Short-term Assignments

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Date From - Date To

Location (Regions)

Client(s)

Assignment Title

Oct 2022- Nov 2022

Tanzania Mainland

Tetra Tech ARD

Conducting baseline survey for Feed the Future Private Sector

Strengthening Activity (PSSA) Project


July – November 2022

Tanzania Mainland and Zanzibar


Africa Insight Advisors

Conducting a regulatory and policy analysis in identifying the binding constraints, and opportunities to accelerate the growth of the LPG market

for E- cooking in urban markets in Tanzania mainland and Zanzibar

March – December 2022

Tanzania Mainland and

Zanzibar


Political Economy Navigation and Business Advisory

April -June 2022

Tanzania Mainland and

Zanzibar

Foreign, Commonwealth and

Development Office (FCDO)

Analysis of determinants and constraints of Foreign Investments to

Tanzania


Oct. 2021 - March 2022


Iringa


Forestry Development Trust

Provision of Business development skills and mentorship programme for the FDT incubates - covering the following specific areas: Business planning and development; Business laws, ethics, and regulations; Service

marketing; Social media marketing and Customer management.

August – September 2021

Morogoro

The Aga Khan Foundation

Final Evaluation of Enhancing the Competitiveness of Smallholder Rice

Farmers (ECSR) Project

July – September 2021

Iringa

Kilimo Trust

End Line Evaluation of Iringa – Mitigation, Adaptation, Productivity for

Climate Smart Agriculture (iMAP4CSA) Project


July – December 2021


Dar es Salaam, Arusha and Iringa


COLEACP and Nelson Mandela African Institute of Science and Technology

Technical support to NM-AIST and WorldVeg to select design and prepare training materials for Horticulture Practical Training Programme (HPTP) that will be taught to actors in the horticulture value chain across Tanzania. The TA involves training teachers on COLEACP methodology, mentoring and provide a train the Trainer on practical aspects of the training. It also includes tools for evaluating the entire process from

selection and design to training and testing participants


June – July 2021


Arusha


Don Bosco Network Tanzania (DBNET)

Project design, management and staff development training. Developed and delivered practical training in designing and implementing skills enhancement projects. Included problem identification and analysis, stakeholders mapping, risk identification and mitigation, theory of change,

management tools and individual projects of life

June 2021

Dar es Salaam

CBM Christoffel Society in Tanzania

Training and mentoring country office management team on effective

governance practices including results based management tools


March - December 2021


National

Aceli Africa, Kenya and Agri Enterprises in Tanzania

Conduct business growth diagnosis of agri enterprises including identifying Organisational Development (OD) needs, then provide Technical

Assistance to make businesses competitive


March 2021 - Present

Mwanza, Simiyu, Shinyanga, Katavi, Lindi and Mtwara


Nutrition International (NI)

Sex and Gender Based Analysis of Maternal, Newborn, Child and Adolescent Health and Nutrition, Vitamin A Supplementation and Universal Salt Iodization Programs in Tanzania


February 2021 - Present


National

Innovative Solutions for Decision Agriculture Ltd (iSDA)

Identification of prospects for Innovative Solutions for Decision Agriculture

Ltd’s (iSDA’s) scanner-based soil-testing turnkey solution program in Tanzania

November – December

2020

Kilimanjaro and

Morogoro

Swisscontact Kenya

Training on Personal Financial Management and Lending and Credit

Management for rice farmers, and SACCO staff and credit committee

August – December 2020

Arusha

Rikolto in East Africa

Building an understanding of the FAO AgrInvest concept and its application in the city region food system environment for Arusha

August – November 2020

Arusha and Mbeya

Rikolto in East Africa

Contextual analysis of urban food environments targeting the cities of

Arusha and Mbeya in Tanzania

March – June 2020

Iringa and Njombe

Forestry Development Trust (FDT)

Capacity Building and mentoring for graduate business startups to develop

competitive forestry business

December 2019 – June 2020

Morogoro, Iringa, Mbeya, Pemba and Unguja

(Zanzibar)

USAID Feed the Future Tanzania’s

ENGINE Programme

Design and develop training materials for business advisors on Credit Readiness for small clients - linking trained advisors with banks and

financial institutions

December 2019 -

November 2020

Dodoma, Singida, Iringa,

Mbeya, Ruvuma and Lindi

International Food Policy Research

Institute (IFPRI)

Survey to evaluate the Post-harvest Losses (PHL) of the maize value chain

in Tanzania


June – August 2019


Dodoma and Mwanza


Dalberg Implement (D-Implement)

End-line evaluation and impact assessment of the Support for Sector-Wide Improvement in Tanzania’s Agriculture Sector Management Capacity and Capability Grant (2016–2019) funded by the Bill and Melinda Gates

Foundation

December 2018 –

February 2019

Mbarali Cluster (Mbeya

and Songwe)

The Southern Agricultural Growth

Corridor of Tanzania (SAGCOT)

