CURRICULUM VITAE

Position Applied for: Deputy Chief of Party - Abuja

1. Family Name: AKOGUN

2. First Names: Emmanuel Oladipo

3. Nationality: Nigerian

4. State of Origin: Kwara State

5. Education:

Institution (Date from – Date to):

Degree(s) or Diploma(s) obtained:

Ahmadu Bello University, Zaria, Nigeria (04/2008 – 07/2013)

PhD. Degree (Agricultural Economics)

University of Ibadan, Nigeria (10/1996 – 07/1998)

M.Sc. Degree (Agricultural Economics)

Ahmadu Bello University, Zaria, Nigeria (10/1987 – 07/1991)

Bachelor’s Degree (Agricultural Economics)

Training: Project Management Certification; PMP, PRINCE2, Certificate Course in Project Development and Management, University of Nigeria, Nsukka, Nigeria. July 1995; Certificate Course in Project Monitoring and Evaluation, University of East Anglia, Norwich, England. February 1999; Diploma in Computer Applications and Data Management, MAJOR Computer School, Kaduna, Nigeria. July 2002, Certificate in Environmental Assessment and Environmentally Sound Design, USAID/Nigeria. September 2005; Certificate in USAID Environmental Procedures and Mainstreaming Environmental Considerations in Development Programs, USAID/Africa, Ghana. September 2006; Certificate in Development Program Evaluation, USAID/Nigeria. February 2009; Certificate in Project Performance Management, USAID/Nigeria MEMS. March 2010; Certificate in Capacity Building and Strategic Management, Federal Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development, Abuja. May 2012; Certificate in Innovative Skills-Building on Managing Project Implementation Risks in Transition States, African Development Bank (AfDB), Lagos, Nigeria. April 2017; Project Management, Institutional Capacity and Fiduciary Training, African Development Bank (AfDB), Abuja, Nigeria. July 2018; Certificate of competence in Stata Software for Data and Policy Analysis, USAID/IFPRI-Nigeria Agricultural Policy Project. November 2018, Certificate Course in Geo-Enabling Initiative for Monitoring and Supervision, November 2022 organized by the Word Bank in 2022 and Certificate Course in Project Field monitoring using Kobo Toolbox and ODK Collect tool, November 2022.

6. Language skills: Indicate competence on a scale of A1 to C2

Language

Reading

Speaking

Writing

English

C2

C2

C2

Yoruba

C2

C2

C2

Hausa

C1

C1

C1

7. Membership of professional bodies: Member, Society for Monitoring and Evaluation, Nigeria (SMEAN); Member, National Association of Agricultural Economists (NAAE); Member, Farm Management Association of Nigeria (FAMAN); Member, African Association of Remote Sensing of the Environment (AARSE); Member, Nigerian Association of Evaluators (NAE); Fellow Institute of Management Consultants Nigeria (FIMC Nigeria)

8. Other skills: Expertise on MS Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Databases, SPSS etc.; Data tracking and Web-based data management knowledge and skills

9. Present position: Lead Consultant on Strategic Policy Support/ Director, Project Developmen & Management, Coordination, Monitoring and Evaluation

10. Years within the firm: N/A

11. Key qualifications:

With a PhD, MSc, and Bachelor's Degrees in Agricultural Economics, as well as over 28 years of professional experience in the agro-food sector, particularly in poverty eradication and hunger through sustainable, community-based development value chain for agricultural production and food processing in Africa including Nigeria. Excellent knowledge in conducting research and assessment for maximising Nigeria's opportunities for Agricultural Exports, trade and investment in international market, import and export market demand and its value chains system in Nigeria. support to government to conduct value chain analysis and mapping, agricultural policies, jobs and employment programs in the region, expertise in qualitative research methods, including primary data collection and analysis through interviews and focus groups for agricultural development project., ability to develop and roll out M&E frameworks and tools, rolling out capacity building plan and program in Agriculture value chain sector for the agricultural development Projects and the Ministries, Departments and Agencies (MDAs) funded by the USAID, World Bank, African Development Bank (AfDB), European Union Delegation (EUD), International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD), Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO), European Investment Bank (EIB), French Agency for Development (AFD) and other international development partners. Excellent leadership, partnership, networking, collaboration, team building, capacity building, management, monitoring and evaluation knowledge and skills, including report writing and communication skills in English,Yoruba and Hausa languages.

