Busuyi Okeowo

Partnership Development Officer • Program Manager • Project Manager
Intervention Monitoring • Cross-Cutting Support • Strategic Development
Championed Economic Development • Brokering Partnerships • Crafted Demand Creation Strategies
Promoted 2X To Team Lead

PIND Foundation March 2023 - July 2023
Economic Development Specialist
Secured a substantial $15 million grant approval from the Mastercard Foundation to implement youth and women-focused agripreneurship projects.
Championed comprehensive strategic planning and opportunity identification, driving sustainable economic development of the Niger Delta Region.
Developed effective strategies for swift and fair distribution of economic opportunities, optimizing inclusive regional economic development.
Carried out sector research and analysis to determine growth paths and emerging opportunities to improve program positioning and strategy.
Uncovered vital data via regular industry analyses, enhancing strategic project decisions.
Led PIND's economic development programs, enhancing budget efficiency significantly.

Forestry Development Trust Project Gatsby Africa Sep 2018 - Dec 2022
Technical Support Lead
Utilized data insights to enhance the program's adaptive management; assisting the Trust Board in identifying strategic opportunities and prioritizing or discontinuing activities as needed.
Streamlined a program enhancing Tanzanian commercial forestry productivity via market system innovations, plantation services, investment facilitation, and public-private partnerships.
Leveraged skills in strategic development, annual planning, intervention monitoring, and grant management to offer comprehensive technical support and advisory services.
Successfully implemented a multi-stakeholder research project valued at over $6 million on improvement of tree species genetics in Tanzania.
Cultivated effective partnerships between the program and public-private sector players in the forestry sector, delivering outstanding outcomes to all stakeholders.
Streamlined project implementation by developing operational and resource plans, ensuring feasibility, cost-effectiveness, clear objectives, and measurable output.
Accelerated growth and competition within the Tanzania Forestry sector through successful stakeholder management and program implementation.

FCDO-World Bank GEMS4 Project June 2015 - Jan 2018
Deputy Team Leader
Harnessed expertise to successfully create 10,000 sustained full-time jobs and elevate income for over 500,000 men and women in the wholesale and retail industry.
Optimized growth, income, and employment by centralizing focus on women and underserved individuals in rural communities within the wholesale and retail sectors.
Led a team of ten, stimulating market changes that resulted in sustainable growth for impoverished households in Northern Nigeria.
Boosted processors' capacity by 36% via the creation and execution of monitoring and intervention logic frameworks for rice and tomato agribusiness ventures.
Cultivated a private sector-led ag-inputs distribution model to improve supply chain integrity and facilitate access to resources for over 15,000 smallholder paddy farmers in Northern Nigeria.
Ensured compliance with quarterly project report submission to FCDO while effectively managing measurement of project outcomes and impact.

FCDO-DEEPEN Project Dec 2014 - May 2015
Access To Finance Specialist
Collaborated successfully with ACCION MFB, driving the development of an effective SME loan product that facilitated credit access for low-cost private schools.
Spearheaded the creation of innovative financial services and products, enhancing accessibility for proprietors and parents in low-cost schools.
Collaborated with Stanbic Bank to initiate mobile money, saving low-income parents on tuition.
Successfully launched a savings mobile platform for operators of low-cost private schools.

FCDO-SUNMAP Project Aug 2012 - Nov 2014
Commercial Sector Specialist
Collaborated with top pharmaceutical firms to create rural demand aggregation and distribution channels, effectively distributing 5.5 million antimalarial drugs and increasing rural ACT access by 25%.
Spearheaded design and management of program interventions, enhancing access to malaria commodities via private market channels where 60% of Nigerians seek healthcare.
Oversaw crafting of strategies, boosting sales of nets to 2.2 million.

Lagos Business School
MBA, Management
University of Ado-Ekiti
Bsc, Accounting