Partner: University of Virginia, Frank Batten School of Leadership and Public Policy

Role: Adjunct Faculty

Activities: Design and facilitate Financial Inclusion Course and Social Entrepreneurship Course, Develop partnerships with local and global social enterprises and non-profits to provide consulting opportunities for students and identify guest speakers

Output: 20 partnerships, 5 modules for financial inclusion course, Experiential Social Entrepreneurship course applying theories in design thinking, HCD and lean-start up

Timeline: January 2019- June 2020

Location: Charlottesville, VA

Partner: UNCDF Financial Inclusion Practice Area

Role: Financial Capability Consultant

Activities: Develop content for financial education app and to train FSP partners

Output: Trainer’s Guide Credit Management, TOT Manual Credit Management, TOT Savings, Savings Content Note

Timeline: May 2019- December 2019

Location: Senegal, Niger, the Gambia, and Guinea

Partner: CGAP

Role: Youth Financial Inclusion Consultant

Activities: Data Analysis of Findex, Finscope and FII data sets; LANDSCAPE ANALYSIS OF YOUTH FINANCIAL INCLUSION, Youth Education and Youth Employment

Outputs: Working Paper on the Role of Financial Services in Youth Education and Youth Employment (here)

Location: Global

Timeline: April 2018- January 2019

Partner: Inter-american Development Bank (IDB), MINISTRY OF EDUCATION, YOUTH, AND INFORMATION (MOEYI) AND BANK OF JAMAICA

Role: Financial Capability Consultant

Activities: Landscape Analysis, Design of HCD Tools (In-depth interview guide, FGD guide), NEEDS ASSESSMENT with youth, SCOPING ACTIVITY with more than 40 stakeholders across public and private sector and civil society, 3 STAKEHOLDER MEETINGS, 3 in-country missions

Outputs: Interim National Financial Education Strategy with 5-YEAR ACTION PLAN

Location: Jamaica

Timeline: February 2018- June 2018

Partner: UNCDF, Mastercard Foundation

Role: Technical Director

Activities: MARKET RESEARCH ANALYSIS AND SYNTHESIS, IDENTIFY ENABLING POLICY ENVIRONMENT for youth financial inclusion, Identify BUSINESS CASE for youth financial inclusion, REFINE RESEARCH FRAMEWORK AND INDICATORS for assessment of youth financial and non-financial services, IDENTIFY BEST PRACTICES for youth financial and non-financial services, Develop concept note for global expansion

Output: VARIOUS PUBLICATIONS (Links below), Technical Assistance to Grantees

Location: Sub-Saharan Africa

Timeline: March 2011- March 2016

Links to these publications (for outputs):

Assessment of the Effects and Behavioural Changes of Financial and Non-Financial Services to Youth, UNCDF, August 2016. (here)

Recommended Practices and Lessons Learned in Providing Financial and Non-Financial Services to Youth: Insights from the YouthStart programme, UNCDF, December 2015. (here)

Building the Business Case for Youth Financial and Non-Financial Services, UNCDF, September 2013. (here)

Policy Opportunities and Constraints to Access Youth Financial Services, UNCDF, April 2012. (here)

Listening to Youth: Market Research to Design and Develop Financial and Non-Financial Services for Youth in Sub-Saharan Africa, UNCDF, July 2011. (here)

Role: Program Director, Technical Advisor

Partners: MFO, FREEDOM FROM HUNGER, CITI FOUNDATION

Activities: Awareness Raising and Advocacy, Management of 4 staff and 10-15 consultants, New Business Development, MARKET RESEARCH/HCD, Financial education MODULE and Toolkit DEVELOPMENT, CAPACITY BUILDING, TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE, MONITORING AND EVALUATION

Outputs: 9 FINANCIAL EDUCATION MODULES USED TO TRAIN OVER 27,000 TRAINERS IN 60 COUNTRIES AND 560,000 LOW-INCOME CONSUMERS VIA in-person TRAINING AND NEARLY 30 MILLION PEOPLE THROUGH MASS MEDIA AND OTHER DELIVERY CHANNELS

Location: Global

Timeline: September 2005- September 2015