Salifu is the Country Director for IPA Ghana. Salifu previously served as Country Representative for IPA Zambia. Prior to that, he spent about eight years working at IPA Ghana, rising through the ranks from Field Manager all the way to Northern Regional Manager and Health, Sanitation, and Social Protection sector lead. Salifu has managed and supervised several rigorous evaluations at IPA and worked with several PIs in the Education, Health, Sanitation, Agriculture, Social Protection, and Financial Inclusion sectors. He has over seven years of experience managing several rigorous evaluations in Ghana.

Read an interview with Salifu as part of "People of IPA," a series of profiles celebrating IPA’s diverse staff, highlighting their contributions, and discussing how and why they seek to improve the lives of those living in poverty.