Baraka Zebedayo holds an MBA and BSc in agriculture and has over 10 years of experience managing private sector development projects in Tanzania. He has extensive experience engaging and supporting private sector actors across sectors like dairy, poultry, and agriculture. Currently he is the Private Sector Engagement Manager for Land O'Lakes in Tanzania and Ethiopia, where he is responsible for attracting private sector investments and providing business support. He is seeking new opportunities to advance economic empowerment initiatives through senior strategic roles.

1. BARAKA ZEBEDAYO’S CURRICULUM VITAE
1. Brief Introduction about Mr. Baraka Zebedayo Ntiruhungwa
Baraka is a senior Private Sector Development Manager and Consultant. He has extensive Private Sector
Engagement and management experience and skills that inculcate International, National and Local
private sector development. Baraka is also a Trainer of Trainers in Entrepreneurship, Pro Poor
Development Support, Business Idea Generation and Business Development Support. He embodies
extensive skills in Pro Poor Enterprise Development through Program/Project Development and
Management Using Value Chain and Market Systems (M4P) Development Approaches. He is a
professional SMEs and Business Advisor and Counsellor with strong experience in Stage and Process-
Based BDS Support to SMEs including: Start Ups survival, Financial Performance, Consolidation and
Growth to internationalization. In additional to his experience in multi-stakeholder facilitation; Private
Sector Engagement and Consortium partnership management, He has rich experiences in setting up and
managing new projects and investments in various agro-economic sectors. He is himself an agro-
entrepreneur.
Baraka holds a BSc. in Agriculture and MBA with specialization in Agribusiness. He has over 10 years of
experience managing development work with International Organizations, Agencies and Foundations in
Tanzania such as: Land O’Lakes Inc. – (Private Sector Engagement and Development Manager Tanzania
& Ethiopia); Technoserve (Senior Business Advisor - East African Dairy Development Program); DANIDA
(Country Business Manager SMEs Competitiveness Facility); SNV, a Netherlands International
Development Organization (www.snvworld.org) as Senior Advisor – Private Sector Value Chain
Development; United States African Development Foundation (USADF) (www.usadf.gov)(Business
Development officer; and Bazelux Company ltd (Director of investments)
AREAS BARAKA IS CONSIDERING: Baraka would welcome opportunities that work to advance efforts
geared towards supporting Economic Empowerment Initiatives at Senior/Strategic Dimensions such as
working as Country/National and/or Regional Level positions.
2. Full Address
Baraka Zebedayo Ntiruhungwa
P.O. Box 10106 - Arusha – Tanzania
Tel: +255 753 756363 / +255 787 592031
E-mail: bzebedayo@gmail.com
Skype: bazelux
3. Sectors in Consideration: Private Sector Development; Markets Development; Agriculture (Dairy &
Poultry); and Rural Development
4. Academic Record:
# Name of the Institution
Degree/ Level Passing
Year
Class/Division/
Grade
1. Sokoine University of
Agriculture
Masters of Business
Administration -
2007 Second Upper
Class
2. Sokoine University of
Agriculture
BSc. Agriculture General
(Livestock & Crop Science)
2004 Second Upper
Class

