Kate Mwaura
Brief bio Kate is a Monitoring, Evaluation, and Learning (MEL) professional with over six years of experience supporting international donor-funded programmes. She specialises in designing practical, results-driven MEL systems that promote learning, accountability, and meaningful impact. Kate works closely with programme teams to develop and implement MEL plans, ensuring that monitoring and evaluation are fully integrated into day-to-day technical and management processes.
Her experience includes leading the design of MEL tools and systems, supporting performance analysis, facilitating learning sessions, and building the capacity of staff and stakeholders through tailored training and support. She has worked extensively in the Energy sector, managing large datasets, maintaining MEL databases, conducting data quality reviews, and producing visual reports and dashboards to support evidence-based decision-making.
Kate brings strong technical skills in both quantitative and qualitative methods, with hands-on experience using Excel, SPSS, ATLAS.ti, and a range of data visualisation platforms. She has led evaluations from design to final reporting and has a particular interest in combining data with storytelling to demonstrate impact and promote learning.
She is passionate about making MEL simple, useful, and part of everyday programme work. Kate is committed to strengthening MEL practices, encouraging continuous learning, and contributing to initiatives that deliver real results. She is open to collaboration and always keen to exchange ideas and learn from others across the development sector.
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Blessing Muvuti
Brief bio Blessing Muvuti has over 18 years of experience in program monitoring, evaluation, and management, consulting, training, project management, and systems design and analysis. He has extensive expertise in managing large-scale Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) system implementations, billing systems, and project management solutions. His work spans both government and private institutions, electric utilities, and end users in emerging markets, including Sub-Saharan Africa and Central Asia.
Blessing has led multiple ERP system projects, from requirements gathering and system design to implementation and optimization. Notably, he spearheaded the successful implementation of an ERP system for the national electricity utility in Afghanistan under a USAID-funded program, ensuring streamlined operations and improved financial and asset management. He has also played a key role in defining business processes, identifying system gaps, and integrating ERP solutions with other enterprise applications.
Additionally, he was instrumental in designing and implementing a power transaction tracking tool currently used by Power Africa, a U.S. government-led partnership. His expertise extends to developing and deploying mobile applications, project management platforms, and monitoring & evaluation (M&E) systems to enhance operational efficiency and data-driven decision-making.
Blessing holds a Master of Management with the University of the Witwatersrand and holds a Postgraduate Degree in Management from the same university. He is a Certified Project Manager and Certified Trainer, with a strong track record of leading projects and training professionals in over 10 African countries, Afghanistan, and the United States on ERP systems, M&E frameworks, and project management methodologies.