Mohamed S. Hemoh Email & Phone Number

Freetown, Western Area, Sierra Leone

As the Technical Lead at Creative Hub Africa (CHA), I empower creative entrepreneurs and cultivate a vibrant ecosystem that champions innovation and collaboration. I work closely with the director and team to design and implement effective technical and administrative frameworks that enhance our projects and daily operations.I lead CHA’s delivery of the Sierra Leone Economy Diversify Project (SLEDP), managing a $1.2 million grant to support 20 small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) in the creative and circular economy. This initiative strengthens local and international businesses while promoting sustainable practices aligned with our mission.In addition to project leadership, I consult with emerging and established businesses, helping them develop robust systems and policies that drive growth. My efforts in securing funding opportunities have significantly expanded CHA’s resources, enabling us to support over 250 direct beneficiaries and 300 indirect beneficiaries through various training programs. I maintain a strong network with ecosystem builders across private, government, public, and academic sectors.I ensure that our monitoring and evaluation (M&E) activities align with program goals, contributing to strategic planning and data-driven decision-making. By providing technical leadership and training to our staff and partners, I enhance our capacity to measure impact effectively.A key achievement has been developing high-quality proposals that have attracted partnerships with organizations like the World Bank and UNDP. My commitment to excellence ensures that all CHA deliverables reflect our professionalism.Through my work, I contribute to building an inclusive tech ecosystem, particularly for women-led and youth startups, driving positive social and economic transformation in Sierra Leone. At CHA, I nurture a community where creativity thrives, connecting entrepreneurs locally and internationally.

February 2021 - Present (Freetown Sierra Leone)# Working with the director and team to research, develop, implement, and assess WRA’s technical and administrative operational and financial frameworks, systems, processes, and policies for projects/programmes, funding and budgets, daily operations, clients, and partnership engagement activities.#Working with the director and team on a consultancy basis to research, develop, implement, and assess new and established businesses’ technical and administrative operational and financial frameworks, systems, processes, and policies for their projects/programmes, funding and budgets, daily operations, clients, and partnership engagement activities.#Working with the director and team to research, Identified, secure, and deliver WRA’s funding, collaboration, and partnership opportunities focusing on activities including grant management; online and in-person BDS support for Start-Ups and SMEs; online and in-person work skills development and entrepreneurship training for entrepreneurs, employed and unemployed graduates (both formal and vocational); tech, innovation, and entrepreneurship ecosystem building activities; and access to internship and full-time employment opportunities for over 450 direct beneficiaries.# Work with the director to research, identify, analyze, evaluate, select, secure, and deliver on income-generating opportunities for WRA including from the World Bank, the Government of The Republic of Sierra Leone, Acumen, and UNDP.

WE GO FEN AM (Sierra Leonean Krio for "We will find it") is an online and offline educational and professional development platform. Our goal is to provide fast, free, and easy access to credible local, regional, and international information, news, and resources, with a focus on Africa. Our website offers information on academic institutions, bursaries, grants & scholarships, professional opportunities, internships, volunteering opportunities, health news, and tools. We aim to help users attain the necessary knowledge, qualifications, skills, and experience to make significant socioeconomic contributions to their lives, families, and communities in the short, mid, and long term.Mission Statement:To support generational and transitional socioeconomic development and growth by providing fast, free, and easy access to credible educational and professional information, news, resources, tools, and opportunities that are already available online. We strive to tap into and maximize available untapped educational and professional information, news, resources, tools, and opportunities online to enable disadvantaged and underprivileged individuals, especially African youth, to gain access.Vision: To inspire disadvantaged and underprivileged African youth to excel academically, professionally, and personally. We believe in unlocking their full potential and enabling them to DREAM BIG and MAKE THEIR DREAMS REALITY.

Freetown, Sierra Leone

# Managed a 1 million EUR grant for GIZ SL Facility for Innovation Project (F4I), supporting 90 startups across 6 districts in Sierra Leone. The project provided raw materials, production equipment, infrastructure, business incubation, and technical development support to MSMEs with innovative business ideas. The goal was to create employment opportunities for young people.# Managed a team implementing, monitoring, and reporting on the Firestarter Grant programme funded by Comic Relief UK. The programme provided £500,000 in capital funds and business incubation support to 30 businesses in the agriculture, tech, media, and fashion sectors. It also created jobs for hundreds of young people in Sierra Leone, building critical modern skills and capabilities while supporting long-term employment.# Led the provision of business development services including business incubation and acceleration, coaching, and mentorship for approximately 150 SMEs and StartUps during a 3-year period. # Coordinated the use of reports, animations, graphics, spreadsheets, presentations, M&E, and data collection samples to demonstrate Sensi's work and overall impact. This helped cultivate trust and confidence with donors, clients, and other key stakeholders during meetings, activities, and events.# Developed implementation M&E materials, reporting systems, processes, and framework for the F4I project and Firestarter grant programme including monthly narrative report forms, quarterly budget reports templates, grant application forms, training register, feedback forms, and checklists. # Organized Sensi's ecosystem-building activities and events, including talent and crowdsourcing events such as the Risk Communication Hackathon in partnership with GIZ, GFA, and the respective countries' health ministries, and the Urban Mobility Resilient Hackathon funded by the World Bank in Sierra Leone.