12. Specific experience in the region:

Country

Dates

Country

Dates

Nigeria

1993 – Present

Ghana

2008

Sierra Leone

2020 – 2021

The Gambia

2004 – 2005

Cote D’ivoire

2021

Turkey, Morocco,

2022

Kenya

2009

Tunisia, Ethiopia

2010

13. Professional experience:

Dates

Location

Company & reference

Position

Description

12/2021 - Present

Nigeria

World Bank Group/ European Investment Bank/French Agency for Development funded Nigeria Digital Identification for Development (ID4D) Project

Mr. Dave Adeosun,

Phone No:081********

Email: ad308s@r.postjobfree.com

Director, Planning, Monitoring, Evaluation and Coordination

Director, Planning, Monitoring, Evaluation and Coordination (PMEC)/Specialist for the Project Implementation Unit (PIU) manages the development and implementation of the project M&E system (including impact evaluation) of the ID4D Project in accordance with the regulations, policies, and guidelines of the Federal Government of Nigeria (beneficiary) and the World Bank/European Investment Bank/French Development Agency policies (funders). The appointment of the specialist will assist a smooth start-up and increase the speed of the project implementation. The PMEC Director/specialist oversees development and implementation of the project M&E plan, including supervising and coordinating the work of ecosystem partners as it relates to M&E. The M&E Director/Specialist is accountable to and report to the PIU Project Coordinator and cooperate with other PIU team members, implementing agencies and relevant stakeholders.

The main scope of work for the PMEC Director/Specialist shall be to manage the design and implementation of the project M&E plan, including impact evaluation aspects. Specifically:

Initial and continuous development of the project M&E plan:

1.Periodically review the M&E framework and write reports or briefings to propose revisions to ensure coherence and consistency with the Nigeria ID4D project development objectives and implementation methods as they evolve.

2.Oversee technical innovations in project M&E tools, (software and hardware), including proposal, obtaining clearance, and managing procurement.

3.Design process and outcome evaluations that include key questions, data collection, data quality assurance, data analysis and reporting plans.

4.Take the role of the primary business owner with responsibility for data entry and maintenance of the project M&E frameworks.

Capacity building for and coordination of M&E activities of ecosystem partners:

1.Identify needs to involvement of ecosystem partners to enable the realization of the M&E plan and develop, in collaboration with relevant Communications colleagues, systems to ensure that partners are aware of their role in the M&E system and able to execute their responsibilities.

2.Convene partners and stakeholders' meetings and facilitate development of individual M&E plans, ensuring that capacity is in place at the enrolment partner level to contribute adequately to the project M&E plan.

3.Develop new or revise existing M&E tools to guide partners and enrolment agents in measuring and evaluating enrolment activities to inform primary ecosystem partners and scale up.

4.Facilitate the rollout of ecosystem performance measurement efforts to ensure quality assurance and systematic documentation measurement and reporting of results across ID4D Ecosystem.

5.Provide field-based technical assistance to Ecosystem partners, enrolment agents and stakeholders, as requested.

6.Work with M&E staff of ecosystem and enrolment partners to adaptively manage activities and ensure identification of implementation challenges, capacity-building needs, and other emerging risks and issues.

7.Advise and provide technical support to each partner's M&E activities.

8.Provide technical assistance to partners and other stakeholders in design of qualitative methodologies and tools to measure and evaluate enrolment progress and outcomes, as required.

Monitoring and reporting:

1.Manage the ongoing data collection and entry to the project’s M&E framework.

Assure that reports on all official project indicators as defined in the Project Appraisal Document (PAD) are prepared regularly and available as needed (e.g. ahead of World Bank supervision missions);

Assure that reports on all additional indicators specified in the M&E system are available to decision makers in time to inform key implementation decisions.

Manage real-time result reporting, prepare standardised reports and presentations.

Contribute M&E-related and results content to the preparation of interim and annual reports and other project reporting documents and ensure the timely submission of all reports as specified by team lead/PIU coordinator.

Coordinate data reviews, audits, and annual reporting processes.

