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Digital Finance/Mobile Money Advisor, BTG
- Job TypeFull Time
- QualificationBA/BSc/HND
- Location Nairobi
- Job Field Media / Advertising / Branding
Digital Finance/Mobile Money Advisor is responsible for supporting activities to leverage mobile money and innovative payment schemes to scale up off-grid solutions in Sub-Saharan African (SSA) countries. This is a full-time role based in Nairobi, Dakar, Pretoria or Abidjan. This position reports to BTG Cross Cutting Team Leader.
Responsibilities
- Lead all activities relating to digital finance and mobile money, including conducting assessments, identification of highest impact opportunities, contributing to annual work plans, implementing approved activities, and reporting on progress
- Assist off-grid companies to identify and realize opportunities to incorporate and/or scale-up the use of innovative payment schemes, such as PAYGO and digital finance mobile money technology, in off-grid electrification business models
- Identify and promote partnerships with mobile network operators, mobile money operators and digital finance providers to increase the accessibility of off-grid electrification products and services for a wider range of potential customers
Advise BTG country advisors on issues relating to digital finance, mobile money and innovative payment schemes
Review and provide feedback on proposed regulations for digital finance and mobile money in SSA countries
Requirements
- Master’s degree in a relevant field and 6 years’ relevant experience including substantive field experience in Africa or Bachelor’s degree and 10 years of experience
- Prior experience with mobile money and digital finance in SSA required
- Prior experience with off-grid electrification and pay-as-you-go (PAYG) business models preferred
- Effective communication skills and coordinating between various stakeholders, including government departments and private sector organizations, including mobile operators, Financial Institutions (FIs) and ideally, off-grid energy companies.
- Possess excellent organizational and analytical skills;
- Strong verbal and written English and French communications skills.
East Africa Ag/Energy Advisor, BTG
- Job TypeFull Time
- QualificationMBA/MSc/MA
- Experience8 years
- Location Nairobi
- Job Field Engineering / Technical
East Africa Ag/Energy Advisor is responsible for supporting productive use models of off-grid energy to strengthen agricultural value chains and rural livelihoods in East Africa. This is a full-time role based in Nairobi, Kenya. This position reports to BTG Cross Cutting Team Leader.
Responsibilities
- Lead all activities relating to agriculture in East Africa, including conducting assessments, identification of highest impact opportunities, contributing to annual work plans, implementing approved activities, and reporting on progress
- Map priority agricultural value chains in target East African countries to identify opportunities for improving productivity or reducing costs through the introduction of off grid electricity or solar-powered agricultural equipment
- Identify and advance opportunities to promote partnerships and facilitate introductions between off-grid companies and agricultural value chain actors, including farmer cooperatives, extension agencies, bulk-buyers, and input suppliers.
- Identify challenges and opportunities in the agricultural sector that can be unlocked through the implementation of off-grid energy solutions
- Support off-grid companies in developing, refining and scaling up productive use off-grid solutions and business models in East Africa
- Provide technical assistance to SMEs in the agriculture sector to understand and implement off-grid energy solutions
- Advise BTG country advisors in East Africa on issues relating to the ag/energy nexus and agricultural value chains
- Coordinate with USAID missions in East Africa to align BTG ag/energy activities with other economic growth programs, such as Feed the Future.
- Perform other duties to ensure accomplishment of relevant project objectives as assigned by direct supervisor
Qualifications
- Master’s degree in a relevant technical field (agricultural engineering, agricultural economics, agricultural science, etc)
- Eight (8) years’ relevant experience including substantive field experience in Africa
- Prior experience working in the agriculture sector, preferably with the agriculture/energy nexus
- Strong technical and analytical skills on a range of issues related to agriculture
- Possess excellent organizational and analytical skills;
- Strong verbal and written English communications skills.
Preferred Qualifications
- Familiarity with the institutional context of African agricultural development
- Demonstrated, strong experience with community engagement, consultative processes, community land rights and issues
- Demonstrated experience with pay-as-you go, microcredit, micro-entrepreneurship models, community credit (such as Grameen bank), establishment of creditworthiness/credit history
- Demonstrated understanding of economic and business constraints to rural agribusiness
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