Istanbul, Turkey

# Prepared and deliver business and human capacity development training workshops for various company staff including from Grantibank, Siemens, Novartis, and eBay on topics such as business communication, business writing, and reporting, networking, team building, project management, marketing, promotion and branding, and customer service. # Support businesses with developing and implementing M&E processes by designing and implementing training (business and technical) for staff on M&E reporting, reviewing files, records, and other official documents which simplify the availability, access, and flow of data in the business, especially in terms of obtaining and responding to requests for information within and outside the businesses. # Support businesses’ marketing and promotion efforts by providing technical/non-technical training for staff on content creation, how to develop materials for presentations, campaigns, article publications, etc.

Calama, Chile

# Worked with CODELCO and International Centre staff to successfully research, design, develop, implement, monitor, evaluate, and report on three projects (a cultural heritage, an agricultural and educational project)to support and develop the livelihoods of individuals living in communities impacted by local mining activities. # Developed CODELCO's executives’ and managers’ business communication capacity and abilities through planning and facilitating individual and group training and workshops to improve their verbal and written communication, facilitation, and presentation skills enabling them to communicate more effectively with fellow staff and key stakeholders. # Provided advisory and technical support including administrative, logistics, implementation, and delivery solutions to the Sustainable Development and HR teams on 3 CSR projects for local communities impacted by mining activities, and cases relating to the security and well-being of staff in line with CODELCO’s policies

Malaysia

# Coordinated training, employment, and volunteering opportunities for 3000+ youth in 30 poor communities across Malaysia. Led staff, participants, and stakeholder engagements to research, plan, design, and deliver activities, and complete M&E, and donor reporting for SOLS's Project 100 and Changemaker program within set deadlines and targets.# Researched and mapped unemployment, further learning, and work experience limitations of Malaysia's high school graduates. Analyzed and evaluated official government and private reports, conducted group and one-to-one interviews and consulted with key stakeholders through focus groups.# Managed and implemented SOLS Changemaker program. Provided professional training and secured employment, further learning, and volunteering opportunities for 25 youth participants in the first batch.# Developed and managed SOLS M&E and reporting systems to ensure compliance with SOLS and donor policies and standards. Organized staff training, monitored and evaluated staff and stakeholders' ability to follow guidelines, and revised processes to ensure transparency and rigor.# Improved SOLS marketing and communication systems and delivery through working with the director to organize and facilitate social media, photography, videography, and writing workshops that equipped staff with key skills and tools to produce and deliver promotional/marketing content and materials including flyers, success stories, videos, photography and social media contents on SOLS website and social media platforms effectively. # Enhanced SOLS communication and M&E systems and quality, effectiveness, and efficiency by ensuring the availability, accessibility, implementation, regular M&E, and update of official documents, promotional and stakeholder engagement materials including visuals and audio media, MOU, and reports.

United States

# Demonstrate strong report writing skills by contributing to AIIR's annual and procedural reports.Utilize fundraising skills to build and maintain partnerships with various stakeholders. This can be done by fundraising, networking, raising awareness, and promoting AIIR's work, particularly in the UK and Europe.# Showcase your ability to organize and conduct workshops and training sessions on human rights issues in Sub-Saharan Africa for donors and fellow reporters in the UK.# Improve research planning and implementation skills by researching, compiling, editing, and writing reports on human rights issues in Sub-Saharan Africa for AIIR/The AfricaPaper's online publication.# Demonstrate effective management and leadership skills by providing weekly advice, financial support, and technical support to 3 journalists and 2 media technicians in Sub-Saharan Africa. This will contribute to AIIR/The AfricaPaper's weekly reporting, coordination, M&E processes, fundraising, and promotion efforts in the UK.

London

• Developed C&WRTP staff capacity to communicate, deliver educational and employability projects for youth and adult participants from Asia, Africa and Europe by working with the director to plan, develop and implement capacity building strategies and training for C&WRPT staff.• Supported new project development and deliveries in line with C&WRTP and donors’ policies, objectives and targets through working with the director to research, develop and edit project and budget proposals for new government, private and public projects then providing project deliveries, management and donor reporting consultation once funding were secured. • Improved C&WRTP staff communication and relationships with participants through planning and facilitating one-to-one support, group training, and workshop sessions that helped staff administer participant referral processes, CV building, job search and employability skills development.

