Rural Finance Specialist
Islamic Development Bank
Total years of experience :24 years, 2 Months
• Coordinated project appraisal missions to Drylands Development Projects for Uganda, Somalia and Djibouti
• Liaison with IsDB Member Countries on possible effectiveness of project on pipeline for financing and disbursement arrangement
• Reviewed project procurement and bid documents for the construction of Agriculture Growth Pole Incubator for Bahrain Project
• Coordinated organization of the Global Drylands Alliance Expert Group Meeting
• Facilitated the preparation of Financing Agreement for Rice Production Project-Uganda, Drylands Project Uganda and Djibouti, and Agriculture Growth Pole Incubator Project for Bahrain
• Coordinated the timely preparation, consolidating and approval of annual work plan and budget in a participatory process with implementing agencies
• Coordinated designing and preparation of Household Asset Building Program/HABP implementation Manual and facilitated TOT programs for regional stakeholders
• Coordinated resource mobilization for implementation of the program interventions
• Coordinated supervision of Rural Finance Institutions and evaluated harmony of their portfolio (financial and operational performance) as compared to the prevailing regulatory frameworks including the financial norms and standards
• Coordinated the technical assistance delivery for rural financial institutions in the light of improving their financial stability and operational efficiency
• Coordinated implementation of the program intervention, improve access to sustainable financial services for chronically food insecure households’/CFI HHs/, through selecting and involving appropriate rural financial institutions, assisting to develop or diversify their products and services
• Coordinated field study to identify the root causes for CFI HHs’ lack of will and ability to repay overdue and devise corrective measures to improve repayments
• Designed Loan Recovery Strategy and familiarized with regional implementing agencies and assisted the implementation arrangement in place
• Developed credit guideline/procedures in the context of program principles and approaches
• Introduced the credit Guideline with Micro-Finances Institutions, rural saving and credit cooperatives and their union participating in management of revolving fund
• Developed operational manual and plan to safeguard CFI HHs from social adverse effects of rural credit service provision as a result of program intervention
Prepared company’s strategic plan and annual business plan and annual budget of the company
Conducted marketing assessment to identify potential customers for business and management consultancy
Designed human resources and staff performance management system, handled recruitment and induction of various technical and administrative staff for the company
Prepared financial and technical bid documents and expression of interest as per the customers’ requirement and TOR
Administered and monitored proper implementation of contracts and projects as per the planned schedule and incorporated customer’s feedback on implementation
Coordinated and prepared project feasibility study, impact assessment, project proposal for our customers,
Designed marketing strategy, monitoring and evaluation systems and delivered training on the implementation of the strategy for our customers
Coordinated various training events and workshops organized by the company
• Identified potential partners based on the objectives of the sector and prepared program area plan
• Identified organizational development needs of the partnership in a participatory approach.
• Conducted needs assessment for local NGOs and Government institutions in order to ensure placement for volunteers placement
• Coordinated effective selection and placement of volunteers with close communication between the partner organization, recruitment centers and the programme office and sector team
• Involved in various advocacy events for the partners to promote the VSO Secure Livelihoods and enterprise development sector objectives as well as mainstreaming cross-cutting issues such as HIV & AIDS, Gender, and Good Governance
• Revised the programme area plan using participatory approach with the relevant stakeholders
• Identified potential donors and developed funding proposals to support financial requirements for the smooth operation of the programme, managed the sector budget
• Revised the global programme area plan with colleagues from different programme offices in a workshop organized in Tanzania
• Coordinated preparation of strategic and action plan of the office, coordinate the implementation, monitoring and evaluation of different projects supported by NGOs
• Designed project-based monitoring and evaluation plans to assess the overall effectiveness and efficiency of the programmes
• Coordinated various surveys and research activities to identify needs and constrains of Cooperatives registered under the office, agricultural commodities marketing, and rural development
• Coordinated the preparation and submission of project proposals based on the findings and to various sector Ministries, donors and development partners
• Facilitated networking and linkages for more than 500 Cooperatives registered under the office, with various local and international Corporate organization to increase their share of domestic, regional, and international markets through the available opportunities
• Coordinated financial, administrative support and operational activities including human resources management and performance appraisal for the head office as well as district offices comprised of more than 350 staff members
• Coordinated procurement activities at local level, closely monitored and coordinated activities of the international procurement team with specific responsibility of leading the procurement committee
• Monitored effective implementation of programmes of the office and projects supported by partners
• Designed and developed appropriate agricultural marketing and credit operations
• Launched the management of revolving credit fund in various food insecure localities through cooperative societies
• Provided technical assistance to improve loan portfolio management of cooperatives: timely disbursement, scheduling and timely recovery of revolving credit fund
• Conducted survey to identify and analyze the market/value chain on certain potential of agricultural products of the region such as sesame, honey and incense
• Developed marketing strategies for 3 Cooperative unions that focus on agricultural commodity marketing
• Facilitated and established trade relationships with domestic and international corporate organizations in Africa and Asia
• Conducted three agricultural marketing/agribusiness research and prepared research paper based on the application of scientific models for analysis
• Prepared various project proposals based on the needs and constraints of member cooperative societies to enhance the development of agricultural marketing in the region
• Recommended cost-effective approaches and methods for gathering relevant data and information for reporting and periodic updates.
Postgraduate thesis on Agricultural Input and Output Marketing, Analysis of members' participation in Cooperatives.
Mekelle University is known on providing training on the field of Agriculture with especial emphasis of Dry lands Agriculture and farming practices.
The college diploma level curriculum was designed to train agricultural specialists on stimulant crops such as Coffee, tea and spices. The training courses includes agronomic practices, production and post harvest handling.
