Grace-Attalie Masamba

Strategic Partnership Development & Donor Stewardship

• Secured and managed key partnerships with donors such as Segal Family Foundation, supporting digital skills programs and a free e-learning platform across DRC to empower youth and underserved communities.
• Mobilized funding for AgriTech projects by engaging over 15 major donors, including World Bank, UNDP, and Enabel. Led high-level advocacy meetings with the U.S. Ambassador, Country Director of IFAD, UN Women, and others.
• Participated in a pan-African advocacy tour, bridging solution providers with international donors, private sector leaders, and policymakers for scalable responses to pressing development challenges.

Program Development & Implementation

• Led a USAID-funded environmental initiative in collaboration with the Ministry of Environment, aimed at combating wildlife crime through actor mapping, capacity building, and personnel training.
• Coordinated and managed digital education initiatives with Vodacom and Vodacom Foundation, promoting tech education for girls, public officials, teachers, and students.
• Contributed to a GIZ-funded national program training 20,000 youth in digital competencies, working closely with the Ministry of Vocational Training to ensure policy alignment and measurable impact.

Innovation, Events & Digital Inclusion

• Managed partnerships and upsell opportunities with Meta and other digital ecosystem leaders to design innovation-driven events and capacity-building workshops, promoting inclusion across sectors.
• Oversaw the COVID-19 digital communication strategy for the Ministry of Health, delivering targeted awareness campaigns as part of a GIZ-funded project to promote public safety and behavioral change.

• Served as representative for The First Group in Kinshasa (DRC) in 2023, identifying client, fostering client awareness and driving property sales initiatives in UAE.

• Facilitated UX research for Wikipedia project in DRC, emphasizing community engagement and usability testing.