2.Collaborate with the procurement specialist of the PIU to prepare and conduct procurement of various M&E contracts, act as business lead for M&E contracts and supervise the performance and deliverables of any M&E consultants or vendors hired under the project.

3.Establish and maintain a real-time reporting mechanism to share results with Ecosystem partners and other stakeholders.

4.Support the work of and coordinate activities with other NIMC and PIU business units as needed, including:

Contribute to development of technical documents as requested.

Work with Communications Manager to incorporate knowledge management and learning strategies into enrolment activities to establish knowledge sharing and learning around results.

Assist Communications Manager to develop knowledge management and M&E platforms at the project implementation/management level, establishing enrolment knowledge community and facilitating exchange around dissemination.

Undertake any other relevant duties that may be assigned by project coordinator.

5.Perform regular monitoring of the progress of partners and enrolment agents in achieving project goals and PDOs and recommend to PIU team lead adaptive management efforts to ensure continuous project quality.

Process evaluation:

1.Implement periodic process and outcome evaluations that include key questions, data collection, data quality assurance, data analysis and reporting plans, as specified in the M&E system.

2.In collaboration with business units responsible for licensing and certification of enrolment partners, evaluate performance of partners and maintain a dashboard on partner performance that is accessible to decision makers.

3.Design and implement assessment of promising partners and enrolment agents to inform the potential for scale-up and replication.

Impact evaluation:

1.Coordinate the implementation of the Impact Evaluation of the project.

2.Coordinating the definition and design of the baseline, mid-term, and end-of-project impact evaluation surveys together with partners and stakeholders.

3.Support the Impact Evaluation data collection and coordinate across various exercises being carried out in the project (qualitative and process-monitoring surveys, geo-spatial tracking, etc.).

4.Working with the procurement specialist, develop TORs for Impact Evaluation vendors or consultants and supervising their performance and deliverables, acting as the business lead for the Impact Evaluation work.

5.Feeding impact evaluation survey results into the M&E framework and using the results of the M&E framework to inform Impact Evaluation surveys, support the dissemination of the Impact Evaluation findings to the key stakeholders through reports, dashboards, etc.

April – July 202

Abuja

NIGERIA

European Union/SAFEGE BELGIUM International Consulting

Deputy Team Leader/Agricultural Value Chain Expert/Research Consultant

Deputy Team Leader- Agricultural Value Chain Expert/Research Consultant for Value Chain Assessment: EU Support to Agriculture Value Chain Facility (EU VACE) NG - SIEA-2018-17390 in the Multiannual Indicative Programme for Nigeria, 2021-2027. The EU intends to promote and support climate-smart agricultural production and nature-based solutions, value added creation in selected value chains (including crops, livestock, and aquaculture) and logistic hubs infrastructure, tackle Skills gaps and access to finance in order to reduce crop losses, mitigate crop and animal diseases, address food insecurity, increase exports and create jobs and employment, especially the youth and women. Field interventions will concentrate on value chain “missing middle”, the approach proven (e.g. West Africa Competitiveness Programme) to create positive spillover effects along value chains through smallholder farmers, aggregators, processors, manufacturers, wholesalers, transporters and retailers. The selection of value chains will stem from the Government priorities and will be based on clear impact criteria. Special attention will be paid to Nigeria’s “food production belt” (North-Western: Kano, Kaduna; Kebbi, Plateau), and its links with “the consumption belt” (South-West: Lagos, Ogun; South-Southern: Edo, Delta; South-Eastern: Enugu).

The global and specific objectives of the mission shall clarify that all EU funded actions must promote the cross-cutting objectives of the EC: environment and climate change, rights-based approach, persons with disability, indigenous people, and gender equality. To guide and focus implementation of the EU projects, the Research Consultant will:

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Describe how the action will contribute to all cross-cutting issues mentioned above and notably to the gender equality and the empowerment of women. This will include the communication action messages, materials and management structures.

Take the lead in developing and finalizing the research tools in discussion with the EU and GIZ.

Demonstrate and provide oversight on the data collection methodology to the project team including initial training and coaching in the field through scoping visits to the project locations.

Collect data in support of pre-identified agricultural value chains analysis.

Aggregate the collected data and produce a draft report reflecting findings during the research.

