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Hamburg, Germany

Supporting the preparation of offers, reports and studies in the Financial Systems Development department (MSME, agriculture and rural financing, sustainable finance, etc).• Acquisition of new projects, writing of technical and financial proposals.• Backstopping, project management support and quality management of ongoing projects on behalf of IFIs, development agencies, ministries, and other clients.• Part of FSD technical working group for Environmental and Social Management System (ESMS).

Lugano, Ticino, Switzerland

Supporting various consulting projects and evaluation of programs within the Education and TVET (technical and vocational education and training) sector

Eschborn, Hesse, Germany

Supporting the development of knowledge products for the VET Toolbox, an EU program fostering demand-driven and inclusive vocational education and training in developing countries.I carry out research & coordination activities, and provide project support for the development of knowledge products for topics related Skills for Green Transformation, Digital competencies and Extended Reality ( Virtual and Augmented Reality)

I contributed to various studys and program evaluations related to the topics of financial &social inlusion, as well as climate and community resilience topics namely;• Study to improve the design of financial instruments to foster inclusion of MSMEs & vulnerable groups• Feasibility study for agriculture climate resilience and youth employment project in West Kenya • Resilience Analysis for NE Nigeria • Evaluation of financial literacy program in Turkey

Berlin, Germany

I worked within the department for the Southern Africa region undertaking research and communication related activities which support German - African business exchange and trade relationship development.

Harare, Zimbabwe

I was a co- runner of the Nduna Girls programme working with disadvantaged communities in Zimbabwe. Nduna Girls is the flagship programme under the Nduna Trust which aims to empower young women between the ages of 13-30.- Programme lead for initiatives focused on education and mentorship of young people,menstruation management, digital skills training and other capacity building activities.- Development of the programme vision and formulation of the organization’s policy andprocedure documents. - Creation of the brand identity and subsequent implementation ofthe brand strategy.- Coordinator for the volunteer and intern programmes-Resource mobilization and relationship management to achieve programme objectivesworking with partners such as ABC Foundation, UNESCO, US embassy, IREX, Leti Arts and Barclays First Capital Bank to name a few.- Website and social media development & management- Training and facilitation of workshops

Harare, Zimbabwe

Key member of the risk management committee responsible for designing and implementing therisk management framework for VIRL.- Drafting policies and creation of risk management tools used to carry out riskassessments and improve the organisation’s control environment.- Carry out periodic risk assessments for the firm and for existing and new projects in order to recommend strategies and inform decision making.- Monitoring and improvement of internal controls to increase efficiency and preventinternal fraud incidences.- Key member of the proposal writing team which secured funding from donors such asAECF and ILO for solar product initiatives and community capacity building initiatives- Minute taking at quaterly board committee meetings

Harare, Zimbabwe

Responsible for implementing the VIRL marketing strategy and incorporating innovativeapproaches to VIRL processes in support of business development activities.- Coordinating of teams to organise corporate events (branch launch, stakeholder functions, strategy sessions etc) and implement innovative approaches to the business (e.g. financial education mobile app development)- Proposal writing; Awarded funding for youth entrepreneurs capacity building and financing- Defining the function of the Business Unit and supervision of interns in unit.- Co-writing of market research paper that secured funding and informed the design ofnew asset products tailored for rural communities.- Conducting market research and capturing VIRL client success stories via client profiling- Produce quarterly economic reports review reports for board committee meetings

Milton Keynes, United Kingdom

Worked with CIMA qualified accountant to prepare financial documents for the health service, courier and IT sectors- Completed end of year financial statements, company registration, client self-assessments, VAT & corporation tax documents - Advise clients to improve working capital management

Conducted research on 'Media representations of work related suicides'.Fully responsible for conducting research strategy, compiled and categorized data using Microsoft excel and research software to report findings and analysis as well as recommendations and guidance for possible themes.

Harare, Zimbabwe

Completed double entry transactions and reconciliation statements with the use of Sage accounting and Microsoft office package. Managed the maintenance of all office files for the finance department.

Master'S Degree, Development Management

Bachelor’S Degree, Financial Economics With Accounting, 1St Class (Honours)

High School