B.SC, MA Policy Economics Reseacher / PolicyAnalyst.

Economic development professional and policy analyst with with keen interest in big data for program and policy design,implementation and evaluation.

Education

06/2019 – 06/2020

USA

Master of Arts

Williams College,Center for Development

Economics (Fulbright Scholar).

Major: Policy Economics. GPA: 3.63 / 4

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06/2018 - 07/2018

Ghana

Executive Course Certification

University of Accra Ghana (OSIWA Scholar) .

Major: Human Rights and Drug Policy (A+)

10/2007 - 10/2010

Cameroon

Bachelor of Science

University of Buea, Cameroon

(Presidential scholar).

Major: Economics. GPA: 3.26/4

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Work Experience

Key achievements:

• Periodically participated in TV reports, produced policy write ups, long-term research papers on pertinent issues with policy implications in Cameroon and beyond .

• Informed policy decisions at top levels, within the UN system and amongst key development stake holders through several youth led and evidence-based research projects that informed policy design at top levels.

• Under my leadership, Local Youth Corner’s work was recognized in a UNDP global report amongst global best practices in Rehabilitation and Reintegration and development .

• Drafted the youth action plan with a team of 4 other colleagues as a National declaration on youth action and participation to peace and Development, endorsed by 3 Ministerial bodies.

• Ensured an annual Ministerial Allocation of a working budget for rehabilitation of young violent offenders.

Expertise

• Data cleaning,and sourcing

• Research and data Analysis

• Program development, and

Implementation

• International program evaluation

• Designing micro simulations and

social safety net programs.

• Designing growth Diagnostics at

micro and macro levels.

• Languages

• English [Native]

• French [Proficient)

• Pidgin [Proficient]

IT Tools

• STATA

• Microsoft Office (Excel, Word,

PowerPoint)

• You tube Video creation and Editing

• Google services

2017 - 2019:Program and Research Officer

Local Youth Corner(LOYOC) –Yaoundé,Cameroon.

• Searched and Identified best available local and international datasets.

• Proposed and led the creation of an autonomous department for research, program design and implementation.

• Designed and implemented over 20 projects,8 residential training programs, 3 research publications and 4 national/cross boarder programs, managing budgets of up to $200,000.

• Established an evaluation department for local and international project evaluation.

• Raised funds and scaled up the annual working budget by over 60% of the former .

• Built and designed programs which are run in all 10 regions of Cameroon.

• Led the creation of a regional bureau in the Far North Region of Cameroon.

• Coordinated online analysis using Google Analytics. Melissa Juisi Simo

(2018-2019)

Grants /Finance Committee Chair for West/Central Africa

(United Network of Young Peace Builders)(UNOY)

As the Chair at the grants and finance committee,I over saw the project proposals and finance drafting of all programs held in member countries within the West and Central Africa African Region . I conceived and implemented research and development programs, charted research priorities and ensured implementation of a standard M&E framework. Achievements

• Prepared Annual Budgets and yearly Action Plans for member organizations .

• Approved and supervised research.

• Designed the localization strategy for UNSCR 2250 amongst member Countries.

• Chaired coordination meetings and communicated outcomes to senior management.

• Monitored and evaluated project impact on communities.

• Organized site meetings and communicated outcomes to senior management and other project stakeholders,sponsors and investors.

• Initiated, supervised and mobilized community labor for project execution.

• Assisted the project manager and knowledge management officer in drafting and issuance of project proposals, request for proposals (RFPs), project organization and communication.

2016 (August-October)

Monetary Policy / Management Intern

Bank of Central African States, (BEAC)- Yaoundé, Cameroon

• Intern in charge of Bank refinancing and monetary transactions.

• Ensured that. applications for refinancing and OMOs (open Market Operations) were received on time and transactions done within the acceptable time window.

• Joined budget team to design budget for the next budgetary year. 2016 (June/July)

Volunteer teacher

Njaka ( A google-sponsored program)

• Taught preteens and teens from over 10 primary/secondary schools how to code using the Scratch programming language during the summer holidays 2016. Achievements

• 12 projects were coded including games, blogs and animated stories.

• The U.S department of State Fulbright

Junior Staff Development Scholarship

(2019 ).

• “Staff of the Year 2018” at Local Youth

Corner Cameroon in

recognition of my “Leadership,

attention to detail,deligence and

positive approach to challenges.”

Conferences

• Charting Research Priorities on Violent

Extremism for Sahel and North Africa

,RESOLVE Network, Dakar Senegal

(2018)

• Africa reintegration lessons

symposium, UNDP/ ELMAN Peace

Kigali, Rwanda (2018)

• Graduate students’ conference.

Presented on the topic: Evidence and

Data, the hidden treasures of Policy

formulation, University of Nebraska,USA

(2019)

• Dr Quamrul Ashraf

Professor of Economics,

Williams college.

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Research

• (2019) Editor – “Challenges of

cultural Diversity in Cameroon.”,

UNESCO/LOYOC

• (2019) Researcher- “Hate Speech, A

catalyst for Violence.", Nexus

Fund/LOYOC

• (2017) Research Assistant – “A youth

Positive Practice Memoire on

Rehabilitation,Reintegration and

Development in Cameroon.”

• (2017) Researcher –“Socio-economic

impact of social media on youth

performance in South West Region

of Cameroon.”

Awards

References

• Prof Michael J. Samson

Professor of Economics,

Williams College/CEO EPRI

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(2016-2017)

Community Manager

Noela Lyonga Foundation- Buea, Cameroon.

Achievements

• Founding member and pioneer vice president of volunteerism club at the University of Buea.

• Ensured all members of the volunteerism club had placements at different institutions for volunteering experience.

• Led the creation of volunteerism clubs in 22 communities in the South West Region and empowered over 1000 youth in these clubs to be agents of development.

• Organized over 10 community programs including 3 Entrepreneurship jamborees.

• Organized dance sensitization campaigns and fundraiser campaigns to fund youth ideas.

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