Anab Abudu is a trade and transport policy practitioner with extensive experience spanning freight forwarding, multimodal transport operations, supply chain management, and cross-border trade facilitation across West Africa. His professional background uniquely combines operational expertise with policy analysis, enabling him to bridge the gap between research and implementation in areas such as transit corridor efficiency, trade facilitation, regional economic integration and the participation of landlocked countries in the maritime sector.
He currently serves as the Operations Manager of the Ghana branch of The JAS Group; a multinational5 freight forwarding company headquartered in Atlanta, USA. Anab also serves as Executive Director of the African Landlocked Countries Research Centre, where he leads research, policy advocacy, and stakeholder engagement initiatives aimed at enhancingfreedom of transit, improving trade competitiveness, and advancing sustainable development outcomes for Africa’s landlocked developing countries (LLDCs).
Anab has contributed to international discussions on freedom of transit, trade facilitation, and the implementation of global frameworks supporting Landlocked Developing Countries, including the Awaza Programme of Action. Through his work, he advocates for stronger partnerships between maritime and landlocked nations, recognizing that efficient transport and logistics systems are essential to unlocking economic opportunities and ensuring that geography does not become a barrier to participation in global trade.