Biography
Adedeji Ademefun PhD. is a development expert with over 15 years progressive experience managing the development, implementation, monitoring and evaluation of programmes in Democratic Governance, Women’s and Girls Rights, Education, Climate action, Agric, Food & Hunger and Disability mainstreaming entrenching participatory approaches. He is experienced in developing and managing donor funded projects including EU, FCDO, USAID, MacArthur, Ford Foundation, ECHO, Global Affairs Canada, GCERF, UNICEF, Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, and other related donors. He has demonstrable experience conducting both qualitative and quantitative research using the survey methods, questionnaire administration (open and closed ended), purposive research, conducting key informant interviews, In-depth Interviews, focused group discussions, content analysis, descriptive, exploratory, inferential, predictive, causal, bivariate, and multivariate research analysis and safeguarding (Do NO Harm Principle). He is an alumnus of Harvard University Centre for International Development: The Practice of PDIA: Building Capability by Delivering Results. He is a Project Management, Business Development, Research & GEDSI expert.
Adedeji holds a Ph.D. in Political Economy & Development Studies.
Core expertise:
- Organizational Systems Strengthening (deploying the OCA tool).
- Business development
- Resource mobilization, grants writing & management in non-profit
- Strategic supports to CSO/CBOs in capacity building
- Community mobilization and social development
- Democracy and governance
- Public private partnerships
- Leadership, Research and development
- Gender, Equity & Social Inclusion
- Disability Mainstreaming
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