EoPSD/GTZ – March 2007 Follow- Up training for Adoption and Implementation of Innovative Financial Products by the Community Banks and MFIs in Niger and Nasarawa states.

United Bank for Africa – December 2005: Roadmap to Microfinance Development Strategy.

PRISMS/USAID August 2005: Technical Assistance to FMBN for the legal review of mortgage enabling environment legislation.

PRISMS/USAID – July 2005: Technical Assistance to CBN on banking sector consolidation. This involved a status report on the process and state of the banking sector consolidation and the development of a framework for monitoring the process.

DFID/Budget Office – June 2005: Agricultural Sector Adviser to the Budget Office of the Federation on the development of strategic budget framework for the Federal Ministry of Agriculture and its parastatals.

DFID – May 2005: Study on Poverty, Inequality and Growth being a Social Impact Analysis of DFID funded Shared Growth Program.

Chemonics International Inc. – Feb-May 2005: New business development support for Chemonics International on the preparation of technical proposal for USAID funded Nigeria REFORMS project.

EoPSD/GTZ Feb - April 2005: New Product development research and training for appropriate microfinance products for community banks in Niger and Nassarawa states.

PRISMS/USAID/World Bank/DFID February 2005: Comprehensive Assessment of the Effects of the Central Bank of Nigeria’s Increase in the Capitalization Requirement for Commercial Banks to N25 Billion.

PRISMS/USAID Development of due Diligence Assessment Tool (On-going) for Use by Commercial Banks When Considering Wholesaling of Loan Capital Lines of Credit to Selected Community Banks.

PRISMS/USAID Survey and Analysis of: MSME Financial Services Needs; Dec 2004 Training/Technical Needs of Financial Services Providers; Entry Profiling of Financial Institutions Partners, to Support the Design and Implementation of the Interventions Required for the Provision of Financial Services Directly and Indirectly to MSMEs by Nigeria’s Commercial Banking Sector.

Promoting Improved Sustainable Microfinance Services (PRISMS) On-going: DA is member of a Chemonics International led consortium to develop a US$5 million project on a microfinance intervention program in Nigeria. The purpose of this thirty month project is: to assess, design, and implement a new program to increase access to critical financial services for micro and small enterprises in Nigeria. The scope of the work include improved policy and regulatory environment, with a focus on appropriate supervision and oversight of MFIs and SME financial institutions; strengthening microfinance institutions and increase capacity and interest of financial institutions to provide services and products to small and medium enterprises. DA is responsible for the provision of local technical support on financial services to MSME to the program in addition to market research and general advisory services to the project management unit.

Development of Training Materials and Training Delivery on Microfinance for West African Institute for Financial and Economic Management: May-June 2004

Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) April – May 2004: facilitation of the stakeholders’ review of the draft policy on Microfinance and technical review of the final draft of the policy for the consideration of the board of directors of the bank.

Microfinance Market Assessment and Business Plan Africap & United bank for Africa April August 2003: United Bank of Africa (“UBA”) and Africap have commissioned DA to review the current provision of micro finance in the informal economy in Nigeria, together with a feasibility study on the formation of a commercial micro finance program, as part of the Bank’s overall strategy to strengthen the provision of retail services in the Bank’s branch network. The mission also outlines the proposed structure of the program together with how the project might fit within the Bank’s existing structure from a legal, business and operational perspective.

Re-design of Microcredit Scheme in Delta Region: European Union July – September 2003: Review of the design and operations of the micro credit schemes funded by MPP3 in the Niger Delta. Working in two states, this assignment involves review of the internal process and impact of the Microcredit schemes of MPP3 in Rivers and Delta states