2. BARAKA ZEBEDAYO’S CURRICULUM VITAE
4. Employment Record (Starting with Current Job):
#
Name of
Organization
Duration
Designation Reason for leaving
From To
1. Land O’Lakes
International
Development
Fund
January
2016
To date Private Sector
Engagement/Development
Manager (Ethiopia &
Tanzania)
Still with the
Organization
Key responsibilities
 Responsible for finding, attracting, engaging and managing Multinational Companies
(MNCs) and Local Private sector companies by preparing strategies, building business cases
for private sector investments in Tanzania and Ethiopia.
 Responsible for providing continuous in-service business and financial support to private
sector players in Tanzania and Ethiopia.
 Conducting detailed assessments of targeted investment areas in Tanzania and Ethiopia to
identify business opportunities for private sector players’ investment in the two countries.
 Providing technical support to targeted investors extending quality services to farmers
including negotiation of performance-based contracts between investors and sectoral
beneficiaries.
 Preparing and upgrading training curriculum to include business management, gender
consideration and electronic data management (ODK) approaches for the Tanzanian and
Ethiopian Business Sectors.
 Leading the identification of liquid nitrogen International and Local business investors for
efficient and sustainable Dairy Genetics Improvement Operations.
 Collaborating with the National Artificial Insemination Centers in Ethiopia and Tanzania
(NAICs) and other private partners to establish distribution points for the business
enterprises.
2. Technoserve March
2014
September
2015
Senior Business/Technical
Advisor
Career Growth
Key responsibilities:
 Establishing and Training of private enterprises (Dairy Business Hubs, Agro dealers and
Artificial Insemination business). General and Specific Capacity Building on business and
financial management for business growth.
 Training of staff on Entrepreneurship, Business idea Generation and business consulting.
 Team Coaching and mentoring on Business Development; Market Facilitation and Market
Systems development.
 Playing key leadership role in the Technoserve Projects Team in Tanzania.
 Leading in developing and managing project tasks based on project objectives and targets
 Leading and managing a portfolio of private business enterprises and maintenance of work
plan and activities for achievement of the project goals.
 Supervising a team of Business Advisors, Consultants, Partnerships (Government and
Private).
3. DANIDA –
Project called
January
2012
July 2013 Country Business
Development Manager
Project Maturity
and end of Project

3. BARAKA ZEBEDAYO’S CURRICULUM VITAE
Small and
Medium
Enterprises
Competitive
Facility (SCF)
life span.
Key responsibilities:
 Responsible for a six figure USD Matching Grant Fund Management for Successful
Upgrading of Tanzanian Food SMEs to International Product and Market Competitiveness.
 Responsible for Formulation and Implementation of SCF Project Value Chain and M4P
Interventions throughout Tanzania.
 Soliciting, Handholding Qualifying Small and Medium Enterprises for Matching Grant
Applications and Providing Business Counseling and Advisory Services on a Continuous
basis.
 Facilitating Knowledge Sharing with fellow staff on Value Chain and M4P related topics
4. SNV –
Netherlands
Development
Organization
August
2011
December
2011
Senior Advisor – Private
Sector Value Chain
Development
(Agriculture).
Going for Project
that Continued
implementing my
previous support to
Food SMEs in
Tanzania.
Key responsibilities:
 Organization’s Country Private Sector Development and Agriculture Sector re-positioning
and Development;
 Sector liaison at national level (with government, donors, partners);
 Programmes development (at scale) based on successful smaller scale interventions;
 Resources mobilization;
 Private Sector contextual analysis and interpretation at national level with a focus on
impact investment and vocational skills development
5. DANIDA – Small
and Medium
Enterprises
Competitiveness
Facility (SCF)
December
2010
June 2011 Full time Business
Incubation and
Management Consultant
for an initiative called Hub,
Incubator and Venture
Investment-Southern
Highlands of Tanzania
(HIVI).
Consultancy
duration/timeframe
ended
Key responsibilities:
 Promoting SCF services to Food SMEs in the Southern Highlands of Tanzania for increasing
awareness of Food SMEs on SCF Grants and Business Development services
 Sensitizing and searching for potential grantees
 Training of interested Food SMEs on grant application concepts and proposals
 Inviting grant applications, screening of grant applications, review and recommendation of
promising Food SMEs grant applications to SCF – DANIDA
 Liaise with and representing SCF – DANIDA to various development stakeholders including
the Government, international and local NGOs.
6. United States
African
Development
April 2007 November
2010
Business Development
Officer
To engage into a
fulltime consulting
job that had more

