Okomo

I have made lives change , making thousands of people enjoy their rights and making opportunity in life for thousands of people in Africa. i have served in 4 NGOs, 2 companies and government in my 20 years career

I feel a fondness to Africa mainly but wish to invest overseas when opportunity is available. I have global connections and friends.

I wish the world a better place to be for the poor and the disadvantaged where human rights is guaranteed and life is long and full of pleasure. I wish to live in a world there is no poor person.

RESUME A. PERSONAL DETAILS NAME : JOSHUA OKOMO CITIZENSHIP : KENYA DATE OF BIRTH : FEBRUARY 14TH 1966 MARITAL STATUS : MARRIED CONTACT : P.O. Box 6809,KISUMU, KENYA. TELEPHONE +254720676629 E MAIL joshuaokomo@yahoo.com LANGUAGE ; Fluent in English B. EDUCATION Bsc Degree, University of Nairobi 1990. C. CAREER 1. CURRENT EMPLOYMENT a. Organization AfricaAgriExport e Newsletter, Position CEO and Editor, Duty Conducting research for social media empowering African peasants access regional and global markets . Establishing country chapters of AfricaAgriExport E Newsletter. b. Organization HTS Consulting of Netherlands Position East Africa Region Consultant Duty Marketing projects development management and technical consultancy in East Africa. Duration 2009-2010 c. Organization Government of Kenya Position Specialist Programmes Monitoring and Evaluation Duty Monitoring and evaluating programmes and projects of government funded by public resources and programmes funded by donors. Programmes address agribusiness development in Kenya. Donors are USAID, World Bank, EU, SIDA,UN and Foundations Duration 2006 to 2010 2. SCHOLARLY RESEARCH Duration 2003-2005 Purpose Study on poverty in Africa and writing 7 publications 3. MILLENNIUM INDUSTRIAL GROUP Position Policy Analyst Duty Promotion of establishment of industries trading for profit and growth. Nine company plans for investing Euro100 million. Company plans are poultry industry, fresh vegetables export company, real estates, fish processing for export plant, hotels and tourism, venture capital and a holding company. Duration 2002-2004 4. POVERTY FUND Position Policy Analyst Duty Social development policy analysis and programme design for rural development and poverty alleviation in Kenya,Tanzania, Uganda, Eritrea, Ethiopia, South Africa, Zimbabwe, Malawi and Zambia. Duration : 1998-2002 5. DEVELOPMENT CONSULTANCY Position Freelance Development Consultant Duty Developing projects for community development in Kenya. Projects identification and proposals development. Duration 1996-1998 6. FERT ASSOCIATION DELEGATION TO EAST AFRICA Position Agriculturalist Duty Development survey. Facilitating establishment and operations of a fishermen community fish manufacturing plant in Kenya. Duration : 1996 7. ICIPE (INTERNATIONAL CENTRE OF INSECT PHYSIOLOGY AND ECOLOGY) Position Research Associate Duty Data services, knowledge management, environmental research and fundraising Duration 1991-1994