Sulle Dicko Buba

Responsible for the design and rollout of research and evaluation frameworks, leading learning after-action reviews to reinforce organizational learning, systematic data analysis for evidence-driven storytelling, and management of external consultants to demonstrate program impact.

Developed and rolled out a four-country MEL framework and data collection, diagnosed issues, and improved grantee reporting while assessing and documenting learnings from a multicountry covid19 project to support external donor reporting.

Developed and rolled out Malala Fund's global and national advocacy MEL frameworks across seven countries in Africa and Asia, tracked grantee learning needs to develop a comprehensive applied learning baseline, and iteratively coded grantee reports and organized outcomes into a searchable database.

Managed project budget, recruited, onboarded, and trained program mentors to deliver monthly girls' empowerment curricula on some 43 school campuses across eight regions of Cameroon. Led site visits to dispense project money, evaluate effectiveness, and report to USA-based managers.

Used adult language acquisition framework (MIPA) to develop and facilitate culturally appropriate language workshops to enable American Peace Corps Volunteers to acquire communicative competence in Fulfulde language. Identified context-driven activities to facilitate Peace Corps volunteers' Fulfulde language acquisition and integration into their Cameroonian host communities. Assessed trainees' language acquisition progress bi-weekly while maintaining strong team collaboration to ensure Pre-Training Service (PST) success Peace Corps Volunteers.

Developed and taught English language lessons, tracked students' progress through sequential evaluations, and reported data on overall school performance to the education system. Worked with parents and the community to identify and integrate elements of community culture into the teaching and learning processes in alignment with competency-based approaches. Prepared final-year students to write national end-of-course examinations and oriented them to transition into high school and university.

Pioneered ScholarShop Africa, a social entrepreneurship organization seeking to build the next generation of Afripreneurs using a unique Conditional Supply Transfer Model that centers the local economy and community service, while putting youths on the steering wheel of local development. led ScholarShop Africa's pilot across three schools with over 150 youths and supported the development of an impact report. Negotiated and managed ScholarShop Africa and UK-based LionHeart in the Community (LITC) partnership project that provided life skills training through sport and computer coding for girls.