Jennifer Mwenebanda

Experience

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  Little Big Prints

  Nov 2019 - Apr 2022

  Duties and Deliverables • Coordinated interventions and trainings and logistics with mentors, teachers, executive team and the girl mentees.• Oversaw and supervised the project.• Contributed to and submitted end of project report DutiesCollecting and documenting pictures, videos and stories at each sessionAdministering pre- and post-program evaluation forms using Kobo Toolbox.Observing, recording and enhancing mentee attendanceSubmitting M&E report

  • Coordinator

    May 2021 - Apr 2022

  • Monitoring And Evaluation Director

    Nov 2019 - May 2021
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  University of Malawi Economics Department

  Aug 2021 - Oct 2021

  Economics Debate Team Lead

  Jennifer led the University of Malawi Economics Debate Team to win the championship title of the2021 University's Debates. Held by the consortium of EU, OXFAM Malawi, Lilongwe Universityof Agriculture and Natural Resources and Economics Association of Malawi (ECAMA), the debates had top eight participating universities nationwide.They were aimed at Youth Engagement in Public Finance Management: A catalyst for a transparent, accountable, efficient and effective PFM System. The debates were held under the Enhanced evidence-based research oninforming policy decision making in Public Finance Management in Malawi (Chuma cha Dziko) Project funded by European Union in Malawi. Show less

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  ECAMA

  Nov 2021 - Jun 2022

  Youth and University Students' Representative

  Duties and Deliverables • Prepared and delivered a feedback statement on the Malawi Vision 2063 on behalf of the Malawian youth at the ECAMA 2021 Annual Economic Conference. The conference had in attendance the State President, Vice President also the Minister responsible for Economic planning and development and public sector reforms, Reserve Bank of Malawi Governor, academia and other seasoned economists country wide.• Contributed input for the 2022/23 Financial Year pre-budget consultations to the Minister of finance.• Participated in economic symposiums and workshops by ECAMA, EU, Oxfam and other stakeholders• Won championship of the 2021 University’s Debate under the EU Public Finance Management (Chuma cha Dziko) project Show less

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  KfW

  Jul 2022 - Oct 2022

  Programme Support

  Worked with the German Development Bank on their entire portfolio of bilateral projects supported by the German government to the government of Malawi through KfW which includes; Education, Social Protection, Health, Private Sector Development and Energy & Environment.Duties and Deliverables• Sat and contributed ideas during the donor group committees on Social Protection, Health and Education Joint Funds• Documented and illustrated the 2022 KfW Malawi portfolio• Contributed to the formulation of the Pooled Funding Mechanism Strategy by the Ministry of Health in Malawi• Prepared financing agreements of ongoing or extended programs• Supported verification and validation of disbursement data for the bilateral projects for official reporting and publications• Analyzed, wrote, and presented research done on various KfW implemented projects• Represented KfW at development partner groups and government meetings Show less

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  LinkedIn

  Jan 2023 - Dec 2024

  Educational Content Creator

  Creates and shares educative, inspiring and informative content on how to ACE LinkedIn, Women and Youth Advocacy, Self Development and Socio-economic Development.

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  Aspire Institute

  Jan 2023 - Jun 2023

  Fellow

  Aspire Leaders Program

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  UbuntuNet Alliance

  Feb 2023 - Sept 2023

  Content Manager

  Utafiti (Research) Africa Content Management Intern at UbuntuNet Alliance for Research and Education Networking for East and Southern Africa.Utafiti ( Research in Swahili) Africa is a research resources and collaboration portal whose main features include a continuously updated, searchable database of research funding opportunities; video-on-demand training courses in support of research X (X=ethics, methods, management, communication, publishing, grant proposal writing, etc.); curated collection of published open-source books and toolkits in support of research X; and a secure research collaboration environment. Show less

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  Ministry of Finance and Economic Affairs - Department of Economic Planning and Development (EP&D)

  Jun 2023 - Sept 2024

  Economist

  Contributed to the Development Unit of EP&D under the Public Sector Investment Programme (PSIP) in Malawi.• Appraised projects for the PSIP;• Backstopped ministries in project design and formulation;• Collected project and program data and entering in the PSIP computer system;• Managed physical and electronic PSIP database;• Organized PSIP review meetings;• Developed and analysed policy documents; • Prepared workplans and budgets for the Section, and• Participated in resource mobilization campaigns. Show less

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  Economics Association of Malawi - ECAMA

  Oct 2024 - Dec 2024

  Economist