Identification of Small and Medium Agricultural Enterprises (SMAEs) and

prepare Engagement Strategy Development for Mbarali Cluster

May - August 2018

Dodoma and Kigoma

The Royal Danish Embassy (DANIDA)

Study on achievements of the Local Investment Climate (LIC) Project

(2014-2018)


November – December 2016

Kilimanjaro (One of the most coffee growing region of Tanzania)


Tanzania Coffee Research Institution (TaCRI)

Preparing the Tanzania Coffee Research Institute (TACRI) Strategic Action Plan Three (SAP III) and Business Plan supported by the European Development Fund (EDF), guiding the research centre towards becoming a

self-sustaining institution

December 2017 –

January 2018

Dar es Salaam and Morogoro

Mennonite Economic Development Associates (MEDA)

Business Development and Legal Advisory for Alliances, Groups and Networks of Small and Medium Businesses

November – December

2016

National (Tanzania

Mainland)

UN Women

Gender Impact Assessment Study of Empowerment Funds

June – August 2016

National (Main staple

food growing regions)

USAID Feed the Future Tanzania

Staple Food Market Assessment


May - September 2016

National (Selected High Agricultural Potential Regions)

Ministry of Agriculture, Food Security and Cooperatives & the USAID Feed

the Future Tanzania’s SERA Policy

Project


Feasibility Study for establishment of an Agricultural Market Intelligence Unit in the Ministry of Agriculture, Food Security and Cooperatives


October – November 2014

National (Tea Growing Areas of Tanzania: North, South, and North

Eastern)


Tea Research Institute (TRI)


Development of Five Years Strategic Action Plan and Propose Restructuring Plan for Tea Research Institute


July 2014 – October 2018


Mtwara, Lindi, Dar es Salaam, Pwani, Morogoro and Dodoma


Youth Business International (YBI UK) & International Youth Foundation (IYF USA)

Designed youth entrepreneurship programme for underserved, using three strategies training in life skills and entrepreneurship, mentoring and linking with financing agencies. Trained local government officials in mentoring young entrepreneurs. Trained private business persons to mentor young

entrepreneurs

May - July 2014

Dar es Salaam

UNDP & the Presidential Delivery

Bureau on Agriculture

Desktop Review of Agricultural Sector Reports for Presidential Delivery

Bureau of Agricultural Division


November 2013 - January 2014


Kagera, Kigoma, Mara, Mwanza and Shinyanga

Research in Poverty District Agricultural Sector Investment Project (DASIP) of the Ministry of Agriculture

and Food Security


A study on Outcomes Emanating from District Agricultural Sector Investment Project (DASIP)


August – September 2013


National

United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA)

Assessment of Potential Implementing Agencies for the Implementation of Population and Development related Initiatives (Institutional Capacity

Assessment)

May – August 2013

Lindi and Mtwara

The Royal Finish Embassy (FINIDA)

Mid-term Evaluation of Lindi and Mtwara Agribusiness Support (LIMAS)

February 2013 - May 2013


Dar es Salaam

Tanzania Growth Trust (TGT) formerly Tanzania Gatsby Trust (TGT)

Transaction Advisor Services to Kinondoni Municipality and Vibindo Society in establishing Private-Public Partnership as part of the DANIDA funded

Informal Economy Sector Programme

February 2013

Morogoro

Land O'Lakes International

Development

Assessment of Agriculture and Gender


December 2012 –

January 2013


Dar es Salaam


Kamal Seed and Research Limited & Agricultural Seed Agency

Feasibility Study for Establishment of the Partnership between the Agricultural Seed Agency and the Kamal Seeds and Research Limited for the Production, Processing, Marketing Pulses Seeds and Research on

Developing Crop Varieties


March - May 2012

Coastal Zone (Dar es Salaam and Lindi), Northern Zone (Kilimanjaro and Manyara), Western Zone (Kigoma and Kagera), Central Zone (Dodoma and Morogoro), and Southern Zone (Mbeya

and Iringa)


Ministry of Agriculture, Food Security and Cooperatives


Agricultural Sector Review (ASR) and Public Expenditure Review (PER) for Agricultural Sector Development Programme (ASDP)

February - March 2012

Dar es Salaam

Ministry of Agriculture, Food Security and Cooperatives

Developing a Country Proposal for Rice Sub-sector Development from the Global Agriculture and Food Security Programme of the World Bank

January – June 2012

Dar es Salaam

The Royal Danish Embassy (DANIDA)

Research Study on Danish Support to Trade Related Capacity Building in

Tanzania

2012

Dar es Salaam

Research on Poverty Alleviation

(REPOA)

Mid-term Review of REPOA’s Implementation of 2010-2014 Strategic Plan

December 2011 - January

2012

Kilimanjaro and Arusha

Community Bank Association of

Tanzania

Baseline Survey for Mwanga and Meru District’s Micro and Small

Enterprises

December 2011 –

January 2012

National (Tanzania Mainland)

PACT Tanzania

Evaluation of PACT Tanzania’s Strengthening Transparency, Accountability and Responsibility (STAR) Program. Assessed the performance of LGAs

