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Wallingford, England, United Kingdom

Wallingford, England, United Kingdom

Wageningen, Netherlands

I worked on a DFID funded project: GODAN Action project where I managed a work package developing capacity for the effective use of open data to address challenges in agriculture and nutrition - for researchers, policy-makers, information specialists, journalists and other intermediaries. The consortium partners were CTA, Wageningen University and Research, the Food and Agricultural Organisation of the UN, the Open Data Institute, Institute of Development Studies and the Land Portal Foundation.

Centurion

Training and Outreach• Implementing outreach, training and support programmes for Gates funded project (TEEAL) and the Research4Life programmes in Sub-Sahara Africa to reduce the knowledge gap between high-income countries and low- and middle-income countries by providing affordable access to critical scientific research.• Designing and delivering interactive, experiential workshops and short courses aligned to the South African Qualifications Authority; Information Literacy; Monitoring & Evaluation; Records Management; Digitisation and Information Communication Technology for Development (ICT4D) short courses. • Designing online courses making use of relevant methodologies and various software including Adobe Captivate, Microsoft Learn and Moodle.• Monitoring and evaluating the impact of training interventions.Digital and Online Media Strategy• Designing Web 2.0 social media strategy for the organization as a whole and various projects.• Utilising analytics tools to measure, monitor and report on key performance indicators • Online mass marketing and branding of the organisation’s flagship programmes• Electronic newsletter preparation; Dreamweaver, Fireworks and online mass marketing technologies (MailChimp)• Maintaining the content for organization websites; Drupal and Joomla• Designing marketing posters and flyers• Monitoring trends in social media tools, trends, applications and appropriately applying that knowledge.Knowledge Management (KM)• Effectively developed an organizational-wide KM strategy through a series of internal workshops and meetings designed to identify key knowledge areas, gaps and appropriate tools and approaches (2015/2016) • Contributed to the design and development of a Managing Knowledge and Communication for Development course (blended learning approach). (2016)• Implementing the KM strategy according to key priority areas in the organizational strategyCoordinator for AHILA

Centurion, South Africa

Coordinator for Partnerships in Health Africa Office (Phi)Coordinator for Association for Health Information and Libraries in Africa (AHILA)- Electronic Resource training – Database programmes- Maintaining coordination with the Nigeria, Kenya, Zimbabwe and Head Office.- Preparing reports, presentations, memorandums, proposals and correspondence.- Logistical preparation planning for workshops, events, conferences, missions (accommodation, flights, venue bookings).- Website upgrades and hosting platform Maintenance; Mysql Database administration- Maintaining and administering the anti-virus, spyware and desktop firewall system.- Liaising with service providers to ensure maximum up-time.Organisational Online Presence:- Search positioning and site analytics, - Email marketing and advertising of training packages and courses- Implementing a social media strategy- Search engine optimisation- Quarterly newsletter preparation.- Maintenance of organization website- updates.

Harare, Zimbabwe

• Coordinated with business executives, software experts and help desks in a 24x7 webhosting and web designing availability environment. • Web servers- Building and Administration; IIS, Apache• Configurations in Microsoft Windows Server; Windows Server 2003; DHCP, DNS; Active Directory• Microsoft Exchange Server, Microsoft ISA Server;• Database administration; MS SQL Server 2000 & 2005, MySQL • Windows client application installations and troubleshooting, Microsoft Office, Antivirus;• Assisted with critical system outages, software upgrades, and capacity planning.• Hardware support- PC repair and maintenance• Staying abreast of emerging technologies.

Master Of Information Technology

The degree provided a solid foundation on the power of harnessing technology in ways that make organisations efficient, smarter, and more.

Bachelor Of Business Management And It(Bbmit)