Edwige Djoukam

• Restructured Business and drove performance initiatives, resulted in x3 revenue increase in 5 years.
• Negotiated terms of business acquisitions to increase business base, solidify market presence and diversify offerings.
• Developed key operational initiatives to drive and maintain substantial business growth.
• Led fundraising efforts to close financing needs during Expansion
• Reviewed individual department performance and worked with leadership to improve processes, procedures and practices.
• Established and administered annual budget with controls to prevent overages, minimize burn rate and support sustainability objectives.
• Established, optimized and enforced business policies to maintain consistency and high-quality standards across departments.
• Created organization's mission and vision statements for use by employees.
• Led team of 10 other leaders reporting to Board of Directors.

• Executed and Managed a Financial and Technical Assistance fund of $30 million.
• Implemented GOWE Program with Objectives of removing obstacles to growth of women’s enterprises using integrated and innovative approach that combines both financial support and advisory services. The program was sponsored by the African Development Bank and implemented by the International Finance Corporation Private Enterprise Partnership for Africa (IFC-PEP Africa).
  • This consisted in:
  o Conducting in Depth analysis of proposed projects, financial statements in order to determine eligibility of the potential sponsor
  o Negotiating with interested parties on loan and/or guarantees terms as well as contractual obligations
  o Lowering the collateral requirements and therefore enhancing access to finance to business women
  o Building the management and technical capacity of small businesses in order to support sustained growth.
  o Strengthening the capacity of business development services (BDS) providers, financial institutions and Women Enterprise Associations (WEAs) to provide relevant and adequate services to their members.
• Met with project stakeholders on regular basis to assess progress and make adjustments.
• Tracked and reported quarterly program results to stakeholders to facilitate change management activities.

Consultant with USAID (Abt associates) and Cameroon Government

• Financial modeling, forecasting, analysis and evaluation of projects and investment opportunities.
• Performed analysis of proposed business plans, financial statements, countries related macroeconomics and microeconomics risks as part of due diligence process
• Organized consultations and gathered valuable information with industries experts, officials of host countries, USAID and Embassy personnel.
• Conducted inventory of textile companies with industrial capacity in Mali, Burkina Faso, Chad, Cameroon, and Cote D’Ivoire. That work has already resulted in many deals and strategic alliances as results of information gathered from inventory.
• Counselor for the Ministry of Industrial Commercial Development in several countries in designing and publishing of resources informing investors about investment opportunities, and attractive incentives for foreign investments.
• Business plan writing for companies in sectors including: Agribusiness, textile, construction, real estate

Trade and Investment in West Africa

• Organized resources for companies attending trade shows. Negotiated distribution opportunities in Apparel and Agribusiness sectors.
• Worked in collaboration with South Africa Export Council to structure strategic alliances between companies in South Africa and in West Africa that would enable them to become more competitive by benefiting from each other strength: West African companies have better cost and Southern African companies have more Us market experience.
• Produced documentation and assisted entrepreneurs to negotiations with stakeholders resulting in combined fundraising of $25 millions

Capacity Building

• Consultant of the African Development Bank in the training of women executive under the GOWE (Growth Oriented Women Entrepreneurs) program. This included following topics: Export Help Desk, e- commerce opportunities, certifications, and quality requirements. As result we trained about 1500 business women, 26 trainers and mentors, and 20 association leaders.
• Organized seminars and presented various business topics as access to international market, mastering of supply chain, inventory management, Cost analysis;
• Worked with the Cameroon Chamber of Commerce in training business people on AGOA requirements, Management techniques, Accounting, Human resources, Marketing, communications, negotiations etc.

• Reviewed and published Exxon Mobil controllers and procurement procedures; Organized business practices review sessions for 200 employees in Cameroon and Chad;
• Conceived and developed a business framework to address issues of environment management, fiscal terms and cultural awareness for Chad Oil and Gas project.
• Developed Procurement and contracting system that allowed for better planning in initiating contracts renewal.
• Produced various projects milestones reports addressed to Government, World Bank and other external entities.
• Obtained tax exonerations on behalf of some main sub-contractors.
• Participated in negotiations with the government that led to $10,000,000 in tax savings