I work as in Impact Evaluation Manager for Root Capital, an impact focused social investment non-profit that catalyzes financial markets, lends and provides financial advisory services to agricultural enterprises that invest in poor and environmentally vulnerable communities in Africa, Central America, Latin America, and Indonesia. I am responsible for overseeing field-based, mixed-method impact studies and evaluations with agricultural businesses and cooperatives in East Africa (EA) and manage the social and environmental performance across the organization’s’ portfolio. The evaluations cuts across programs focusing on lending, financial advisory, Women in Agriculture initiative, climate-smart agriculture, weather forecasting, mobile advisory services and youth engagement in agricultural value chains.
