Abbas Sykes

Experience

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  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

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  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.

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  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
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  Ifakara Innovation Hub

  Jan 2024 - now

  Innovation Program Lead