Serah Nderitu Email & Phone Number

Kenya

• Leading the delivery of the African Youth Adaptation Solutions Challenge (YouthADAPT) Programme. A partnership of the Global Center on Adaptation (GCA), African Development Bank (AfDB), and the Climate Investment Funds.
• Supporting youth-led enterprises across 20 African countries developing climate adaptation and resilience solutions, with an ambition of equipping 1 million youth with entrepreneurship skills.
• Facilitating the mainstreaming of adaptation jobs into investment portfolios of Multilateral Development Banks (MDBs) through upstream technical assistance with the goal of influencing $2 billion worth of projects by.

Nairobi, Kenya

• Strategy development and planning
• Programme development, delivery & performance
• Research and evidence development
• Stakeholder and partner management
• Led the conceptualization and delivery of the first-ever Children and Youth Pavilion at COP, supporting over 20,000 youth to meaningfully engage with the UNFCCC process.

Nairobi

• Spearheaded the establishment of bilateral research and innovation programmes between the UK and Kenya, including overseeing the implementation of the $6M Newton Fund programme in Kenya, supporting over 500 innovators.
• Led on delivering UK’s Government Science, Technology and Innovation Strategy through briefing and reporting for Kenya.
• Acted as the principal liaison for UK government lobbying on research, scientific, and technology policy issues.
• Developed and sustained robust partnerships with a network of senior-level stakeholders across UK’s and East Africa’s technology and innovation space to enhance collaborations.
• Provided pivotal support to senior UK Government staff and UK research base regarding Kenya’s science and innovation landscape.

Nairobi

• Provided policy and research advisory support to start-up enterprises developing innovative climate technologies in renewable energy, water, and agribusiness.
• Contributed in national policy and regulation development processes to ensure that concerns of SMEs operating in the climate change sector are represented. Some of the key policy contributions include: Climate Change.
• Consulted with relevant stakeholders to gain support for policy advocacy initiatives including the removal of excise tax from bioethanol and value-added tax from solar products.
• Monitored and kept the team informed of external policy developments in the climate change and green economy sectors.
• Provided leadership in the development of research programmes ensuring that research results are documented and disseminated.

Nairobi

• Programme management and implementation of projects in climate change, renewable energy and science, technology & innovation.
• Coordination of project and research activities amongst partners including: organising and facilitating project partner meetings, surveying capacity building needs amongst project partners and developing appropriate.
• Facilitated linkage, networking and communication amongst project partners and maintained effective working relationships with donors.
• Contributed to policy development through coordination of policy working groups, engaged consultants in drafting and editing of policy documents, identification of stakeholders and development of communication and.
• Contributed in development of knowledge products including: book chapters, policy briefs, working briefs and newsletters.
• Resource mobilization including proposal development, budget development and management.

Nairobi, Kenya

• Supported the development of capacity building programmes on science, technology and innovation.
• Developed marketing tools, consolidated training curriculum, manuals and reports.
• Supported coordination and implementation of research projects.

Nairobi

• Provided laboratory support to research scientists and PhD candidates focusing on soil fertility, crops production, and environmental studies. Responsibilities included conducting data analysis and compiling reports.

Kenya

Oxford Strategic Innovation Programme

Master’S Degree, International Development

Bsc, Biochemistry And Chemisty

Public Policy Innovations

Social Entrepreneurship

Programme Management