development — GIZ-CEFE (2013)
- Certified MSME BDS Provider in Ghana — World Bank Group / Ministry of Trade and Industry (2015)
- Certified National Training Expert, MSME development and business advocacy — GIMPA / BUSAC Fund (2010)
- Certified Trainer in Entrepreneurship and Management Development — UNDP Technopreneurship Asia / GIMPA (2006)
- Accredited trainer, entrepreneurship for women's business development — Michigan State University / University of Ghana (2005)
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