[ Funder / client ]
ICR assignment (European Union, GIZ, British Council, Expertise France)
[ Scope ]
Kaduna State, Nigeria · January – May 2024
[ Role ]
Senior Expert Consultant (short term).
[ Key result ]
Gender- and disability-responsive business strategy and inclusion roadmaps.
The challenge
Sub-national economies need strategies that connect growth sectors with the people most often excluded from them — and that the responsible institutions can implement.
Role
Senior Expert Consultant (short term).
Approach & methodology
- 01Led design of a Gender- and Disability-Responsive Business Strategy for Kaduna State
- 02Skills demand assessment and value-chain analysis across digital, agriculture and renewable energy
- 03Workshops with women's groups, government agencies, private-sector actors, KADIPA and EU Delegation stakeholders
- 04Co-created a gender-responsive green growth strategy
Outputs & documented results
- Gender- and disability-responsive business strategy and inclusion roadmaps.
- Upscaling report with recommendations for national-level adoption of the Kaduna pilot initiatives.
Relevance & lessons
Illustrates how inclusion can be built into the architecture of an economic strategy rather than appended to it.