Sinmi Olayebi Email & Phone Number

Lagos, La, Ng

- Solving complex problems and developing end-to-end strategies to support the ambitions of organisations in the FMCG, Asset Management, Public Health, Non-Profit space, among other sectors and sub-sectors- Supported the implementation of a due diligence exercise for a beverage manufacturing multinational - Conducted full-scale review of organisational structure, practices and processes to develop a five-year growth strategy - Supported Firm Business Development efforts through the development of proposals, letters of engagement and other collateral to communicate our suitability to solve dynamic and complex problems for a host of clients across industries - Developed a country strategy to support a Private Foundation in deploying the right initiatives to address current and future youth unemployment- Supported the design and implementation of office culture initiatives; moderating panel discussions with industry leaders, among other activities. - Managed multiple competing deliverables as well as support team functions ranging from researchers to designers.

Having explored the social sector space across a number of problem areas (Youth Development, Education, Public Health worker support, Financial Inclusion, etc.) , working at Dev-Afrique was an opportunity to gain a more technical view into problem solving through geospatial analytics. My short-term role was centered on:- driving cross-industry stakeholder engagement through events and other channels - developing a full-scale strategy for ensuring the sustainability of stakeholder cells - establishing a profile of relevant stakeholders for the organisation to maintain in its Rolodex- managing a team of people to deploy and implement in-country meetings of public and private sector stakeholders involved in geospatial analysis for social impact - supporting international development organisations (particularly health teams) in developing and deploying engagement plans

Nigeria

- Proposal development for Mastercard Foundation initiatives: COVID-19 Resilience and Recovery Program, and Young Africa Works Program — resulting in the creation of Project SafeUp and Kafawa respectively- Donor management and reporting: metrics tracking and results monitoring for effective monthly and quarterly program reporting- Budgeting and quarterly/annual financial monitoring, including internal system design for spend tracking- Monitoring/tracking system development and design, as well as intervention planning- Stakeholder relationship management strategy and implementation — from beneficiaries to implementing partners to vendors to donor representatives, amongst others - Multi-channel communications strategy design and implementation, with a focus on thought leadership strategy design for behavioural and mindset shaping- Design of research and evaluation approaches for program and donor learnings repository- Team recruiting, management and training for effective support services across the various program areas

Lagos, Nigeria

A platform and media publication for youth-focused delivery of news content centred on African social, economic, and political development.

Lagos, Nigeria

- Project management and program strategy design for Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation Financial Inclusion initiative, including stakeholder sourcing, engagement, strategy implementation and program monitoring- Multi-stakeholder multi-channel communications strategy for MTN Nigeria Stock Exchange Listing- Establishment and implementation of Africa Practice led regulatory roundtable- Ongoing thought leadership strategy implementation for MTN Nigeria and MTN MoMo pre-launch- Internal ongoing business development support, in the form of proposal development, project planning and client relationship management

Lagos, Nigeria

- Multi-channel communications strategy and implementation for Eaton Energy anti-counterfeiting initiative for Nigeria, Kenya and South Africa- Market entry industry research and reporting (including competitor, regulator and policy landscape review and advisory) for EPS Energy and BIGEN Africa- Broader business communications and strategy support for the Africa Initiative for Governance, Presidential Enabling Business Committee (PEBEC), Ministry of Finance, Renaissance Capital, Kraft Heinz, Oando, Oriental Energy, amongst others

Lagos, Lagos State, Nigeria

Madrid Area, Spain

Madrid Area, Spain

Master'S Degree, Digital Communication And Media/Multimedia

Deepening business communications knowledge to incorporate an understanding of how the digital can be leveraged to convey messages.

Bachelor'S Degree, Business/Corporate Communications

Establishing a foundational understanding of holistic and effective business and brand communications.