13 years in Service
Smart vision has been working for 13 years in the fields of research and development
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Smart Vision, the leading consultancy firm in somalia
Smart Vision for Consultancy and Development was incorporated in 2011 in Somalia. We focus majorly on monitoring, evaluation, research and learning (MERL), institutional capacity development services, private sector development, quality infrastructure and trade facilitation, mainly in Somalia and across the greater Horn of Africa region. At Smart Vision, we are committed to professionalism, timely and quality service delivery.
Our Services
We provide specialized support services and expertise aimed at adding value and filling gaps in existing capacity. Our main areas of expertise are outlined below
Thematic Areas
Health
Nutrition
Education
Food Security & Livelihood
Quality Infrastructure
Accountability
Child Protection
Gender
Business development
Value chain development
Why Choose Us
6 Offices
Locations in Somalia, Somaliland and Kenya
13+ years
we have more than 10 years of Experience
194 Projects
About 184 projects successfully done!
70+ Clients
Over 70 happy clients
256k HH Surveys
256,000 household surveys conducted and still counting
13.5k interviews
13500 Keys Informant interviews undertaken
9.5k Facilitations
9,500 Focus Group Discussions facilitated in Somalia/Land
350+ Equipment
350+ pieces of smart phones and tablets with updated programs and data capture and management
Over 250 Professionals
Over 250 enumerators, supervisors and managers in the region ready for deployment on short notice
Presence & Licensed
Presence and Licensed by Somalia/land
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Our Management Team
Ismail Aden Haibe
Cheif Executive Officer
Profile - Ismail Aden Haibe
Ismail Aden Haibe – Cheif Executive Officer
The new CEO, Ismail Haibe has brought a wealth of experience to Smart Vision Consultancy and as expected will catapult the organization to even greater heights. Noteworthy, he is not new to SVCD having been SVCD’s Somaliland Representative and Senior Researcher/Team Leader/Qualitative expert in Somalia and Somaliland.
As CEO, Haibe offers strategic direction to the versatile team at SVCD, and is the key and focal point in designing programmatic work and assigning duties to a strong team of consultants, programme and administrative staff. It is his preserve to make major decisions at the corporate level, be in charge overall in the management of operations, finances and offering requisite linkages such as communication between the board of directors and the organisation. Consequently, he supervises and offers guidance to all teams for quality control and adherence in order to set the standards for efficient delivery of services within set timelines.
A holder of Bachelor of Business Administration and Master of Development Studies with several diplomas, certificates and short course certificates, Haibe, a bilingual, boasts of over 17 years experience in organizational work. He has previously offered his professional expertise in an array of business environment, rendering services for many years in research, market systems development, administration and finance, project management, monitoring evaluation, fisheries and value chain development. Besides, he has led over 30 consultancy services include monitoring and evaluations [both mid and end line], surveys, researches, feasibility studies, organizational developments and trainings.
Among his other past assignments are having worked with several organizations as outline below:
- The World Bank as Value Chain Consultant, Somalia SomPrep II
- Development Alternative Initiative, DAI, Senior Intervention Officer, Fisheries; Puntland
- Research Triangle International, RTI as Senior Technical Adviser, Fisheries, Somaliland
- Social Impact Inc., as Qualitative Researcher expert, Puntland
- SOFRECO (Leading French Consulting company), as Fisheries Value Chain Development consultant, Somaliland
- Smart Vision as Senior Researcher/Qualitative expert and then promoted as Country Representative in Somaliland
- Ministry of Environment and Rural development (Somaliland) as Monitoring, Evaluation and Learning Consultant
Ismail is native in Somali, fluent in English and proficient in Arabic.
David Ondijo (PhD)
Deputy Executive Director
Profile - David Ondijo
David Ondijo (PhD) – Deputy Executive Director
David has been in the fields of research, education, and training for 22 years since graduation from Kenyatta University, Kenya, with a Bachelor of Science and Education degree in 1990. He also holds a Master of Science in Biosystematics, obtained in 1996 under a Kenyatta University Staff Development Scholarship. Mr. Ondijo has just concluded a Doctorate of Population Dynamics at Kenyatta University under a European Union Scholarship.
His research experience cuts across physical and social science having started working with the International Centre for Insect Physiology and Ecology (ICIPE) before embarking on social research.
Mr. Ondijo has taught at the university level since 1997, first at the Jomo Kenyatta University of Agriculture and Technology, then later at the Technical University of Kenya where he is currently based, principally teaching research design and data analysis. He has also worked as Co-Consultant with a number of local consultancy firms since 2000.
Mr. Ondijo has a wealth of experience in designing surveys and impact monitoring and evaluations, using a range of qualitative and quantitative methods. He has implemented bespoke surveys and assessments which meet diverse ranges of needs in Somalia, Ethiopia and Kenya. He has also conducted trainings on research design, survey methods, data analysis and report writing.
As a Consultant, he has carried out assignments for various organizations that include Save the Children International (SCI), Nordic International Support Foundation (NIS), Finn Church Aid (FCA), Lutheran World Federation (LWF), Dutch Refugee Council (DRC), Food Security and Nutrition Analysis Unit (FSNAU), FAO Adeso (formerly Horn Relief), UNICEF, TASS, Shaqodoon Organization, Del Monte, Christian Partners Development Agency, Community Mobilization against Desertification.
At Smart Vision David is in charge of research design, data analysis, monitoring and evaluation.
Ahmed Hersi Osman
Director of programmes
Profile - Ahmed Hersi Osman
Ahmed Hersi Osman – Director of programmes
Osman is a dedicated and committed result-driven Monitoring, Evaluation, Research and learning consultant with skills, knowledge, and experience to implement complex projects within the field of M&E and Research. Ahmed comes with more than a decade of first-hand experience in Monitoring, Evaluation and Research through his career with various international and national organizations operating in Somalia/Somaliland at both fulltime and short time engagements. In the 10 years Osman has delivered more than 30 assignments that include projects and programs evaluation, independent monitoring, research, needs assessment, M&E training, and capacity building across different sectors from Food security and livelihoods to Economic growth, education, good governance, health and nutrition, WASH, Natural resource management among several others.
Osman has worked with many organizations over the past ten years at different M&E capacities that include Caritas, care international, USAID, RTI International, Save the Children, ILO, UNDP, I-APS, Candlelight, Pharo Ventures, Relief International, DFID, World Bank Group, and handful of international M&E consulting companies in Somalia/Somaliland. Ahmed has double MA in Project Management and Planning and Community development. He Possesses excellent skills for communication and delivery of reports to stakeholders and competent in analysis of projects’ complex datasets using MS Excel, DHIS2, Open Data Kit, NVivo, Atlas.ti, Epi Info, SPSS, and STRATA. He is native in Somali, fluent in English and proficient in Arabic.
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