4. BARAKA ZEBEDAYO’S CURRICULUM VITAE
Foundation
(USADF) and
Centre for
Sustainable
Development
Initiatives (CSDI)
promising career
development
opportunities
Key responsibilities:
USADF provides technical and financial support (grants) to grassroots-based producers and
entrepreneurs in growing industries and sectors of the country economy for enhancing sustainable
business and market links with local, regional, and international buyers and investors, taking
advantage of regional and international trade protocols
 Proposal Screening and Initial Site Visits: responsible for carrying out due diligence and
initial basic systems assessment;
 Application Development: Working with applicants to develop business plans, and
undertake financial and economic appraisals, assess market and institutional
developments.
 Project Monitoring, Evaluation and remediation;
 Reviewing disbursement requests from clients and approving them in collaboration with
Accountant for USADF-Washington funding.
 Provision of on-site training to address deficiencies identified and recommending for
further technical assistance and training.
7. Mwongozo
Ruaha
Foundation (An
education
foundation with
schools in
Tanzania;
Owned by the
Universal House
of Justice –
Haifa, Israel)
July 2004 October
2005
Finance and
Administrative
Coordinator
Going for further
studies to deepen
my skills,
knowledge and
understanding of
the Role of Private
Sector in
Development
Key responsibilities:
 Supervision of construction of School buildings;
 Supervision of the School’s Income Generating Projects;
 Budget and activities planning for ordinary and advanced level secondary schools;
 Staff welfare and conflict management;
 Liaison officer of the foundation to the public and government
 Planning and management of the Foundations Income Generating Projects.
5. Total length of relevant experience:
The total length of relevant work experience is 12 years of fulltime employment.
6. Selected Relevant Training Record:
# Title/Subject of Training Duration Provided by Location

5. BARAKA ZEBEDAYO’S CURRICULUM VITAE
1. Pro Poor Enterprise
Development, (Program/Project
Development and Management
Using Value Chain Approaches)
(Certificate of Training)
October 2008
(3 weeks)
New Southern
Hampshire
University &
Open University
of Tanzania
Dar es Salaam
2. Development of Monitoring,
Evaluation Systems and Plan.
(Certificate of Training)
October 2009
(1 week)
Open University
of Tanzania.
Mwanza
3. Entrepreneurship and Business
Development Support.
(Certified Trainer of Trainers)
February 2011
(1 week)
University of Dar
es Salaam
Entrepreneurship
Centre (UDEC).
Iringa
4. Improvement of Work Place and
Working Conditions
(Certificate of Training)
February 2005
(1 week)
Tanzania Labour
College
Mbeya
5. Entrepreneurship and Job
Preparation
(Certificate of Attendance)
July 2004
(2 weeks)
Sokoine
University of
Agriculture
Morogoro
6. The Virtues Project Educator’s
Training
(Certificate of Merit)
March 2005
(2 weeks)
Virtues Project
International
Iringa
7. Language skill:
# Language Writing Speaking
Average Good
Very
Good
Excellent Average Good
Very
Good
Excellent
1. English Excellent Excellent
2. Kiswahili Excellent Excellent
8. Computer skill: Ms-Word; Ms-Excel; Ms-PowerPoint; and Internet Search
9. Selected Consultancy and other Project Monitoring, Evaluation and Training Assignments
 The Analysis of Pro-poor Growth Opportunities in National and Regional Markets for
Sunflower Oil and Maize – Tanzania (Assessment of Pro poor Growth opportunities from the
Consumer Behaviors, Market Drivers and Trade Channel Characteristics Perspectives). August –
October 2016
 Facilitation and Preparation of Strategic Development Document for Tanzania Pastoralists and
Hunters-Gatherers Organisation (TAPHGO). September – October 2009. Contracted by
TAPHGO.