Reflect comments of the EUD and key stakeholders to finalize the reports to the satisfaction of the EUD.

Report findings of the study and make presentations to the EUD and other stakeholders.

Carryout the following key tasks:

Identify and propose priority value chains justified by the selected criteria.

Carryout a comparative analysis of the identified value-chains.

Data analysis and report writing

11/2021 – 12/2021

Abuja, Nigeria

USAID/Nigeria Agricultural Extension and Advisory Services Project

Prof. Ben Ahmed

+234-803-***-****

ad308s@r.postjobfree.com

Lead Consultant (Monitoring, Evaluation and Learning)

The Lead consultant, Monitoring, Evaluation and Learning (MEL) ensured quality tracking of field data and reporting on the performance of the Extension Activity to USAID monitoring, evaluation and leaning (MEL) platforms including Monitor and Development Information System (DIS) and Winrock’s MEL database called DevResult.

SPECIFIC DUTIES:

Write summary of findings from recently completed annual survey to include in the Quarterly report. S/he will work with the outgoing MEL Manager, junior MEL staff, and the Activity team to complete the report for submission to USAID.

Work with the technical team to monitor interventions, ensure data quality, and support delivery of far-reaching results and impact in line with program expectations and indicator targets.

In line with the Extension Activity’s MEL Plan, USAID M&E requirements, and Winrock MEL reporting requirements, collect and analyze information/data on inputs, outputs, and outcomes of the Activity, and report results to USAID in a timely manner.

Provide general oversight of the M&E activity and report outputs and outcomes of the Extension Activity on the USAID monitoring, evaluation and leaning (MEL) platforms (Monitor and Development Information System, DIS) and Winrock MEL platform called DevResult. Reporting on USAID monitor is quarterly. Reporting on USAID DIS platform is annually. Reporting on Winrock MEL platform is on regular basis and adheres to quality standard

Work with the technical team to ensure that MoUs comply with the Activity MEL Plan and respond to the one or more performance indicators of the Activity.

10/2021 –11/2021

Cote D’ivoire

African Development Bank Group (AfDB),

Mr. Dave Adeosun, Phone No:081********

Email: ad308s@r.postjobfree.com

International Lead Consultant

African Development Bank/The Fund for African Private Sector Assistance Entrepreneurship Innovation Lab Project (The Lab):

Led the Mid-Term evaluation of the Innovation & Entrepreneurship Lab project against its project development objectives (PDO). The evaluation description/tasks:a) Assess the relevance, coherence, efficiency, effectiveness, impact and sustainability of the Lab design, its components and scope of interventions vis-a-vis it’s contribution and alignment to the Jobs and employment for Youth in Africa strategy; b) Assess the cost-efficiency of interventions, including the adequacy of human resource to support the Lab and the efficiency of implementing roles of senior management; c) Assess the implementation progress of the Lab in terms of effectiveness, efficiency and timeliness of producing the expected outputs and outcomes drawing from among others the observations of implementing partners, oversight committee (donors), senior management -Vice-Presidency for Agriculture, Human and Social Development (AHVP), Human Capital and Skills Development Department (AHHD), Jobs for Youth in Africa (JfYA) staff and staff from different Bank units involved in implementation, and stakeholders in the Regional Member Countries; d) Assess the quality and timeliness of inputs, the reporting and monitoring system and extent to which these have been effective; e) Assess the import and export market demand; specifically the achievements of all Lab interventions; f) Assess the relevance of the Lab’s management arrangements and the operating environment; identify strengths, weaknesses, opportunities and threats, bottlenecks and lessons learnt; g) Analyze any constraints, risks encountered and underlying factors beyond the Bank’s control including COVID-19 impact that affect the achievement of the Lab’s results. Identify the actions needed to overcome the challenges during the second half of implementation; h) Provide recommendations aimed at improving the operations and performance for the Lab.

