Our courses are designed to meet the specific needs and requirements of the requesting individuals or organizations. Hence, our clients negotiate the objectives, topics, location, course length, and number of participants. It is our experience that we need at least a group of 15 people and a maximum of 25 people in a class/session. Moreover, our clients assess which items to emphasize during a course. We provide both lectures on theory and hands-on practical courses. Participants receive a certificate of attendance/completion and are asked to fill out an evaluation form in order to meet our client’s expectations in the future.

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Consultancy and Training Experience

• Principal Consultant, Developing “Institutional e-Learning Policy Guideline for Higher Educational Institutions in Ethiopia”; Client: Ministry of Education, April 2023 – August 2023.

• Consultant, Developing “National ICT in Education Policy for Ethiopia”; Client: Ministry of Education, April 2023 – September 2023.

• Trainer, Teaching Online Courses: Best Practices and Instructor Netiquette, a guided online training designed and offered for iCRAFT KNOWLEDGE Online teaching staff for 6 hours from May 25 – 27, 2023.

• External Reviewer, Information Technology Textbook of Grades 11 and 12 of Ethiopia; February 2023, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia. (Employer: Elixir Research and Consultancy Plc.)

• External Reviewer, Content Flow Chart (FC), Minimum Learning Competency (MLC), and Syllabus of Information Technology Curricula for Grades 7-12 of Ethiopia; March 1-14, 2021, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia. (Employer: Elixir Research & Consultancy Plc.)

• Member, Consultancy team to (a) Develop a Digital Skills Country Action Plan (DSCAP) Ethiopian higher education and TVETs Institutions; (b) Revise the draft ICT Strategic Plan for Ethiopian Higher Learning Institutions and TVETs; (c) Finalize the draft ICT Policy for Ethiopian Higher Education and TVETs; and (d) Finalize the draft Internal ICT Policy for Ethiopian Higher Education and TVETs Institutions. Client: Ministry of Science and Higher Education (MoSHE), Federal Democratic Republic of Ethiopia, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia. Period: May 2020 – December 2020.

• External Reviewer, Institutional ICT Policy of University of Gondar; in a Workshop to review draft Institutional ICT Policy; 26th December 2020; Gondar, Ethiopia. 

• Member, ICT Advisory Council for University of Gondar from April 2021 to present (three years assignment from April 2021 to April 2024).

• Trainer on Teaching and Learning Materials Quality guidelines for textbook writers and evaluators, Ministry of Education, Ethiopia:

  • • From Afar, Gambella, and Benishagul-Gumuz Regional administration from June 28-29, 2021 at Adama, Ethiopia. (for primary and middle schools)

    • From the four public universities (Addis Ababa, Jimma, Hawassa, and Bahirdar Universities) from July 16-18, 2021 at Bishoftu, Ethiopia. (for secondary schools)

    • From Addis Ababa City Administration from July 16-18, 2021 at Addis Ababa, Ethiopia. (for primary and middle schools)

    • From Amhara Regional Administration from July 21-22, 2021 at Bahirdar, Ethiopia. (for primary and middle schools)

    • From Southern Nations, Nationalities and Peoples Regional Administration from July 30, 2021 – August 01, 2021 at Bonga, Ethiopia. (for primary and middle schools)

    • From Southern Nations, Nationalities and Peoples Regional Administration from August 06-08, 2021 at Hosanna, Ethiopia. (for primary and middle schools)

    • From Southern Nations, Nationalities and Peoples Regional Administration from August 11-13, 2021 at Arbaminch, Ethiopia. (for primary and middle schools)

    • From Sidama Regional Administration from August 14-15, 2021 at Hawassa, Ethiopia. (for primary and middle schools)

    • From Somali Regional Administration from August 19-21, 2021 at Jigjiga, Ethiopia. (for primary and middle schools)

• Reviewer and Team lead, Standardization of Degree Nomenclature of Undergraduate BSc. Curricula of different public universities; Degree Nomenclature Harmonization Workshop organized by Ministry of Education (MoE); June 17-18. 2022; Hosted at Wolaita Sodo University, Wolaita, Ethiopia.

• External Reviewer, Revised Curriculum in Master of Science Degree in Data Science and Analytics Curriculum, Department of Information Science, Informatics Faculty, University of Gondar; July 27, 2022, Gondar, Ethiopia.

• Member, Consultancy team on “Assessment for Business Improvement and Organizational Transformation Through Technological Systems” at TNT Construction & Trading, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia; December 2019 – January 2020.

