Oluwakemi Oyewande

Enthusiastic, self-motivated, and goal-oriented professional with extensive experience in research and development for top-tier organisations to achieve sustainable economic development through ground-breaking RCTs and research. Capable of designing, implementing, and publishing field baseline reports. Skilled in relevant analytical/statistical packages, including STATA, SPSS, PowerBI, and SurveyCTO for digital survey collection. Demonstrated history of executing research and recommending impactful development policies to enhance living standard of people. Proven ability in developing, presenting, and maintaining intuitive/interactive dashboards and reports utilising available data visualization tools and technologies. Recognised for reviewing and evaluating key reports, metrics, and trends to aid senior management in key decision-making.

Centre For Global Development (CGD) – London, UK                                     2022 – 2023

Research Assistant

Provided support to Senior Research Associate on: 

● Working paper: Governance and Aid Effectiveness 

● A qualitative analysis of World Bank Education Project: Trends and Evolution of Project Objectives 

Providing support to Senior Research Associate involves: 

●Secondary data collection, collation and cleaning and preparation for analysis

● Data analysis using Excel, Wordstat, Flourish and STATA

● Literature review

● Co-authored blogs with Senior Research Fellows

● Communication and presentation of research updates and findings to team members and unit senior executives

Skills Outside School Foundation (SOSF) – Abuja, Nigeria                             2020 – 2022

Data and Research Officer        

● Led a full spectrum of education intervention baseline survey across public secondary schools and delivered a comprehensive baseline report. The report informed the expansion of the Bridge program in Northern Nigeria.

● Designed the baseline framework, survey manual, data entry sheet, and questionnaires for five stakeholders including parents, teachers, principals/ vice principals, students, and community leaders.

● Directed training of field enumerators including daily data quality checks on data entry sheet, data 

cleaning, and data analysis utilizing PowerBI.

● Delivered basis for choice of sub-sectors and states for intervention in “Agroprenuer” program by conducting mapping of agricultural and mineral endowment for the thirty-six states in Nigeria including the FCT.

● Achieved 95% success rate with feedback from clients by spearheading consultancy post-program evaluation for partner organizations.

● Performed extensive research on cassava, plantain farming, and provided factual basis for the “Agropreneur” intervention for smallholder farmers in Rivers state, Nigeria.

● Drafted and completed two outstanding program impact reports and two research articles for advocacy purposes.

Master of Science in Economics, Ph.D. Grade Level Pass (4.4/5.0) – 2016

University of Lagos Unilag – Nigeria, NI

Bachelor of Science in Economics. Second Class Upper Division (4.3/5.00) – 2011 

Obafemi Awolowo University (OAU) – Ile Ife, NI