Ethiopia (Addis Ababa & Mek'Ele) And London, United Kingdom

• Developed report, policy and research planing, and writing skills through contributing to the procedural and final reports of several individual and group policy/field researches, and projects.• Improved research knowledge by examining and researching various relevant research topics for the programme assignments. • Enhance management and leadership experience through working with a group of researchers to develop, implement and produce procedural, and a final field research report. • Increased field research knowledge and skills by contributing to the conceptual compositions and technical implementations of various applicable policy and field research including in Ethiopia. • Advance qualitative and quantitative experience, and ability through supporting the development, compilation, and configuration of pertinent research topics and questions.

London, United Kingdom

• Managed the provision of accredited and non-accredited training, employment, work experience and further learning opportunities for over 400 participants on an ESF and London Council co-funded NEET programme for youths aged 16-19, and an EU ‘Refugee Programme’ for refugees aged 20+.• Supported the NEET and Refugee Programme by working with the director to research, plan and design both program and budget proposals then through coordinating both programme deliveries, administrations, finances, logistics, stakeholder engagements, M&E and donor reporting. • Enhanced Skillswise communication systems by working with the communication team to design and implement clear and simplify communication and promotional tools using online mediums and practical materials such as flyers, social media websites, powerpoints and case studies.• Improved networking with diverse stakeholders by establishing and maintaining engagement systems for current and potential stakeholders in the NGO, public, private and government sectors through organizing, representing and coordinating staff representations at meetings, activities and events maximising the programs overall experience and impact for participants and staff.• Developed Skillswise stakeholder engagement system by leading the design and implementation of referral and M&E processes for participants to local employers, service providers, educational and government agencies based on educational and employment need assessments.• Developed Skillswise Human Resource policy implementations including Health & Safety by ensuring participants, staff and other stakeholders were informed and adhere to the policy through planning and facilitating trainings, workshops, reviews and M&E to administer the process.• Supported the NEET and Refugee programme quality assurance systems by working with the director to coordinate and produce both programs’ daily, monthly, quarterly and annual reporting within Skillswise and the donors’ policies.

Eastern Cape Area, South Africa

• Developed skills in compiling, monitoring and evaluation of data for the programme implementation in rural communities.• Improved fundraising knowledge by organising and implementing the programme fundraising events and activities in different communities.• Gained cultural awareness of African rural communities and people by supported the health and livelihood development of 500+ participants in 6 poor rural communities in South Africa through living and working with local and international volunteers to plan, coordinate and facilitate educational workshops, trainings, activities and events on life skills, Sexual Reproductive Health, human rights, and HIV & Aids awareness to educated participants. • Demonstrated planning and management ability by organizing and implementing sport, vocational clubs, tournament, and activities as part of the programme’s promotion, and participant engagement and retention strategy. • Developed M&E and report writing experience by contributing to mid-term and end of programme reports and reviews.• Enhance facilitation skills by planning and conducting HIV&Aids awareness, human rights, general health education, and English lessons training and workshops to empower, improve the capability and livelihoods development of individuals in rural communities.• Advanced IAG aptitude and ability to build and maintain strong working relationships with others by providing group and one-to-one peer support to youths and adults in rural communities.• Developed organisation and delivery skills by planning and delivering lessons/trainings/workshops in Sexual and Reproductive Health (SRH), general health and HIV&Aids causes, treatment and prevention to support male and female youths in rural communities• Increased leadership and information, advice and guidance (IAG) knowldge by proving youths in rural communities with IAG about services and resources available to them and how they can access and utilize them effectively.

London, United Kingdom

• Illustrated fundraising and team leading aptitude by providing advisory, and technical support to individuals including from Africa, the Americas, Asia, Europe, and Oceania to help them campaign, and fundraise for NGOs like Action Aid and Unicef in London and Southeast England.• Gained knowledge about the work, operational structures, and functions of NGOs like Save the Children and Oxfam through trainings on how to campaign and fundraise for their programmes.• Developed public communication, interaction, and engagement skills through door-to-door and street campaigning/fundraising for NGO like Merlin and Medicines Sans Frontiers

Msc, Development Administration And Planning

Activities and Societies: Knowledge & skills improved through academic activities/experience in: > Management & Planning for Development.

Bachelor Of Applied Science - Basc, Drama And English Literature

Bachelor'S Degree, English Language And Literature, General, Merit

Activities and Societies: N/A

Bachelor Of Arts (Ba), Drama And English Literature

A Levels (3), English Literature (British And Commonwealth), Performing Arts And Psychology