11/2020 – 09/2021

Sierra Leone

European Union Commission/B&S Europe

Mr. Dave Adeosun, Phone No:081********

Email: ad308s@r.postjobfree.com

Team Leader/

Agricultural Value Chain

European Union Delegation to Sierra Leone/Business and Solution Strategies (B&S) in Europe:

Led an international team of M&E Experts on an European Union/Sierra Leone M&E Mission – Sierra Leone State Building Contract Phase III in Freetown, Sierra Leone (West Africa) to support European Union (EU) project implementation, develop and roll out M&E framework, M&E tools including institutional capacity assessments related to argi-business development, agricultural trade policy analysis and rolling out capacity building plan and program in Agriculture Sector including food security, livelihood and food processing industry for the agricultural and rural community development Projects and the Ministries, Departments and Agencies (MDAs) funded by the European Union Delegation and other development partners. The tasks carried out on this consultancy included:

Developed a comprehensive monitoring and evaluation (M&E) framework and tools to be used by Ministry of Agriculture for developing their proposals of development projects and track physical and financial implementation. It is expected that the M&E framework takes into consideration the projects financed by Development Partners in Agriculture and Education.

Reviewed existing documentation (mandate of National Monitoring and Evaluation Directorate (NaMED) in Sierra Leone, Medium Term National Development Plan (MTNDP) 2019-2023, draft NaMED M&E Policy, NaMED M&E Framework, documents of the Ministry of Agriculture relating to project (both donor and government) preparation and implementation with the objective of clearly identifying what should be the approach and objectives of M&E Framework and tools in both ministries.

Assessed ministry’s organizational, technical, and human resource capacity to provide support for project preparation and coordination during the project call cycle. Agricultural export policy analysis and formulation, identifying new business, trade and investment opportunities and make recommendations for modifications necessary for enabling the implementation of the new M&E Framework and tools.

Ensured The Ministry’s M&E Framework and tools considered and realigned it the NaMED National M&E Management Information Systems (MIS); drew on existing data available and ensure information use for management decision.

Ensured the M&E Framework and tools were adequately linked to the ministry’s operation context, learning and projects’ needs, as well as government and donor requirements.

Operationalized the utilization of the M&E Framework and tools, suggested ways to increase knowledge management, learning and communication and exchange good practices with MDAs and development partners that are in and out of Sierra Leone.

In the context of the dialogue with the EU for an eventual future support to the two concerned sectors, and then developed capacity building in M&E, proposed a medium-term strategic framework with key objectives, results and performance indicators aligned to the Government Public Finance Management (PFM) medium-term and NaMED strategies, and the legal and regulatory framework.

The mission had at least a briefing meeting at the beginning of the mission and a debriefing meeting at the end of the mission with the European Union Delegation and Ministry of Agriculture (Government of Sierra Leone).

Carried out the following:

Assessment of international trade and investment of agricultural products and its import-export industry

Impact assessments of agricultural export restrictions on prices

Carried out value chain analysis and mapping,

Studies on Agriculture and Agricultural Value Chains

Import and export market demand of agricultural products in EU member states

Value chain integration of export-oriented and domestic

Mapping and support to building capacity to agro-food main actors, commercial institutions and private sector

Research on the foreign value added in the gross exports of agricultural commodities.

Export and Import Value Chain Analysis and mapping for Agri-market development.

Agricultural trade and investment opportunities by engaging private sector, support SME for youth and women.

Production and Trade in agricultural products, concentrating on exports and imports between the European Union (EU) and extra-EU countries.

Argi-product international market and Trade data analysis on Import and Export from Agricultural Sector

Agriculture Export Policy analysis and formulation

02/2020– 11/2020

Nigeria

African Development Bank

Mr. Dave Adeosun,

081********

ad308s@r.postjobfree.com

Head, Monitoring and Evaluation

African Development Bank Assisted Institutional Support for Economic Management and Delivery Project (ISEMDP):

As the Head, Monitoring and Evaluation/National M & E Specialist, reports to the National Project Coordinator/Head, Project Management Unit (PMU) for African Development Bank assisted Institutional Support for Economic Management and Delivery Project (ISEMDP) and acted and deputized for the National Project Coordinator.

As the Head, Monitoring and Evaluation/National M&E Coordinator/,

Oversee the technical team and coordinate for smooth project implementation and manage project implementation for results across project components and sub-components as encapsulated in the Project Appraisal Report (PAR) of the Project, with special focus on project results-based logical Framework.

Responsible for the overall monitoring, evaluation and learning strategies of the project and efficient implementation of the project’s M&E System across the four implementation components of the project.