December 2011 –

January 2012

Kilimanjaro and Arusha

Community Bank Association of

Tanzania

Baseline Survey for Mwanga and Meru District’s Micro and Small

Enterprises

November 2011 –

January 2012

Dar es Salaam and

Dodoma

The Royal Danish Embassy (DANIDA)

and Government Ministries

Stock-taking of the Progress of the Implementation of the Roadmap for

Improving the Investment Climate in Tanzania

November 2011

Pwani

Sumuni Nangeda International

Company Ltd

Feasibility study and development of a business plan for a medium scale

poultry production farm


October 2011 - April 2012

National (Coffee and Cashew Nuts Growing

Regions)

Ministry of Trade and Industries & the Japan International Cooperation

Agency (JICA)

Study on Calculation Methods of the Price Ratio of Farm Gate Prices to

Free on Board (FoB) Export Prices for Tanzania’s Cashew Nuts and Coffee

commodities

October 2011

Iringa

Stirmus Company Ltd

Feasibility study and development of a business plan for a medium scale

tea production enterprise

October 2011

Dar es Salaam

The Royal Danish Embassy (DANIDA)

Identification Mission for the Tanzania Business Sector Programme Support (BSPS) IV

September 2011

Iringa

Mgala Holdings Company Ltd

Feasibility study and development of a business plan for a medium scale

tea production

September 2011 –

December 2013


Dar es Salaam

USAID/ Tanzania - Monitoring and Evaluation Management Systems

Project II (TMEMS II)

Data Quality Assessment/ Diagnostic Review of the Monitoring and Evaluation Management System of the USAID funded projects including

Agriculture Projects

April 2011

Kigoma and Rukwa

Agrisol Energy Tanzania Limited

Feasibility Study on the establishment of a large scale multi-million US

dollar commercial grains and animal feed production

April 2011

Dar es Salaam

The Royal Danish Embassy (DANIDA)

Development of a Tanzania Social Economic and Political Profile for

promoting Local and Foreign Direct Investment partnerships


March – May 2011

Mbeya, Iringa, Kilimanjaro, Dodoma, and

Singida

Rural Financial Service Programme (RFSP)

End of Program Evaluation of the Rural Financial Service Programme (2005-2010)

February 2011

Iringa

Masitus Company Ltd

Feasibility study and development of a business plan for a medium scale

barley production farm

May 2010

National (Tanzania Mainland)

Ministry of Finance

Situational Analysis of Skills in SMEs in Tanzania


April – June 2010

Morogoro (Mtibwa and

Kilombero Sugar Growing Areas)


The Sugar Board of Tanzania (SBT)

Business Management Capacity Building for Small and Medium sugarcane growers in Mtibwa cluster


March 2010


National (Tanzania Mainland)


Tanzania Private Sector Foundation (TPSF)

Baseline survey for the Private Sector Competitiveness Project (PSCP) (To measure or assess actual performance of the PSCP against the set program benchmarks in accordance with the TPSF Monitoring and Evaluation

framework)

2010

Dar es Salaam

Tanzania Seed Agency & Agrisol

Limited

Feasibility Studies for a Public-Private Partnership Development of the

Seed Industry in Tanzania


July – August 2009


Dar es Salaam

University of Dar es Salaam, College of Engineering and Technology (CoET)

Capacity Building for Small and Medium Enterprises in Business Management and Business Development for rural cluster development

facilitators

January - March 2009

Regional (East Africa)

USAID Feed the Future

A synthesis of experiences on innovations in addressing rural finance

challenges in Africa

2009

National

Agricultural Non-State Actors Forum (ANSAF)

Review performance of the District’s Agricultural Development Programs

(DADPs) in Tanzania

December 2008

Dar es Salaam

Tanzania Federation of Cooperatives

(TFC)

Training in Institutional Capacity Building for Tanzania Federation of

Cooperatives

October 2008

Dar es Salaam

The Royal Danish Embassy (DANIDA)

Facilitation Learning and Experience Sharing

September 2008 – August

2009

Dar es Salaam

The Royal Danish Embassy (DANIDA)

Technical and Professional Assistance on Agribusiness and Agricultural

Finance

June – September 2008

Dar es Salaam

Research in Poverty Alleviation

(REPOA)

Organisational Assessment and Strategic Planning: Research, Outreach

Activities and Capacity Building Performance Review

2008

Dar es Salaam

African Regional Agricultural Credit

Association (AFRACA)

Review of the region’s micro-finance services and identifying innovative

solutions to delivering these services

2008

Dar es Salaam

Research on Poverty Alleviation (REPOA)

Mini-review of Capacity Building for Research and Policy Analysis and Dialogue Component of the REPOA's Five Year (2005-2009) Strategic Plan

2008

Dar es Salaam

The World Africa

Analysis of Policies, Programmes and Projects affecting Informal

Businesses in Tanzania


January - June 2007


National

The Property and Business Formalization Programme

(MKURABITA)


Baseline Survey of Informal Properties and Businesses in Tanzania

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