6. BARAKA ZEBEDAYO’S CURRICULUM VITAE
 Training of Top Management Cadre of the Ministry of Industry, Trade and Marketing (MITM)
and Small Industries Development Organisation (SIDO); on Application of the Value Chain
Approach in Implementation of a Multimillion Euro MUVI project in Tanzania. (July 2010 at
Peacock Hotel in Dar es Salaam).
 Preparation of Business Proposal for establishing Bagamoyo Botanical and Recreation Garden.
Viability, profitability, bankability and sustainability of the business St. Peter Matema Beach
Boarding Secondary School – Kyela, Mbeya. The proposal included analysis of Sustainability
Options based on Agribusinesses. Contracted by the Diocese of Njombe (March – April 2010).
 Evaluation of MS-Tanzania (Danish Association for International Development) partnership
with eight Farmers’ Development Associations and their Umbrella Association – UVIMTA -
Njombe. (2008)
 Assessment of the process of selection, orientation and evaluation of the effectiveness of the
services provided by Technical Experts in the field of agriculture for projects supported by the
United States African Development Foundation.
 Employment of Value Chain Approach in Preparation of Integrated Business Plan for supporting
and promoting beekeeping sub-sector in the Northern Portfolio of SNV - Tanzania. (Oct. 2006 –
Jan. 2007).
 Preparation of Investment/Business Plans for USADF supported investments of the Southern
Highlands of Tanzania.
 Training of farmers on “Farming as a Business”, Value Addition and Marketing. Conducted at
Mkonge village in Mufindi district and Madibila village in Mbalali district.
 Evaluation of Sesame and Sunflower farmer – processor linkage Project by FAIDA MaLi – Arusha. A
project supported by TRIAS and SNV. (February 2007).
 Preparation of Proposal for establishing St. Peter Matema Beach Boarding Secondary School –
Kyela, Mbeya. The proposal included analysis of Sustainability Options based on Agribusinesses.
Contracted by the Diocese of Njombe (March – April 2010).
10. Some Relevant Special Skills
 M4P step –by – step program implementation with strong keenness in partners (actors and
stakeholders) identification, best fit scenario assessment and population of the M4P donut
for ease of partner-role matching.
 Multinational, Public and Local Companies searching, engagement and management for
Public Private Partnerships (PPP).
 Facilitation and Preparation of Development and Business Investment Strategies targeting
both the business/rich and poor people.
 Training on Application of Value Chain and M4P Approaches in Projects and Programs
Implementation.
 Evaluation of development projects and programs.
 Selection, orientation and evaluation of the effectiveness of the services provided by
Technical Experts in the field of Private Sector Development.
 Preparation of Investment/Business Plans for agricultural projects.
11. Selected List of Publication(s)/Report(s)
 Application of Value Chain Approach in Preparation of Integrated Business Plan for Development
of the Beekeeping Sub-sector in the Northern Zone of Tanzania.

7. BARAKA ZEBEDAYO’S CURRICULUM VITAE
 Employment of Extension Services in the Conservation of Natural Resources. The Case of
Tarangire National Park and Communities Neighboring the Park.
 Rice and Sorghum Marketing In Tanzania - Concept Paper Presented to Agra
 Various Monthly, Quarterly and Annual projects implementation reports.
12. Special achievement/distinction
 Successfully searched, assessed, engaged and managed Multinational Dairy Genetics Company
currently working with the Government of Tanzania to sustainably operate Livestock Genetics
Improvement using Artificial Insemination in Tanzania.
 Set up 300 Artificial Inseminations Private Businesses in 15 regions of Tanzania covering more
than 50% of the country’s total land area.
 Successful and precise office and operations set up for CSDI and USADF operations in the
Southern Highlands of Tanzania covering the regions of Morogoro, Iringa, Mbeya, Njombe,
Ruvuma, Rukwa and Katavi.
 Established and managed an Smallholder Farmers Agricultural Portfolio of investments that
grew from 8 million USD to 10 Million USD in less than 3 years. They are still calling for various
technical support almost 10 years later.
 I was able to turn some almost dead farming projects in the Tea, Coffee and Rice sub sectors to
some projects with most social and economic impact of all USADF funded projects in Tanzania
by 2009.
 After joining SCF-DANIDA, the team was able to double the services the project offered to the
Food SMEs in Tanzania. The work we did in 18 months was equivalent to the work done in three
and half years in terms of grants commitment and overall SMEs growth.
B. Other Information
13. Whether terminated on disciplinary ground in my career? No.
14. Any conviction of a criminal offence? No
15. Reference
Referee 1 Referee 2 Referee 3
Casmir Makoye
Former Director, SME Competitiveness
Facility &
Managing Director, Business Assessors
Morogoro, Tanzania
Mob: +255 76 7888 901
E-mail: cnmakoye@gmail.com
Charles Ogutu
Managing Director, MRA
(Consulting Company)
Dodoma, Tanzania
Mobile: +255 784 620 626
Email: Charles@mra.co.tz
Joachim Balakana
Country Program Coordinator, Public Private
Partnership for Artificial Insemination
Delivery (PAID) Land O’Lakes Inc.
P.O. Box 10106 Arusha, Tanzania
Mobile: +255 754 277 682
Email: jbalakana@yahoo.com
16. Authentication:
I certify with full confidence that the information provided are authentic and accurate.
Signature: ....................................................................... Date: January 31, 2016