Abbas Sykes

Abbas Sykes

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  • About me

    Innovation & Management Consultant | Expert in Strategic Leadership, Program Development, and Healthcare Innovation

  • Education

    • Centre of Foreign Relations

      2021 - 2022
      Postgraduate Degree Management of foreign relations
    • Cyprus International University

      2012 - 2016
      Bachelor of Business Administration (B.B.A.) no expertise
    • Middlesex University

      2016 - 2017
      Master of Science (M.Sc.) Business Administration and Management, General

      Activities and Societies: aisecs

  • Experience

    • National social security fund

      Jun 2015 - Sept 2015
      Summer Intern

      •Assist with month-end financial reports•Post journal entries•Help with accounts receivable, payable and bank statement reconciliation•Assist with audits•Balance sheet reconciliation•Work with the finance team on yearly forecasting efforts•Manage the monthly tracking of our physical inventory•Support the payment processing team•Data entry•Credit checks

    • Craft Master

      Feb 2016 - Feb 2017
      Operations Manager

      • Prepare invoices business responses and marketing materials.• Update employee handbooks training manuals and policy documents.• Ensure work areas remain neat clean and stocked.• Stocked work areas and ordered supplies.

    • Sahara Ventures

      Jan 2019 - Aug 2021

      Developed a detailed project plan to monitor and track progress inprojects like Lishe Accelerator 2, Coders and Makers and JilindeProject● Allocating tasks to members of the project team and thenmonitoring their progress, performance and quality in thedifferent project managed● Spearheaded projects from the likes of Lishe Accelerator 2 fundedby GAIN Tanzania, E-Kilimo Project Funded by The Royal DanishEmbassy and Jilinde Project funded by Open Society InitiativeEast Africa● Part of the implementing team as the logistics officer for theAMUA 2 Accelerator Project funded by UNFPA.● Provided and mentored over 50 SMEs and Startups in businesstools in various projects like AMUA 2, Lishe Accelerator 2 andSHEFOUND. Show less

      • Innovation Consultant

        Aug 2020 - Aug 2021
      • Project Management Coordinator

        Jan 2019 - Aug 2021
    • Ifakara Innovation Hub

      Jan 2024 - now
      Innovation Program Lead
  • Licenses & Certifications

    • Cerificate in graphic design

      University computer centre
    • Corporate Finance Fundamentals

      Corporate Finance Institute
      Aug 2022
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    • Corporate Finance Fundamentals

      Corporate Finance Institute
      Aug 2022
      View certificate certificate
    • Excel Fundamentals – Formulas for Finance

      Corporate Finance Institute
      Aug 2022
      View certificate certificate
    • Accounting Fundamentals

      Corporate Finance Institute
      Jul 2022
      View certificate certificate
    • Professional Ethics

      Corporate Finance Institute
      Jul 2022
      View certificate certificate
    • Reading Financial Statements

      Corporate Finance Institute
      Jul 2022
      View certificate certificate
    • EMDE01x: Unlocking Investment and Finance in Emerging Markets and Developing Economies (EMDEs)

      World Bank Group
      Jul 2019
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    • Business Models for Social Enterprise

      +Acumen
      Apr 2019
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    • Social Impact Analysis

      +Acumen
      Apr 2019
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