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Lead the support of the Zambia Revenue Authority (ZRA) to design and implement a modern, equitable, robust, and fit-for-purpose customs broker licensing frameworkProviding overall management and leadership to facilitate the implementation of the Project in Zambia in accordance with the GATF’s goalCoordinating Project activities and liaising with Zambia.

PESQUISA is a mission-driven, results-oriented African consulting firm. We work around the clock to help African agribusiness change-makers define the future. We work directly with change-makers in agribusiness and the international development community to solve pressing development and sustainability challenges, strengthen supply chains, and generate.

Serve as Tetra Tech’s primary Public and Private Sector Engagement on-the-ground point of contact in the East and Southern Africa (ESA) region for the Regional Food Balance Sheet project. Lead the development of key components of the Regional Food Balance Sheet Stakeholder Engagement and Communication PlansSupport the identification and mapping of key.

Responsible for implementing strategies to increase the competitiveness of agricultural commodity market systems for international export and regional trade – including staple foods (maize, pulses), processed food ingredients and specialty foods.Support market linkages to facilitate exports from Zambia to South Africa and the United States (under the.

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With funding from the WorldBank, assist the Government of the Republic of Zambia through the Ministries of Commerce, Trade and Industry and Transport and Communications to develop a National Trade Logistics Strategy; Undertake an in-depth review and analysis of trade logistics segments and their respective sub-categories as indicated in the OECD Trade.

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Gather and analyze business intelligence (i. e. landscape analyses, PO AM, etc.) to inform resource mobilization strategy. Conducted market assessment and in-Country funding priorities and trends, and updated the donor landscape toolsMapped donors’ strategic areas of interest and explore opportunities for partnershipsBuilt, nurtured and documented.

Provide technical assistance for Profiling of Regional Agro-Processing Industry in the SADC Region. Rapid value chain analysis of 4 value chains (VCs) in the SADC regionIdentification of Key Stakeholders and Interventions in VCs in the region

Gregory is the Partnership Development Specialist for the DFID supported FoodTrade Eastern and Southern Africa (ESA) Programme, and he is responsible for identifying, mapping out and developing partnerships between the various stakeholders on the ground working to strengthen agriculture value chains in Eastern and Southern Africa. This work also involves.

• Carried out and coordinated rapid market assessments / value chain analysis, identified and structured enterprise development opportunities for players in the following PROFIT plus focused value chains (maize, soybean.
• Completed value chain analysis and developed commercialization approaches for six high value crops (maize, soybean, groundnut, sunflower, onion, and tomato)
• Built capacity of producer marketing groups and MSE associations to facilitate markets access, market information, business services and private sector linkages
• Successfully drafted an assessment report of Trade Performance of Key Agricultural Value Chains in Zambia from 2013 to 2015 with key recommendations for value chain actors, possible changes in trade policy and.

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• Coordinated the implementation of the USAID/AGRA food security and regional food balance sheet funded project in Southern Africa.
• Successfully developed work plans, budgets and tracking project expenditures, planning of project and operational activities including management of staff contracts; implementation, monitoring, and reporting on.
• Successfully monitored, analyzed and appropriately communicated key agricultural trade related data in order to inform advocacy, policy and trade
• Successfully coordinated the COMESA Regional Food Balance Sheet Focal points (in Malawi, Mozambique, Zambia and Zimbabwe), supervision of a network of 30 cross border monitors across seven Southern African countries.
• Successfully established of the first ever COMESA national food balance sheet committees anchored on Public Private Partnerships in four countries (Malawi, Mozambique, Zambia and Zimbabwe).
• Supported institution’s research and communication work in areas related to regional trade, food security, agricultural investment among others, Coordinating the organization of policy dialogue conferences, seminars.

Master In International Agribusiness Management, Agribusiness/Agricultural Business Operations

Master Of Business Administration - Mba

Bachelor'S Degree, Demography And Population Studies