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Eric Sika

Eric Sika

Kinshasa

Profil professionnel

Multisectoral development and humanitarian professional with over 10 years of experience in agricultural development, food security, and humanitarian assistance in the DRC. Strong track record in managing agricultural programs, leading technical and strategic input in project design, M&E systems, and donor coordination. Skilled in stakeholder engagement, grant compliance, and data informed decision-making. Fluent in English and French.

Vue d'ensemble

10
10
years of professional experience
6
6
years of post-secondary education

Expérience

Project Management Specialist_Food Security

USAID
Kinshasa
08.2024 - 07.2025
  • Lead planning, design, procurement, and implementation of food security and agricultural development activities.
  • Serve as AOR/COR or Activity Manager for key programs, particularly within the Feed the Future (FTF) zone of influence.
  • Serve as nutrition and RFSA projects' focal point for the Economic Gowth's office.
  • Monitor implementing partners (IPs) to ensure achievement of results, compliance with USAID regulations, and timely reporting.
  • Support budget justifications, operational plans, performance reporting, and Congressional notifications.
  • Lead the development and oversight of performance monitoring systems and work plans.
  • Provide strategic technical input on agriculture and food systems with a focus on youth-centered and resilience-enhancing programs.
  • Engage in cross-sectoral strategy development and collaborative learning (CLA) processes.
  • Represent USAID in meetings with government, donors, NGOs, and private sector stakeholders.
  • Support development of new activities from screening to funding and advise on resilience and livelihoods issues in DRC.
  • Draft briefings, talking points, and other communication materials for internal and external stakeholders.
  • Assist in the preparation of field visits and VIP engagements.
  • Ensure inclusive, collaborative, and high-performing team dynamics, promoting diversity and learning.
  • Successfully managed a portfolio of agriculture and food security initiatives contributing to USAID/DRC's economic growth objectives.
  • Strengthened USAID's partnerships with the Government of DRC, donors, private sector, and civil society for greater program impact.
  • Effectively led CLA efforts, integrating learning and adaptation into program design and implementation.
  • Contributed to measurable improvements in local food systems, resilience, and nutrition-sensitive agricultural productivity.
  • Represented USAID in high-level forums, strengthening U.S. leadership in food security and resilience in the DRC.
  • Maintained compliance with USAID procedures and ensured accountable, costeffective programming aligned with Mission goals.

Agriculture Officer-USAID Central Africa Third Party Monitoring

Management Systems International (MSI)
Goma
02.2022 - 08.2024
  • Review TPM instruments and tools to ensure that they are tailored for monitoring the specific non-emergency activities such as agriculture.
  • Review relevant background information for food security and agriculture projects of the assignment to understand the context.
  • Support the training of data collection teams to ensure that they are familiar with technical aspects of the activities being monitored.
  • Lead the data collection efforts at the field level including leading interviews with key stakeholders and subject matter experts.
  • Lead the structured direct observations conducted at the field level.
  • Support the analysis and reporting for food security, agriculture data, including responding to CART, USAID/ BHA and BHA partners.

DRC Projects Coordinator

Hive
Goma
04.2023 - 03.2024
  • Ensure quality data compilation and management from the part of Congolese partners.
  • Coaching and mentoring of MMT app users (CSOs and private sector users) for an efficient use of the app (boost digitization and structured data availability).
  • Assist Donors, Project Leads and Implementation Partners in their own handling and understanding of Datastake benefits.
  • Contribute to an efficient reporting to Project Donors.
  • Contribute to the successful implementation of specific Projects / contracts.
  • Negotiation with external contractors and other stakeholders where needed.
  • Represent HIVE at project meetings when needed.
  • Provide technical expertise in the agricultural sector (if needed).
  • Successfully managed 4 projects, including 2 USG funded projects, with digital M&E tools.
  • Built partnerships with Congolese ministries and private sector.
  • Oversaw program reporting, field team guidance, and budget reviews.
  • Managed outreach and training for agricultural and mining stakeholders.

Regional Agribusiness Advisor

Rikolto
Goma
03.2022 - 11.2022
  • My role was to catalyze collective action among local food system actors (local authorities, food retailers and distributors, producers, citizens, experts, financial institutions, citizens, and civil society organizations) to make urban food environments and food supply chains more conducive to healthy, sustainable and nutritious diets for all citizens as part of resilient and inclusive city region food systems in North Kivu province (DR Congo) and Rubavu province (Rwanda).
  • Strengthened city-region food systems across DRC and Rwanda.
  • Coordinated food retail, farmer, and stakeholder networks for resilient diets.

