Experience

Media Foundation for West Africa(MFWA)

• Ghana
• Non-profit Organizations
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Programme Manager: Digital Rights

  • Jan 2021 - Present

  Leading projects and interventions on internet freedom, women's rights online and cybersecurity issues in West Africa. Leading projects and interventions on internet freedom, women's rights online and cybersecurity issues in West Africa.



Media Foundation for West Africa (MFWA)

• Programme Manager: Freedom of Expression

  • Jan 2019 - Dec 2020

  • Developing concrete plans and initiatives for the promotion and advancement of theprogramme.• Supporting in the development of project concept notes and proposals for resourcemobilization.• Coordinating projects and activities on safety of journalists, anti-impunity and digital rightscampaigns.• Supporting the conduct and writing of the free expression research reports, focusing on thestate of freedom of expression in West Africa.• Supporting the coordination and strengthening of relations between MFWA and its nationalpartners in respective countries.• Participating in and contributing to long and short term programme and organisationdevelopment planning.• Supporting in efforts to build the knowledge and skills of other staff in the programme.

• Senior Programme Officer for Freedom of Expression

  • Mar 2018 - Dec 2018

  • Liaising with the programme manager for freedom of expression to develop concrete plans and initiatives for the promotion and advancement of the programme.• Supporting the development of project concept notes and proposals for resource mobilization.• Coordinating projects and activities on safety of journalists and impunity and digital rights.• Supporting the conduct and writing of state of free expression country reports.• Supporting the coordination and strengthening of relations between MFWA and its national partners in respective countries.• Participating in and contributing to long and short term programme and organisation development planning.

• Senior Programme Officer for Communications and Outreach

  • Feb 2017 - Feb 2018

  • Secondment to the Gambia Press Union to support the development of a Comprehensive Framework for Media Reform in The Gambia• Heading the organisation’s communication and public outreach unit and managing staff under the Unit.• Building a reliable database of contacts of media organisations in West Africa, Africa and globally; and building strong relations with such organisations for purposes of ensuring increased coverage of the organisation’s reports, events and activities.• Leading the digital/social media (Facebook, Twitter and YouTube) communications efforts of the organisation including managing and increasing traffic to the organisation’s website.• Leading in the conduct of regular analysis and production of reports on projects activities being implemented for effective outreach and visibility.• Administrator of the organisation’s website.