Abenaa
Addai
Contact
+351-928114292
addai@gmx.de
Sines, Portugal
linkedin.com/in/abenaa-addai
Education
Digital Frontiers Institute
Certified Digital Finance
Practicioner | 2016 - ongoing
Humboldt University, Berlin
Post-graduate Rural
Development | 1994
Univesity of Göttingen,
Germany
Master's degree, Economics |
1993
Areas of Expertise
- Impact Assessment
- Financial Sector Project Design
- Project Management
- Financial Inclusion Strategy
- Team Leadership
- Communication
- Capacity Building
- Journalist and Report Writing
Summary
Dynamic and motivated professional with a proven record of
initiating change and delivering impact for financial inclusion by
extending innovative products and services to hard to reach target
groups. Major experience lies in strategizing and promoting
customer centricity and customer engagement and leading
research to document social impact.
Work Experience
Monitoring, Evaluation Research and Learning Specialist
Consultant at Access Microfinance Holding, Berlin | October 2018 -
Present
- Ensure that the MERL system meets the needs of beneficiaries, managers, and
donors of the A2A Programme (in partnership with Mastercard Foundation)
- Lead research and design mechanisms for continuous learning
Lead Consultant Customer Centricity
Access Microfinance Holding, Berlin | 2017 -2018
- Customer research in Rwanda, Zambia, Liberia and Tanzania and definition of
approach (including development of products and channels) to enhance
AccessBanks' client centricity
- Advising and training banks on client centric strategy and processes.
Head of Client Insights
Center for Financial Regulation and Incusion (Cenfri), Cape Town |
2016-2017
- Research and dissemination of best practices of evidence-based, data-driven
policies and client-centric product design for financial inclusion.
Founder and Manager
Perene Consulting, Mozambique | 2007 -2016
-leading an expert team working on microfinance and agricultural and rural
finance systems
-providing advisory and implementation support for agriculture, rural
development and other strategic programmes and projects.
Languages Experience (continued)
German (A) Consultant/Team Leader- GITEC Consult GmbH
English (A) Access to Challenge Fund (AFCF), Mozambique | 2012-2016
French (A) - Managing AFCF (financed by KfW) under the supervision of the Banco de
Portuguese (A) Moçambique
Spanish (C) - Consulting banks and MFIs on projects to promote financial inclusion and
ensuring quality standards of co-financed projects;

Certificates Consultant /Team Leader- GITEC Consult GmbH

Tufts University - The
Fletcher School of Law and
Diplomacy
Certificate in Digital Money |
2016
Investment Fund for Rural Development in Inhambane, Mozambique
| 2010 -2012
- Management of Investment Fund for Rural Development (KfW), endowed with
EUR 6.0 million targeted at district-level social infrastructure investments.
Senior Consultant
LFS Financial Systems GmbH | 2000-2010
- Design and management of financial sector projects and financial sector
studies
-Team Lead and management of the German-Azerbaijan SME Fund
Management in Azerbaijan (2003)
-Head of Marketing and Operations.at Socremo Microfinance Bank, Mozambique
(2004-2008)

Freelance Consultant
Evaluation and impact assessments, Bosnia-Herzegovina | 1998-
2000
- Midterm Evaluation of the Housing Construction Loan Program and the Small
and Medium-sized Enterprise Fund (KfW);
-Assessment of Impact of Small Enterprise Fund (The World Bank);
-Assessment of Microloan Programme (CARE International, European
Community Humanitarian Office (ECHO)).

Project Assistant
Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ),
Guinea | 1995-1997
-Advisory project to the Guinean Ministry of Planning and Co-operation

References
Available on request