About Me

A career built one field at a time — never scattered, always connected.

Abdulsalam Mohammed Daaru

I am Abdulsalam Mohammed Daaru — widely known as Consultant Daaru. I have spent the past decade moving through clinical wards, incubator classrooms and community mediation rooms. People who i work with describe me as critical-minded, affable and relentlessly industrious, with a habit of following initiative all the way through to results.

My work spans research and publishing, nursing, clinical auditing and administration, consulting, community development, peace activism, entrepreneurship and personal impact coaching. What holds it together isn't a job title — it's a consistent focus on strengthening the systems that Ghanaian communities, and especially Zongo communities, depend on.

I see myself as a community changemaker who draws on healthcare expertise, entrepreneurial experience and conflict-resolution skill to work alongside organisations across Ghana and internationally.

The throughline

Career timeline

Career start Principal Nursing Officer

Korle-Bu Teaching Hospital, Accra

I Served at Ghana's largest hospital and became First Administrative Secretary of the Nursing Audit Unit — a pioneering clinical-quality role that placed him among the founding architects of clinical auditing practice at Korle-Bu.

Community & peace work Head, PPF Research and Peace Institute

Peace and Progress Foundation

I led community-level peace advocacy, engaging directly with national Muslim leadership and the National Hilal Committee on matters of religious harmony — the seed of the mediation work he continues today.

Jan 2017 – Jan 2023 Co-Founder & Executive Director

Yaasalam Opportunity Center

I ran internship and youth development programmes in Accra, building structured pathways for young people into professional life.

Apr 2019 – Present Lead Consultant

Daaru Management Consult

I founded my own consultancy, advising on organisational leadership, business management and health systems — a hybrid practice based in Greater Accra.

Ongoing Co-Founder & Lead Consultant

Zongo Business Incubator (ZOBI)

I built an incubator supporting startups and small businesses in Zongo communities, with the Campus-Based Business Summit as its flagship programme — partnered with NEIP, YALI and the Zongo and Inner-Cities Development Secretariat.

Ongoing Co-Founder & CEO

Oxygen Health-Tech

I launched a health-technology startup publishing healthcare information and profiling health professionals, aimed at improving access in underserved and rural communities — bringing the nursing years full circle into a platform.

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