Project manager

OpenSc
Goma
02.2022 - 08.2022
  • Maintain Gantt chart for local implementation.
  • Co-develop implementation toolkit and 2023 expansion plan.
  • Ensure high quality solution deployment.
  • Develop and deliver against a solution quality management plan.
  • Build a business case for the OpenSC solution among cooperatives.
  • Periodically assess scale-up success at the local level.
  • Managed traceability solution scale-up for coffee value chain stakeholders.
  • Led implementation planning, data sharing, and stakeholder alignment.

Technical Assistant

EUCORD
KISANGANI
09.2021 - 03.2022
  • My main role was to set up an effective contract farming with one or more locally important markets and buyers (Tshopo and DRC) in order to offer sustainable market perspectives to more than 10,000 small producers grouped in 30 collectives of farmers' organizations in 5 territories of the TSHOPO province.
  • Successfully carried out the mapping of the value chains actors and a market analysis.
  • Facilitation of negotiations between the company BRALIMA and UPDKIS with the signature of a contract for the delivery of 1200 tons of rice in 2022.

National Program Officer_Resilience project

FAO
Goma
11.2018 - 12.2020
  • Project implementation, monitoring and evaluation.
  • Nurturing beneficial partnerships for the project.
  • Structuring of farmers organizations.
  • Capacity building of 15,000 farmers on best agricultural practices through Farmers Fields School.

Agricultural Inputs Supply Specialist for the USAID Feed the Future DRC SVC Activity

Tetratech ARD
Bukavu
11.2017 - 11.2018
  • Strategic Planning and Project Design.
  • Develop the Environmental Monitoring and Mitigation Plan (EMMP) as well as the Safer User Action Plan (SUAP) for the project.
  • Facilitate stakeholders' coordination (public and private).
  • Facilitated a study visits as well as experience-sharing visits for the stakeholders.
  • Organize B2B events involving relevant stakeholders.
  • Capacity building (training and technical advices) to stakeholders involved in the coffee, beans and soybean value chains.

Field Programme Assistant

WFP
Bukavu
10.2015 - 12.2016
  • Partnerships and advocacy.
  • Support to smallholder farmers' organizations.
  • Monitoring and evaluation at the provincial level.
  • Coordination support.

Formation

Bachelor's degree - Agronomy

Catholic University of Bukavu
Bukavu
10.2006 - 04.2011

Master's Degree - Agronomy

Kenyatta University
Nairobi
09.2011 - 08.2012

Certificate of Completion - Business and Entrepreneurship

University of Wisconsin-Stout
Menomonie
06.2015 - 08.2015

Compétences

  • Agricultural Value Chains
  • Food Systems and Resilience
  • Food security
  • Humanitarian Food Distribution
  • Project Management
  • Monitoring, Evaluation, Learning and Apprenticenship (MELA)
  • Stakeholder Engagement
  • Representation
  • Team Management
  • Strategic Planning

Personnalisé

  • Rebecca Acuna, Director, Office of Economic Growth, United States Agency for International Development (USAID), racuna@usaid.gov, beccaacuna@gmail.com, +1 (571) 275-0656
  • Benjamin W. Babunga, Director II, Strategy Evidence and Learning, Save the Children US- USAID-Kulawa Project, Niamey-Niger, +227-829-330-79, bbabunga@savechildren.org, babungaben@gmail.com
  • Henri Paul ELOMA Ikoleki, Assistant au Représentant Chargé de programme, Représentation de la FAO en RD Congo, 936, Boulevard du 30 Juin-Kinshasa/Gombe, HenriPaul.ElomaIkoleki@fao.org, +243 819 087 336, +243 998 181 010

Informations complémentaires

  • Basketball, swimming and traveling

Langues

Français
Avancé (C1)
Anglais
Avancé (C1)
Kiswahili
Courant
Lingala
Opérationnel

Chronologie

Project Management Specialist_Food Security

USAID
08.2024 - 07.2025

DRC Projects Coordinator

Hive
04.2023 - 03.2024

Regional Agribusiness Advisor

Rikolto
03.2022 - 11.2022

Project manager

OpenSc
02.2022 - 08.2022

Agriculture Officer-USAID Central Africa Third Party Monitoring

Management Systems International (MSI)
02.2022 - 08.2024

Technical Assistant

EUCORD
09.2021 - 03.2022

National Program Officer_Resilience project

FAO
11.2018 - 12.2020

Agricultural Inputs Supply Specialist for the USAID Feed the Future DRC SVC Activity

Tetratech ARD
11.2017 - 11.2018

Field Programme Assistant

WFP
10.2015 - 12.2016

Certificate of Completion - Business and Entrepreneurship

University of Wisconsin-Stout
06.2015 - 08.2015

Master's Degree - Agronomy

Kenyatta University
09.2011 - 08.2012

Bachelor's degree - Agronomy

Catholic University of Bukavu
10.2006 - 04.2011

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