Aaron Mapupa Email & Phone Number

England, United Kingdom

- Provides support to Field Innovation Leads and Innovation training- Support the implementation and oversight of new network-level agriculture metrics.-Provide accountability and support on program implementation through activity timelines and progress reports.-Assist with the development of standardized agriculture templates.

Harare, Zimbabwe

Assisting the Country Director with development of sustainable, high impact savings group program and agriculture innovation. The role focus on quality systems, processes, innovation, meaningful relationship management and listening, monitoring & evaluation.Responsibilities:- Resource planning and mobilisation-Donor liason-Relationship Management-Project Management-Listening, Monitoring and Evaluation-Operational Reporting and Analysis-Innovation -Spiritual Integration and Christian Witness

Masvingo, Zimbabwe

-Led a team on the implementation of the USAID Funded Zambuko Livelihoods Initiative Program and the Integrated Climate Risk Management for Food Security and Livelihoods in Zimbabwe. Both programs were under World Food Program.-Provided technical assistance, operational support, and advisory services on Village Saving and Lending and Market development. -Contributed to define and operationalize SNV’s approach on VSLA and market development; designing training materials, building the capacity of SNV Field Officers, VSLs and Producer and Marketing Groups, facilitating market linkages and public - private sector - producer engagements to address key value chain issues

Harare

-Providing farmer training, one on one coaching and mentoring on farming investments -Trustee Board member

Zimbabwe

Nespresso Zimbabwe Reviving Origins Coffee Program -Responsible for the roll-out of the new Zimbabwe Coffee Mill (ZCM) operations strategy and tracking tool to the ZCM staff.-Coaching Zimbabwe Coffee Mill to implement the new approach, and supporting the program team in key strategic issues that inform project scale up that benefit women in Coffee growing households and efficient irrigation systems for coffee plantations.

Zimbabwe

- Establishing sustainable and resilient agri-hubs and facilitate accesses to financial resources for investments through ensuring project participants, Self-Help Groups (SHGs), Cooperatives, and associations strongly participate with beef cattle, indigenous chickens and goat value chain actors including private sector and relevant government departments.- Ensuring that the value chain actors involved with the project are using values-based community development and Market-driven approaches.-Facilitating participation planning, development, coordination, implementation, and monitoring of farmer-owned agribusinesses and financial mobilization for the SHGs, associations, cooperatives and or agri-enterprises in close collaboration and coordination with project team and relevant stakeholders-Developing strategies to continually identify potential entrepreneurs and sustainable coaching and capacity building system for farmers.-The project is contributing towards up-scaling climate resilient livelihood options for 15 000 smallholder households in Zimbabwe (Mavingo Province).

Mashonaland West

-Team Leader-Financial Literacy training on women entrepreneurs both in urban and rural setups.-Lending, Post disbursement management, Repayments collection-Promoting group savings -Borrower Fundraising profiling, capturing success stories- Reporting

Harare

-Group formation (for women in business)-Financial Literacy training on women entrepreneurs both in urban and rural setups.-Lending, Post disbursement management, Repayments collection-Promoting group savings-Borrower Fundraising profiling, capturing success stories

Harare

- Data entry, analysis and presentation-Reports writing

Harare Zimbabwe

- Baseline, Mid term and End of term evaluations-Reports writing-Farming as a Business (FaaB) farmer training-Farmer training Manuals Drafting( Farming as a Business, Farming as a family Business, Crop Production, Livestock Production)-Farm business Management Accounts (Cashflows, Crop Budgets)-Business Proposals Development Bucklesbury (Pvt) Ltd specialises in mainly agricultural consulting services. The company strives to help farmers and agriculturists grow better crops and maintain strong environmental compliance position. This is achieved through independent, professional consulting, science based decisions, technological innovation, and a committed professional team. Organisations involved; [Food and Agriculture Organisation (FAO) Zimbabwe, USAID/Zimbabwe Agricultural Competitiveness Programme (Zim-ACP), SNV Zimbabwe, Cluster Agricultural Development Services(CADS), Zimbabwe Commercial Farmers Union (ZCFU), AGRITEX, Ministry of Agriculture, Irrigation and Mechanisation, Land O’ Lakes International Development Organization]

Bulawayo

-Conducted business scans to identify potential viability for the Inclusive Business (IB) model for Chirenga Development Trust (CDT), Tanaya Indigenous Chickens business and Simfresh Export Sweet Potato contract farming business.- Task under SNV Zimbabwe Inclusive Business Model

Master'S Degree, Agribusiness/Agricultural Business Operations

Staley School Of Leadership Studies, Leadership In Civic Engagement

Mandela Washington Fellowship 2021

African Civic Engagement Academy, Civic Engagement, Pass

Activities and Societies: Community Action Plan - Outstanding CEAP on Food Security as a case that formed the basis of a discussion group.

Business And Entrepreneurship Development, Young African Leadership Initiative (Yali) Fellowship

Bachelor Of Science (Bsc), Agricultural Economics And Management

Executive Certificate, Projects/Programmes Monitoring And Evaluation

Enterprise Startup (Entrepreneurship)