Mr Issoufou Moussa Sayo
Mr Issoufou Moussa Sayo
Manager - Monitoring, Evaluation and Learning

Moussa Sayo Issoufou is an agronomist by training (Bachelor of Agriculture Usman Danfodiyo University Sokoto- Nigeria), with a professional master’s degree in project management. I’m a monitoring and evaluation professional with over 15 years progressively responsible professional Project Management experience (from M&E Assistant to Operations and MEL Manager / Deputy Chief of Party (DCoP), I am a professional project Manager with extensive USG Projects Management procedures, and requirements experience.

As a monitoring and evaluation practitioner, He  developed many project tools including M&E plans, research and surveys protocols, databases, training modules, and supervising field staff, managing teams, data collection, data quality assessment (DQA), data analysis, reporting in accordance with donor directives, strong mixed-methods research skills and proficient in a wide range of analysis tools, including ArcGIS and QGIS for spatial data, Excel, SPSS, Open Data Kit” ODK”, etc. Moussa is very familiar with the Collaborating, Learning, and Adapting (CLA) approach, knowledge management (KM) practices, Development Data Library process. He is also very sensitive on gender and social inclusion aspects.

Areas of expertise include design and operationalization of monitoring and evaluation systems, evaluations (baseline, endline, impact assessment), theory of change (ToC) development, consultation and needs assessment, stakeholder mapping, capacity building, knowledge management, data quality assessment, strategic and operational planning, grant management as well as partnership development and management.