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Senior Research Officer
Highest degree :
Masters
Field of study :
Research
Location :
Kampala, Uganda
Citizenships :
Ugandan
Experience :
10 Year(s)
Countries :
Uganda
Gender :
Male
Sectors :
A seasoned professional with over 10 years’ experience in the planning, design and implementation of research on a number of projects. Diana basically has been carrying monitoring and evaluation studies on a number of projects implemented by different NGOs like aBi development limited, Integrated Seed Sector Development Uganda (ISSD), SACCOs, Kawacom Uganda Limited, Kyagalanyi coffee limited etc. I have Practical experience and capability to assimilate complex information, identify and prioritize key issues and assist the client to identify practical solutions.
Experience
Research assistant
Nairobi, Kenya
Kuehne Foundation
March 2025
-September 2025
Scoping review of primary agricultural exports in East Africa, Supply chain mapping of coffee in Uganda, Supply chain mapping of avocado and fresh vegetable in Kenya, Identification of critical nodes in supply chain and resilience strategies being implemented.
Research associate
Kampala, Uganda
International Livestock Research Institute (ILRI)
February 2023
-October 2024
Worked on Sustainable Animal Productivity for Livelihoods, Nutrition and Gender inclusion (SAPLING) project and was responsible for data collection in individual surveys, focus group discussions, Key informants and analysis, report writing.
Research associate
Kampala, Uganda
Knowledge-Wells Agricultural Consult Ltd
June 2021
-August 2022
Responsible for designing and writing proposal, inception report, developing questionnaires, training enumerators, data collection in individual surveys, focus group discussions, Key informants and analysis, report writing, and presenting results to the different stakeholders.
M&E Consultant
Kampala, Uganda
Data Capital International Limited
January 2019
-November 2020
• Responsible for designing and writing proposal, inception report, developing questionnaires, training enumerators, data collection in individual surveys, focus group discussions, Key informant interviews and analysis, report writing, and presenting results to the different stakeholders for an assignment by Integrated Seed Sector Development Uganda (ISSD) on Evaluation of local seed businesses to Quality Declared Seed accessibility, availability, and affordability. • Responsible for designing and writing proposal, inception report, developing questionnaires, training enumerators, data collection in individual surveys, focus group discussions, Key informant interviews and analysis, report writing, and presenting results to the different stakeholders for an assignment by aBi development limited on Evaluation of village aggregation/bulking centers as a value chain development approach used by Abi-trust initiative.
Research associate
Kampala, Uganda
Economic Policy Research Centre (EPRC)
January 2017
-December 2018
Responsible for reviewing and analyzing policy reports, write policy briefs, foresight articles, rapporteurs, organizing meetings with different policy stakeholders, presentations at both internal and external seminars like Young Scholars Initiative (YSI) in Zimbabwe, data collection (individual surveys, focus group discussions, and Key informant interviews) both quantitative and qualitative, analysis and report writing.
Education
Agricultural and Applied Economics (Collaborative masters)
Kampala, Uganda
Makerere University and University of Pretoria
September 2013
-November 2016
Studied courses in Micro and Macro Economics, Statistics for Economics, Mathematics for Economists, Research methodology, Econometrics, Project planning and Management, Agricultural policy analysis etc and a dissertation on The effect of integrated cooperative model on livelihoods among smallholder farmers in Uganda
Awards & Certificates
Monitoring and Evaluation
Zambia
University of Zambia
2011
I obtained a practical skill set for tracking project progress, measuring results, and ensuring projects meet their objectives
Leadership training and Capacity building
Zambia
Africa lead, USAID
2011
scaling up food security for Africa, Champion for change under the Comprehensive African Agricultural Development Program (CAADP)
Languages
Experience with financing agencies
Business Administration