• Member, Panel of Assessors to review (a) draft ICT Policy for higher education; (b) draft ICT Strategy for higher education; (c) draft OER and AI Policy and Strategy; and (d) draft institutional ICT Policy for higher education in “ ICT in Higher Education Policy and Strategy Final Workshop for Ethiopia”; 2-6 December, 2019, Asham Africa Hotel, Bishoftu (Debre Zeit), Ethiopia. 

• Member, National Information Technology Standardization Committee (TC 8 – Technical Committee 8) at Ethiopian Standards Agency (October 2019 GC to March 2021 GC).

• Local chair and Programme Review committee member, for African Conference on Information Systems & Technology (ACIST 2019), held from August 1-4, 2019 at Addis Ababa University, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia

• Local chair and Programme Review committee member, for African Conference on Information Systems & Technology (ACIST 2020), held from July 2, 2020; a Virtual Conference due to COVID-19 pandemic (initially scheduled to be held at Addis Ababa, Ethiopia)

• Project Manager, Local Area Network Project at Defence University College, 2003.

• Member of high-level technical ad hoc committee that reviewed Ad-Hoc Committee for High-Level Technical Review of two software development projects: (1)Integrated Student Information Management System with eID System (iSIMS with eID System); and (2) Integrated Human Resource, Procurement, Inventory and Property Management System (HiPPMIS).

• Project team Member, a consultancy team from School of Information Sciences, Addis Ababa University for RFP Development for ERP procurement at Ethiopian Construction Works Corporation (ECWC) project.

• Principal reviewer for Materials Management Module of Ethiopian Electric Power Corporation MIS Stage II Project.  

• Member of the National ICT Professionals Certification Committee.

• Advanced Excel for Data Analytics in Health Commodities Supply Chain Management – Round 2 (Three-day Hands-on practitioners Training for Ethiopian Pharmaceuticals Supply Service (EPSS) staff at Adama, Ethiopia; December 23-25, 2023. Training Host: School of Information Science, Addis Ababa University (AAU).

• Advanced Excel for Data Analytics in Health Commodities Supply Chain Management – Round 1 (Three-day Hands-on practitioners Training for Ethiopian Pharmaceuticals Supply Service (EPSS) staff at Adama, Ethiopia; December 16-18, 2023. Training Host: School of Information Science, Addis Ababa University (AAU).

• Advanced Microsoft Excel for Data Analytics – Round 2 (Four-day Hands-on practitioners Training for Ethiopian Pharmaceuticals Supply Agency (EPSA) staff at Adama, Ethiopia; June 30, 2022 – July 03, 2022. Training Host: School of Information Science, Addis Ababa University (AAU).

• Advanced Microsoft Excel for Data Analytics – Round 1 (Four-day Hands-on practitioners Training for Ethiopian Pharmaceuticals Supply Agency (EPSA) staff at Adama, Ethiopia; June 23-26, 2022. Training Host: School of Information Science, Addis Ababa University (AAU).

• Microsoft Project 2016 (Project Management Software) - Round 1 (Five day Hands-on practitioners Training for Ethiopian Pharmaceuticals Supply Agency (EPSA) staff on behalf of SRI SAI College @ Bishoftu, Ethiopia; August 27-29, 2021; and September 3-4, 2021.

• Microsoft Project 2016 (Project Management Software) – Round 2 (Five day Hands-on practitioners Training for USAID Global Health Supply Chain Program, Procurement and Supply Management senior staff (Ethiopia Office) on behalf of SRI SAI College @ Addis Ababa, Ethiopia; September 15, 17, & October 11, 13, 15, 2021 

• Trainer (a digital Ambassador), Digital Literacy training for trainees for trainees from the community, July 29 – 31, 2019, at School of Information Science, Addis Ababa University.

• Information Management and Documentation to Senior staff of Transport Programs Management Office, Addis Ababa City Administration; May 6-10, 2019. Training Host: School of Journalism and Communication, Addis Ababa University (AAU).

• Designing Information Systems and Management Strategies to Addis Ababa City Administration Communication Affairs Staff; February 8-12, 2018. Training Host: School of Journalism and Communication, Addis Ababa University (AAU).

• Information Technology Project Management (two-round Advanced practitioners Training) at Ethio Telecom in Information Technology Project Management @ Ethio Telecom Training Institute; September/October 2015.