Innocent Takaedza is the Advisor for Design, Monitoring & Evaluation for Livelihoods.

Innocent Takaedza

Senior Advisor for DME (Design, Monitoring, and Evaluation) and Research for Global Livelihoods

He has been in the NGO sector for 18 years, including one year with World Vision International’s Technical Services Organization (TSO). He has considerable experience in Food Security and Livelihoods, Gender, and Education, Women's Economic Empowerment, Disaster Risk Reduction, and Emergency Relief.  

Strong in Monitoring and Evaluation, his other areas of expertise include capacity building, resource mobilization, research, and learning. Over the years, he has accumulated experience in setting up Monitoring Evaluation systems, conducting Impact Evaluations, Process Evaluations, Baseline Studies, Program Design, Strategy formulation, and setting up accountability and Learning systems. He is passionate about designing and measuring program effectiveness. 

Innocent holds a Master of Philosophy (MPhil) degree in M&E from Stellenbosch University. He is currently studying towards a Master’s in Public Policy and Governance at Africa University. As part of his Bachelor’s Degree in Development Studies, he researched access to microcredit as a poverty reduction and women empowerment strategy in Rural Zimbabwe. 

Innocent is based in Zimbabwe.