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Francis Ekii

Kampala

Overview

14
14
years of professional experience

Work History

American Center Director

UNITED STATES EMBASSY KAMPALA
05.2022 - Current
  • Overseeing, monitoring, and managing grants for American Center and Nile Explorer STEM bus program and raised over $300,000 annually from PEPFAR and U.S Department of state.
  • Point of contact for 2 local grantee organizations, network of 35 program partner organizations and U.S Mission Uganda and U.S Department of State senior leadership in Washington.
  • Managed partnerships with other U.S Mission agencies and external stakeholders to deliver youth development programming reaching 8,000+ urban youth annually.
  • Conducted thorough grantee due diligence, monitoring and evaluating program effectiveness to ensure U.S Mission quality standards are met and in alignment with U.S Mission goals.

Networks Associate

AFRICAN LEADERSHIP ACADEMY
01.2020 - 04.2022
  • Developed governance sector youth engagement strategy and theory of change for public sector and civil society network.
  • Contributed to quarterly grant reports to major donor - MasterCard Foundation.
  • Managed sector communications for AL for Governance including editing 25 journal articles and publishing two annual journals, 24 newsletters and grant reports.
  • Planned and delivered 48 guest speaker series and Masterclasses, and annual sector convening that attracted 200+ governance stakeholders across Africa and globally.
  • Managed $50,000+ budgeting and disbursement of funds for internship programs.

Communications Coordinator - Part Time

BULAMU HEALTHCARE INTERNATIONAL
08.2019 - 01.2022
  • Managed communications team of five including photographer, videographer and writers.
  • Wrote and developed patient stories for communications outputs like fundraising deck, annual report, website and social media engagement.
  • Managed all organization's social media platforms increasing engagement by 30% in first 3 months.
  • Produced videos capturing Bulamu's impact in rural communities where over 15,000 patients were treated per week-long camp in rural areas.

Curriculum Development and Leadership Coach

INDEPENDENT CONSULTANT
08.2017 - 08.2019
  • Organized, coordinated, and implemented youth leadership trainings for 400 university student leaders from curriculum design to recruitment, and impact monitoring, evaluation, and learning for Julius Nyerere Leadership Center at Makerere University.
  • Led design, logistics, and curation of Center for Policy Analysis Uganda's flagship human rights conference for 250+ government and civil society actors.
  • Mobilized 100+ youth for community dialogue and secured media partnership with 2 major television stations for pan-African N.G.O, Africans Rising.

Founder & CEO

YOUNG ENTREPRENEURS CHALLENGE
11.2010 - 12.2017
  • Led team of six throughout strategy development, ecosystem mapping, and setting up of workshops, and events logistics, marketing, and seminar facilitation.
  • Designed and delivered Leadership and Entrepreneurship curriculum for 200 secondary school students.
  • Led planning, designing and execution of 3 annual ideation competitions and entrepreneurial leadership workshops.
  • Managed partnerships with 5 local high-schools and partners like British Council and We Are Family Foundation in New York and senior business leaders.
  • Developed strong partnerships with other businesses to allow for collaboration and more significant opportunities for growth.

Programs Intern

KONRAD ADENAUER STIFTUNG
06.2016 - 08.2016
  • Organized, coordinated, and implemented two high-level conferences and economic forum for 400+ policy makers and private and civil society leaders. Managed guest and speaker invite list and communications, program curation, and logistics.
  • Coordinated youth advisory group for policy alternatives including convening and reporting.
  • Carried out monitoring and evaluation site-visits in Gulu to evaluate grantee programs and wrote activity reports that informed senior leadership decision making and priority focus areas..

Youth Business Accelerator Intern

EDUCATE!
06.2013 - 08.2013
  • Organized and managed two business incubation clinics in Kampala.
  • Offered leadership and entrepreneurship counseling and mentorship to 35 students across multiple disciplines.
  • Developed curriculum on entrepreneurial leadership.
  • Led focus group discussions and interviews with over 50 Educate! Entrepreneurs nationally that informed Youth Business Accelerator strategy.

Education

B.A. Political Science -

COLLEGE OF WOOSTER
Wooster, Ohio
05.2017

Diploma in Leadership, Entrepreneurship and African Studies -

AFRICAN LEADERSHIP ACADEMY
Johannesburg, South Africa
06.2012

Honors And Leadership

  • One of 30 Global Teen Leaders | We Are Family Foundation in New York City 2013
  • One of 60 Young Global Changemakers | British Council 2012
  • Guest Speaker | McKinsey and Company, Johannesburg, South Africa 2012
  • Panelist | Brand Africa Forum in Johannesburg, South Africa 2011
  • Vice President of the African Students Union | The College of Wooster, Wooster, Ohio Fall 2013
  • Secretary, Student Government | African Leadership Academy, Johannesburg, South Africa 2011-2012

Timeline

American Center Director

UNITED STATES EMBASSY KAMPALA
05.2022 - Current

Networks Associate

AFRICAN LEADERSHIP ACADEMY
01.2020 - 04.2022

Communications Coordinator - Part Time

BULAMU HEALTHCARE INTERNATIONAL
08.2019 - 01.2022

Curriculum Development and Leadership Coach

INDEPENDENT CONSULTANT
08.2017 - 08.2019

Programs Intern

KONRAD ADENAUER STIFTUNG
06.2016 - 08.2016

Youth Business Accelerator Intern

EDUCATE!
06.2013 - 08.2013

Founder & CEO

YOUNG ENTREPRENEURS CHALLENGE
11.2010 - 12.2017

B.A. Political Science -

COLLEGE OF WOOSTER

Diploma in Leadership, Entrepreneurship and African Studies -

AFRICAN LEADERSHIP ACADEMY

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