About the firm
GKM Strategic Advisory & AI three principals, one standard
A research, advisory, training and AI firm led by three named principals. We help institutions, development programmes, businesses and researchers turn evidence into decisions, and decisions into finished work.
The principals.
Each engagement is led by the principal whose record fits it. You can book any of them directly.
Six standards
What we hold to.
The standards behind every page of this site and every deliverable we send.
Evidence you can inspect
Every finding carries its source and method. If we cannot evidence something, we say so.
Scope, dates and fee first
You receive a written scope, dates and a fixed fee before any work begins.
Named principals
A named principal leads and reviews your work; you know who is accountable.
Honest limits
We state what a deliverable cannot tell you, and decline work we cannot do well.
AI with human judgement
AI speeds up research and production; people check every output that reaches you.
Authorship respected
In academic work the researcher remains the author, always.
Documented
Record, with sources.
Three entries from the principals’ documented work. Each opens its source note.
500+positions
Training-needs definition within the Development Bank of Ethiopia competency-mapping assignment.
Prof. Wisdom Gagakuma, principal consultant via PRIN International · 2011–2012, during PRIN tenure
PRIN International
7sectors
National Skills Audit and Gaps Analysis for seven economic sectors of Ghana, delivered by PwC Ghana for COTVET.
Prof. Wisdom Gagakuma, Subject Matter Expert on PwC’s team · 2018
PwC Ghana
FellowCIAMC-Ghana
Chartered Institute of Administrators and Management Consultants-Ghana: immediate past Board Vice Chair, and chair of its Educational and Professional Examinations Committee. He facilitates the learning of strategic, operations and project management at all programmes of the Institute.
Prof. Wisdom Gagakuma · As attested on 26 March 2025
CIAMC-Ghana
Individual experience of our principals, before or outside GKM Strategic Advisory & AI. Not GKM contracts.
Documented experience
Institutions in Prof. Wisdom Gagakuma’s documented record.
Each from a signed letter. His individual experience, before or outside GKM Strategic Advisory & AI. Not GKM contracts.
Eight signed letters, covering work from 2004 to 2025.
In order of the year each record begins. Choose an institution to open its line of record.
2000s
Line of record01 / 08
GIMPA Consultancy Division
Years2004 to 2010
Prof. Wisdom Gagakuma’s capacitySenior Consultantat the Consultancy Division
The Professor was a Senior Consultant at the Consultancy Division, developing modules and facilitating project- and strategic-management programmes for public and private clients, including AngloGold Ashanti.
AngloGold Ashanti is named in the GIMPA letter as one of the clients of the programmes the Professor facilitated.
- Source
- Attestation letter from GIMPA, signed by Dr Anthony Anyane Sackey, Lecturer/Consultant.
- Limit
- Describes the Professor’s role, not the results of each client programme.
2010s
Line of record02 / 08
PRIN International
PRIN tenure2011 to 2012
Prof. Wisdom Gagakuma’s capacityPrincipal consultantthrough PRIN International
The Professor served as principal consultant, through PRIN International, on competency mapping for the Development Bank of Ethiopia. The letter attributes training and development needs definition for more than 500 positions.
The Development Bank of Ethiopia is named in the PRIN International letter as the client of the competency mapping assignment.
- Source
- Reference letter from PRIN International, signed by Dr Tilaye Kassahun.
- Limit
- PRIN International held the contract.
Line of record03 / 08
Benchmark Executive Business School
Years2013 to 2023
Prof. Wisdom Gagakuma’s capacityPMP course leader
The Professor was course leader for PMP training and practical project-management skills.
- Source
- Reference letter from Benchmark Executive Business School, signed by Leo Mensah Sossah, Executive Director.
- Limit
- Records the Professor’s teaching role; it makes no claim about examination results.
Line of record04 / 08
PwC Ghana
Year2018
Prof. Wisdom Gagakuma’s capacitySubject Matter Experton PwC’s team
The Professor served as Subject Matter Expert on PwC’s team: baseline research, the survey instrument, data validation and analysis, sector reports and stakeholder engagement.
COTVET is named in the PwC Ghana letter as the body the audit was delivered for. It did not write a letter.
- Source
- Attestation letter from PwC Ghana, signed by Vish Ashiagbor, Director.
- Limit
- PwC Ghana led the national programme; the Professor was a member of its team.
2020s
Line of record05 / 08
JSC Mediterranean Ghana
Team memberSince 2023
Prof. Wisdom Gagakuma’s capacityProject team member
The Professor contributed to pre-project feasibility and major-stakeholder engagement for the consortium delivering the Lower Volta dredging assignment.
- Source
- Attestation letter from JSC Mediterranean Ghana, signed by Albert Agorman Tsolu, Managing Director.
- Limit
- The consortium holds the contract; GKM is not a party to it.
Line of record06 / 08
Colan Consult
Feasibility report completedDecember 2024
Prof. Wisdom Gagakuma’s capacitySkills development and institutional analysisthrough Colan Consult
The Professor contributed skills development and institutional analysis, through Colan Consult, to the project’s feasibility report.
- Source
- Attestation letter from Colan Consult, signed by Emmanuel Agyenim-Boateng, Director.
- Limit
- Covers the institutional and skills work, not the engineering.
Line of record07 / 08
Health Sector Occupational Pension Scheme
Attested26 March 2025
Prof. Wisdom Gagakuma’s capacityLead Strategic Project Expertthrough OKYEAME Consult
The Professor served as Lead Strategic Project Expert, through OKYEAME Consult, for the scheme’s five-year strategic plan.
OKYEAME Consult is named in the HSOPS attestation as the firm the Professor delivered the plan through.
- Source
- Attestation signed by the scheme’s Board Chairman, Dr Derek Amoateng.
- Limit
- One engagement, delivered through OKYEAME Consult.
Line of record08 / 08
CIAMC-Ghana
Attested26 March 2025
Prof. Wisdom Gagakuma’s capacityFellowas attested in March 2025
Prof. Wisdom Gagakuma is a Fellow of CIAMC-Ghana. As attested in March 2025: immediate past Board Vice Chair, and chair of its Educational and Professional Examinations Committee.
- Source
- Attestation letter from CIAMC-Ghana.
- Limit
- Appointments are stated as at the date of the letter.
05 steps
How an engagement runs.
What happens at each step, and what you hold at the end of it.
Define the decision
We start from the decision your work must support, not from a menu of activities.
You holdA one-page statement of the decision and the question.
Agree output, date and fee
A written scope names what you receive, when, what it costs and how acceptance works.
You holdSigned scope with acceptance criteria.
Deliver in reviewed stages
Each stage ends in something you review before the next begins.
You holdStage outputs, each signed off.
Test and accept
Deliverables are tested against the acceptance criteria you agreed at the start.
You holdWritten acceptance.
Hand over
Files, data, methods and access are yours. We show you how to run it without us.
You holdHandover pack and a review date.
Eleven practices
11 practices · 7 markets · 3 principals
- 01Research, evidence & evaluation10 services
- 02Management & institutional strengthening9 services
- 03Training & capacity building12 services
- 04AI governance & assurance4 services
- 05Digital solutions6 services
- 06Bids, proposals & intelligence4 services
- 07Communications, content & visibility6 services
- 08Growth, representation & partnerships4 services
- 09Data, analytics & automation11 services
- 10Executive advisory6 services
- 11Research supervision, academic coaching & publication support7 services
What needs to move forward?
Tell us the decision, the challenge or the opportunity. We reply with a scoped approach, a named principal and a fee before any work begins.
No charge to submit an enquiry.