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MEET OUR MANAGING DIRECTOR

Diyana Bawiena Davis

Managing Director

Making the details work. So your ambitions can move.

Across countries, languages and institutions, progress depends on people who can turn a plan into something that works. That is the experience Diyana brings to Regional Access Africa.

English & FrenchMBA · Anglia Ruskin University
Diyana Bawiena Davis, Managing Director of Regional Access Africa
10+

Years of programme experience

17

Countries in the EnGRAIS programme’s scope

$24M

EnGRAIS programme portfolio she helped lead

Experience gained through the EnGRAIS programme.

01 / THE FOUNDATION

A habit of following through.

Diyana began in the private sector, coordinating after-sales operations at an automotive dealership in Lomé. It was an education in systems, client accountability and the follow-through that turns a promise into a result.

A year volunteering at the Laura Vicuña School in Benin added another dimension. Supporting 647 secondary school students through activities, introductory IT and study supervision, she put the same discipline at the service of young people who needed consistent support.

02 / THE REGIONAL EXPERIENCE

Keeping complex programmes moving.

In 2014, she joined IFDC on the USAID West Africa Fertilizer Program, a $20 million regional initiative. Procurement, grants, financial reporting and donor compliance became part of her daily work, alongside coordinating people across institutional and language boundaries.

By June 2023, she had become Deputy Chief of Party for Operations on USAID EnGRAIS, helping lead a $24 million programme spanning 17 countries. Her work covered procurement, grant lifecycles, compliance and cross-country coordination, in both English and French.

EXPERIENCE WITH MEASURABLE RESULTS

40%

Reduction in donor queries through cross-country coordination frameworks.

100%

Audit clearance achieved by the EnGRAIS programme during her grant-management tenure.

Results achieved through Diyana’s work on the EnGRAIS programme.

03 / WHAT THAT MEANS FOR YOU

Experience you can put to work.

A business owner preparing for a regional exhibition needs the right arrangements and useful introductions. An investor reviewing a project needs clear questions, access to the site and a careful account of what was observed. Both need someone who follows through.

RAA brings this operational approach to opportunity discovery, participation support, investor visits and project visits on a client’s behalf. Agriculture is a natural starting point for Diyana’s experience; the ambition is to support relevant business opportunities across sectors and across Africa.

Diyana with colleagues on a review visit to an IFDC-supported business
Diyana and colleagues on a review visit to an IFDC-supported business in northern Ghana.

Professional foundations

  • MBA in Business Management · Anglia Ruskin University, UK
  • Postgraduate Diploma in Business Administration · Ghana Concord Business College
  • Diploma in Information Technology
  • ALX-certified Virtual Assistant
  • 10+ years working on USAID- and DGIS-funded programmes
  • English & French

Let’s talk about your next step.

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