Samson W Email & Phone Number

Addis Ababa

• Contributed to the Inception Phase, namely with the identification of the sources of information and of the stakeholders to be interviewed;• Assessed the Ethiopian financial sector and the barriers faced by private sector operators in accessing adequate finance• Reviewed activities of financial intermediaries (the ‘Financial Sector Review’); (ii) the assessment of the access to finance constraints faced by the private sector (the ‘A2F Gap Analysis’), and (iii) the analysis of the policy, legislative and regulatory factors influencing access to finance (the ‘Policy and Regulatory Analysis’)• Identified appropriate policies and regulatory measures with the recommendation of concrete actions and steps• Isolated issues in access to finance that could form the object of policy dialogue with government authorities

Addis Ababa

• Provided high quality financial solutions for clients in the areas of Micro finance development and Financial Inclusion, as well as Banking services and Equity finance sectors.• Devised private sector growth strategies, sector upgrading projects, capital market advisory, value chain development and agricultural marketing.• Assisted foreign & local investors to make investment decisions via a range of services, including analytics & advisory, investment planning and preparation, investment execution services and post-investment services by employing rigorous investment analysis framework to capture the business and risk fundamentals in every stage of the investment process of projects that meet the requirements of sophisticated and institutional investors. • From June 2013 up to August 2013 I was contracted as “Access to Finance Research Specialist” for UK-DFID financed and DAI Europe (& First Consult) contracted project called Private Enterprise Program in Ethiopia, responsible for undertaking preliminary market investigation to support preparation of the PEPE inception report with particular consideration to the activities of the Access to Finance Pillar. My prime role was undertaking survey of the Ethiopian financial market with regards the Equipment Finance and Leasing, Islamic Banking, and Retail Payments and Alternative Delivery Channels. The objective of the assignment is to gain an understanding of market gaps culminating in recommendations for interventions under the PEPE program.

Addis Ababa

• Macroeconomic Research: including Access Capital's flagship annual report entitled “The Ethiopia Macroeconomic Handbook” and other timely macroeconomic updaters.• Sector Research: includes initial sector overview reports, sector updaters, and cross-country sector analytics. • Deal-Specific and Operational Research: related to Access Capital equity deals, in coordination with and as an input to the Equity Investment Team, as well as to prepare various needed outputs for Access Capital's on-going operational needs. • Business Databases: Compile initial data from existing public records, input data into spreadsheet and other database management facility, regularly update database, and offer specialized services based on databases. • Indicators of Business and Economic Activity: various high-frequency indicators of economic and business activity, including monthly or quarterly indicators of business activity, quarterly indicators of banking sector activity, and price, cost, and wage indicators. • Strategy Research for Access Capital and Affiliates: conduct strategy research for Access Capital and its affiliates to support on-going growth, expansion, and innovation.Access Capital's reserarch publications can be found at www.accesscapitalsc.com/research

Addis Ababa

• establish targets against key base line indicators against which progress/impact will be measured and develop methodology for the review of the project • assess the enabling institutional and policy framework related to competitiveness and against which intended policy/institutional strengthening reform initiatives will be measured• produce a baseline report: including review of institutional/policy framework related to private sector development• inform on limitations, restrictions that may inhibit achievements of targets set for FaBS project

Addis Ababa

• Framework design, field coordination, project identification & appraisal, and program formulation activities in the World Bank financed Woreda Integrated Development Study (WIDP study) Lots-8 & 3 comprising of 15 Woredas (districts) located in four regions across Ethiopia.• As a “Project Appraisal & Business Development Services (BDS) Expert” in the Project Support Unit (PSU) - Micro and Small Enterprises Development Program financed by the EU and overseen by the Ministry of Trade & Industry in Ethiopia• Participated in NEPAD Infrastructure Medium to Long-term Strategic Framework Study• Assisted in the preparation of the Mid-term Review of the Civil Society Fund-European Union

• Participated in the designing and conduct of appropriate questionnaires and forms for Woreda Integrated Development Study (WIDP study) Lots-8 comprising of 4 Woredas close to 1 million inhabitants• Establish procedures & mechanisms through which the questionnaires are filled as well as determine the number and location of sample kebeles, villages & households to be surveyed with help of local authorities

First Ethiopian Participatory Poverty Assessment (PPA) Survey consisting of three metropolitan cities and one rural district• Identified vulnerable groups & the specific livelihood problems they confront• Researched livelihood trajectories (upwards & downwards)• Researched the governance contexts: power, authority, taxes, blockages (traditional or government related) including empowerment

• Preparation of customary quarterly and yearly operational reports of the entire Bank’s operations • Undertake an aggregate impact analysis for the Bank, specific performance assessments at branch level, and propose prospective policy measures for the Bank’s management and board members• Conduct nationwide comprehensive feasibility studies for branch opening opportunities of the Bank