Corporate funding strategy for the Africa Peace Centre, an initiative of the African Centre for the Constructive Resolution of Disputes (ACCORD) – including production of all marketing material

Media strategy for Africa Peace Awards

Design of a new Tearfund programme that will invest in social entrepreneurs in the global south. Incuding project management of all marketing materials

Co-host and programme coordinator of the May 2008 Amahoro Conference in Rwanda which focused on reconciliation

Management of the company. Development and implementation of strategic communications strategies for multinational civil society organisations working in Africa. (See client list attached)

Media Relations at the Heads of State Level:
• For President Mandela (South Africa) at civil society consultations during the Burundi Peace Process
• For President Obasanjo (Nigeria) and President Chissano (Mozambique) as recipients of the Africa Peace Award

Marketing Management:
• Developed and managed branding strategies for various clients including Ashoka, Accord, Groundworks, and Center for Criminal Justice

Global PR / media:
• Proactive management of pan-African media for Consumers International Congress
• Global media relations for Africa Peace Awards

Communications Strategy:
• Developed and managed the global communications strategy for Accord
• Developed and managed the national and pan-African communications strategy for Ashoka Southern and Eastern Africa

Fundraising Campaigns:
• Designed and implemented funding campaigns for Ashoka South Africa and WorldSpace’s CSR project at the World Summit on Sustainable Development
• Developed a PC-based donor tracking / management system which was used by various clients

Campaign Management:
• Developed and implemented a grassroots mobilisation campaign to raise awareness of Post Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD) for the National Initiative for Reconciliation
• Designed and managed the Presidential Awards for Community Initiatives campaign in Kwa-Zulu South Africa
• Managed the Peace Education campaign for The Peace Secretariat

Stakeholder Engagement:
• Strategic Partnership Management for Siyaya eIndia
• Community participation and grassroot stakeholder engagement for post-Aparthied commuter rail regeneration

Strategic Communications at International Events:
• For Ashoka at the World Conference Against Racism
• For WorldSpace at ITU Africa
• For The Gender Caucus at WSIS
• For Accord at Commonwealth Heads of State and World Economic Forum

Crisis Communications Management:
• Press officer for the 1999 South African elections in the violence-torn KwaZulu-Natal region
• Press officer for Accord during the DRC and Burundi peace negotiations

Global Experience:
• African media relations for UK-based Consumers International Congress
• Consulted to both Ashoka and WorldSpace which are Washington DC based
• Launch of Ashoka East Africa (Uganda)
• Co-host of Amahoro Africa (Uganda and Rwanda)
• Media relations for Accord projects in Rwanda and Burundi
• Worked on smaller projects in Uganda, Rwanda, Burundi, Kenya, Zimbabwe and Namibia

Public Speaker / Conference Presentations:
• On post-conflict reconstruction at AfriBuild – Johannesburg
• On national reconciliation at Amahoro – Uganda and Rwanda
• 100’s of smaller public speaking engagements

Media Production / Project Management:
• Project manager of a pan-African radio project for the World Summit on Sustainable Development
• Managing Editor of Conflict Trends – a 56 page quarterly magazine focused on issues of African Conflict

Marketing Material Production:
• My experience includes website design, video production, radio and television advertising production, print advertising, brochure design and scripting, exhibition design, annual reports, newsletters and corporate identity.

Development and implementation of communications strategies for civil society and corporate clients. Major clients included President Mandela Awards for Community Innovation and Metrorail’s post Aparthied redevelopment of township rail infrastructure.

Development and implementation of communications strategies for community-based projects.

Implementation of communications strategies. Development of Peace Education Curriculum for South African Schools.

Publishing a monthly newsletter & facilitating anti-racism workshops.