MICHAEL INALEGWU ODEH

• Leading ETK’s Nigeria country portfolio of Mastercard Foundation-funded programs with oversight of a USD 50M agribusiness and women & youth development programs. Managing donor relations, fund accountability, work planning, and result management to the Foundation.
• Key Achievements and Impact highlights:
• Positioned ETK as a trusted PMO partner to Mastercard Foundation by strengthening governance, compliance, and providing strategic support across all five implementing partners, contributing to continued portfolio expansion and donor confidence.
• Mobilized and coordinated interventions reaching 600,000 farmers and MSMEs through the cooperative-cluster model, driving improved productivity, market access, dignified employment opportunities and business sustainability.
• Led institutional capacity strengthening across five partner organizations through strengthened organizational operations, compliance and full alignment with donor standards.
• Managed cross-functional teams to ensure seamless operations and drive business objectives.
• Facilitated over $5.5M in financing access for youth agripreneurs and cooperatives in logistics and processing enterprises through partnerships with banks, MFIs, processors, and input firms.
• Designed market systems interventions spanning agri-inputs, processing centers, finance, mechanization, aggregation and market off-taking programs.

• Led the market system development initiatives, supported value chain development and Commercialization of enterprises for 20,000 small holder farmers.
• Led market facilitation and financial services expansion within fertilizer and inputs sectors, valued at over $1.3million for smallholder farmers.
• Led the implementation and adoption of innovative financing models through the cooperative-led delivery under the input financing program.
• Developed market access intervention models for different agricultural produce (with average aggregation volume of 5,000mt) across multiple states driving investment recovery rate by 25%

• Co-led the $2M USAID Building Sustainable Livelihoods (BSL) program, overseeing donor engagement, fund utilization, reporting, and technical implementation. Focusing on agribusiness management, value chain development and women inclusion in Agriculture.

Key Achievements

• Supported the scaling of Agribusiness intervention, managing the implementation of all three activity component model- Agriculture, Financial Inclusion (digital financial services) and Nutrition leading to 40% increase in livelihood outcomes.
• Expanded agribusiness and financial inclusion services to 20,000 households.
• Achieved 98% budget utilization with strict USAID compliance.
• Led the project impact and result measurement processes with technical oversight on monitoring and evaluation teams.
• Led MSME finance innovations integrating digital tools, blended finance, and de-risking models in developing the soybean, groundnut and tomato value chain.

• Driving agribusiness and value chain development, Financial Inclusion(VSLA) initiative under the Rayuwa Program, targeting the empowerment of 5,000 young women and youth in food production and diversified livelihood opportunities.
• Led the design of mechanization financing models, business sustainability strategies, and SME lending engagement models, increasing employment rates for 3,500 young farmers across Kaduna and Katsina State by 30%.
• Supported integration of private sector investment and youth-led entrepreneurship in agri-mechanization.
• Provided overall technical expertise and management of all agricultural-related activities with focus on the five value chain (Maize, Sorghum, Rice, Soybean and Tomato).
• Established women enterprises in food processing, financial inclusion models through the VSLA (Village and Savings Loan Associations) framework and fortification of staple foods, raising household incomes by 45%.
• Collaborated with cross-functional teams to achieve project goals on time and within budget.

• Improving the Food Security and Livelihood (FSL) vulnerable populations from conflict affected areas through agribusiness and economic empowerment activities focusing on women and youth.
• Led the technical implementation of agricultural, nutrition and IGA programs with special focus on women economic empowerment (WEE) and increasing livelihood outcome.
• Integrated 9,500 women across 7 LGA’s into production of nutritious-sensitive crops (vegetables, soybean and groundnut) under irrigated and rain-fed crop production systems as well as homestead gardening using climate smart practices.
• Provided support to Sector Lead in the planning and designing of resilience pathways and impact outcome areas.
• Established effective relationships with key stakeholders both internally and externally for increased collaboration opportunities.

• Delivery of Farmer Organization Development initiatives targeting resilience building, recovery and economic empowerment through value chain development and market system strengthening for conflict affected populations.
• Designed protocols for field research project and coordinated the implementation targeted programs to promote and increase adoption of good agronomic practices for all the value chain crops (Maize, Sorghum, Soybean Rice and Groundnut).
• Facilitated access for input and output market for farmer’s groups through establishment of linkage with Agro-input suppliers, rollout of input fairs and conduction aggregation and commercialization activities leading to 18% increase in productivity.
• Delivered technical agricultural extension services ensuring smooth implementation of the project within budget line and according to work plan.

• Led the development of business plan and sales strategy for the product marketing ensuring attainment of company sales goals and profitability.
• Delivered 19% annual market growth through product diversification strategies.
• Established and managed an efficient and high performing sales team across all northern regions.
• Coordinated the development of action plans to penetrate new markets accurate, competitive pricing on all completed prospect application while maintaining profit margin.

• Led all primary sales activities and overall attainment of VAP-3 objectives (visibility, Availability, Placement, Pricing and Promotion) in assigned cluster.
• Recorded increase of 27% in subscriber base within a six-month period with steady increase of 5% month-on-month in assigned territory through aggressive product-market penetration strategies.
• Maintained strict adherence to business ethics, market governance, monitoring and Excellence in assigned cluster (Profitability and Price Management at retail).