Provide timely and relevant information to the African Development Bank (AfDB), Federal Government of Nigeria and the project implementation/executing agencies of the Federal Government; namely Federal Ministry of Finance, Budget and National Planning; particularly the Macroeconomic Analysis, Monitoring and Evaluation Departments, Federal Budget Office (BoF), Bureau of Public Procurement (BPP) and larger Stakeholders in Nigeria.

08/2019 – 01/2020

Nigeria

World Bank

Prof. Ben Ahmed

+234-803-***-****

ad308s@r.postjobfree.com

Federal Deputy Director (Agriculture)/Head, Monitoring and Evaluation

World Bank funded Agro-Processing, Productivity Enhancement and Livelihood Improvement Support (APPEALS) Project:

As Deputy Director/Head, Monitoring and Evaluation, carried out related studies in agricultural value chains,developed guidelines for import and export market and demand analysis, value chain analysis and mapping, value chain integration of export-oriented, agricultural trade and investment data analysis on import and export, primary and secondary Agri- market and employment data. Coordinated of all Project M&E activities at the National Coordinating Office (NCO) in Abuja and supervision of the State Coordinating Offices (SCOs) including the Field Implementation of Monitoring and Evaluation activities in the participating States of Cross River, Lagos, Enugu, Kaduna, Kano and Kogi of Nigeria, and also contributing to setting up of a robust and coherent evidence/results-based monitoring and evaluation systems and mechanism for achieving program quality from the field to the State Coordination Offices (SCOs) up to the National Coordination Office (NCO) in Abuja for consolidation of field data and reporting, and subsequent transmission of project results, reports and lessons learnt to the World Bank, the Federal Government and States Government and indeed the larger project stakeholders. The Head of M&E also provides oversight and guidance for the entire M&E teams at the Project Head Office (National Coordinating Office) and at the field States Offices (States Coordinating Offices) on all aspects of monitoring and evaluation APPEALS project; including planning and coordination, reviewed Nigeria Agricultural food products growth trade performance monitoring, project assessments and evaluations; namely: baseline survey, impact evaluation, beneficiary assessments, mid-term and end-line evaluations. Special attention is given to Agricultural Trade data collection, data cleaning, data analysis, data validation and reporting activities of the project. The Head, M&E also leads and assists the project team in establishing a strong monitoring and evaluation system, and also work with the M&E team to ensure high quality implementation of the M&E system. In addition, he works very closely with project staff to ensure the incorporation of M&E best practices in the implementation of the project. The project focused on Tomato, rice, wheat (in Kano State), Dairy, Maize, Ginger (in Kaduna State), Dairy, Aquaculture, Poultry (in Lagos State), Cashew, Cassava, Poultry (in Kogi State), Rice, Cassava, Poultry (in Enugu State), Cocoa, Aquaculture, Poultry (in Cross River State) commodity value chains in Nigeria including Agribusiness, Agriculture Policy analysis and policy formulation, Value chains development, Smallholder farming, Agriculture production, Agriculture trading, Agriculture products marketing, Agricultural commodity development.

Conducted research studies for maximizing Nigeria's opportunities for Agricultural Exports, Trade and investment in international market.

Identified opportunities and prospects of agricultural exports in Nigeria and Access agricultural products exports to the EU market.

01/2019 – 07/2019

Nigeria

USAID

Prof. Ben Ahmed

+234-803-***-****

ad308s@r.postjobfree.com

Head, Monitoring & Evaluation

USAID/Feed the Future/Nigeria Agribusiness Investment Project:

As Head, Monitoring and Evaluation, provided technical expertise, training and strategic leadership for all monitoring, evaluation, and learning activities, with the objective of providing project managers and stakeholders with timely and relevant data and analysis to understand and adapt project performance.

Provided leadership of the MEL Unit and overseeing all aspects of the M&E Plan’s implementation.

Supervised and trained staff on data collection efforts and ensures both the M&E system and results reporting meet the requirements of the Feed the Future initiative.

Coordinated and trained staff on M&E activities and ensured that M&E is integrated into Activity management and technical agricultural interventions including Agribusiness, Agriculture Policy analysis and policy formulation, Value chains development, Smallholder farming like SME for youth and women, Agriculture

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