About Me

CURRICULUM VITAE
WORK EXPERIENCES
March 2018 up today
STRATEGIC COMMUNICATION MANAGER AT MILLENNIUM CHALLENGE
ACCOUNT – NIGER (MCA-NIGER)
MAIN TASKS :
 Institutional communication and organisation’s image protection and promotion,
 web site’s and other other social media content production and management,
 Video production on MCA-Niger’s projects,
 Advocacy and community mobilization of projects’ beneficiaries (livelihoods, land
and Gender issues),
 Rewriting and coordination of MCA-Niger’s newsletter
 High profile events management,
 Speech writing for the General Director,
 Training of the staff in advocacy and communication techniques,
 Contribution to report production.
August 2017-February 2018
JOURNALIST, NEWS PRESENTER, BBC AFRIQUE, CONTENT PRODUCER FOR
WEB SITE
MAIN TASKS :
 News gathering, rewriting and broadcasting on BBC radio
 Content production for BBC Afrique’s web site and social media
MASRO Komla Hanson
Togolese
Maried
25 YEARS OF EXEPEIRENCE
 JOURNALIST
 COMMUNICATION SPECIALIST
 LECTURER
– Coach
– Team Management
– Communications Manager (Internal, external and crisis Communication)
– Digital Communication Specialist
– Influencing Specialist
– Communication Consultant
– Coach in Media Training
– Coach in Public Speaking
 ADVOCACY & COMMUNICATIONS FOR CHANGE
Email : [email protected]
Phone. +227 80 07 43 79
+221 77 742 0743
Niamey
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September 2014 – March
2017
REGIONAL COMMUNICATIONS COORDINATOR AT OXFAM (WEST AFRICA)
MAIN TASKS :
 Campaigns communications coordination on governance in extractive industries,
 Tax justice advocacy,
 Ebola Response,
 Coordination, rewriting and release (French, English) of the regional newsletter
highlighting main activities from West and Central Africa representations,
 Production of success stories and video reportage on projects,
 PR and e-reputation to protect and defend Oxfam’s image and reputation,
 Contribution to annual report,
 Contribution to concept note production
February 2011 up today
COMMUNICATION CONSULTANT
 Definition of communication strategy
 Media Training,
 Public Speaking,
 Conflict management in organisations,
 Internal and external Communication,
 Institutional Communication,
 Crisis Communication
FULFILMENTS :
 Definition of Oxfam Mauritania’s communication strategy,
 I facilitated trainings in communication techniques (Oxfam Benin, Burkina, Mali,
CAR, Chad, Mauritania, and Senegal)
 I facilitated trainings organizational conflicts management
April 2010 – August 2014
JOURNALIST, PRESENTER (RADIO), CONTENT PRODUCER FOR BBC AFRIQUE
WEB SITE, HEAD OF SPORTS SERVICE AT BBC AFRIQUE
MAIN TASKS :
 News gathering, processing and live broadcasting
 Content production for BBC Afrique’s web site and social media
 Sport Desk and correspondents’ coordination
 Events planning and coverage monitoring
June 2010 – March 2018
LECTURER (in Journalism and Communications)
– CESTI (School of Journalism) Cheikh Anta Diop University Senegal
– ETICCA-Dakar (Business and communication school)
– EJICOM (Communication and Journalism school)
– I2M (Communication and Journalism school)
MAIN TASKS :
 I teach Communication Strategy class
 I teach News gathering and processing in Radio, TV, Print (Master students)
 I teach Media Ethics
 I teach Propaganda and Persuasion
 I teach Public Speaking
 I teach News Analysis from social, geopolitical, cultural and economic
perspectives
 I teach Crisis Communication class
March 2009 – April 2010
PRESIDENT OF TOGO’S SPORTS WRITERS’ ASSOCIATION
I led activities of the association and contributed tremendously to the training of its
members.
January 2008 – April 2010 COPY EDITOR, HEAD OF NEWS GATHERING, AT RADIO LOME, TOGO
 I was in charge of the rewriting and the editorial compliance of the outputs
broadcast on the national radio station. The scope of my work also covered
planning and events programming.
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March 1994 – April 2010  I coached new colleagues to enable their integration and understanding of the
standards and requirements of the newsroom
 I was in charge of news gathering and events coverage planning
JOURNALIST-NEWS PRESENTER & WEB CONTENT PRODUCER AT RADIO LOME
 Gathering and news processing for broadcasting,
 Live coverage of sport and political events,
 I produced content for Radio Lome web site.
EDUCATION
2022
2007
PhD (on-going) in International Realtions (Bircham International University)
Master in Journalism, (Radio, Television, Print & Film), University of North
Texas (UNT), USA.
1999
Bachelor in Journalism, Option: Radio from Centre d’Etudes des Sciences et
Techniques de l’Information (CESTI), Cheikh Anta Diop University Dakar (Senegal)
1994 Bachelor in English (African Literature), Université du Bénin, now Université de
Lomé (Togo).
1991 Baccalaureate (Literary), Nyékonakpoé High School, Lome,Togo
TRAININGS & SEMINARS RECEIVED
15-19 August 2020 Training on Persons Trafficking organized by MCA-Niger
5-10 September 2019 Training in Management based on Prince2, organized by UNOPS
January 2018 Training in fact checking and data journalis, in Dakar, organized Africa Check
April 2017 Training in Campaigns, Advocacy and Leadership (CALP), by Oxfam in Florence,
Italy, and Johannesburg, South Africa.
November 2016 Regional workshop on implementation and evaluation of the African Mining Vision,
organized by Oxfam in Dakar
July 2016 Regional workshop on Lessons learned from the Burkina model on mining revenues
sharing, organized by Oxfam in Dakar
March 2016 Workshop on Fiscal Justice, by Oxfam in Dakar
January 2016 Regional workshop on Extractive Industries Governance in West Africa, organized in
Dakar by Oxfam and Publish What you Pay (PWYP)
November 2015
Regional seminar on the status of the Implementation of ECOWAS policies and
regulations in the mjning sector, natural resources, organized by Oxfam in Dakar.
March 2015 Seminar for journalists on the political and legal framework on natural resources
management, organized by Oxfam in Dakar.
West Africa regional workshop on natural resources governance, by Oxfam in Dakar
May 2002
Certificate in Investigative Journalism, granted by the World Bank Institute
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TRAININGS AND SEMINARS FACILITATED
10-11 March 2020
I facilitated training of MCA-Niger staff and partners in Crisis Communication
4-5 August 2018
I facilitated training of MCA-Niger staff and partners in internal and institutional
communication
3-11 May 2017 I facilitated a workshop of Oxfam staff and partners (in Central African Republic and
Mauritania) in communication and advocacy
24-25 April, 2017 Member of experts’ team to prepare the new Strategic Plan of West Africa Democracy
Radio (WADR) in Dakar.
January 2017 I coordinated and led the organization of the annual Oxfam West Africa
communication team in Cotonou (Benin)
12-16 September
2016
I facilitated a workshop in communication for Oxfam Benin staff and partners, in
Cotonou
19-21 July, 2016 I facilitated a workshop in communication for Oxfam Chad staff and partners at
Ndjamena
17-18 March, 2016 I facilitated a workshop in communication for Oxfam and WFP Senegal staff and
partners in Tambacounda
24, 25 March, 2016 I co-facilitated a workshop in the use of social media in campaigns for Oxfam Senegal
staff and partners in Dakar
November 2015
I facilitated a workshop in communication techniques for Oxfam Senegal staff and
partners in Saly (Senegal)
February 2015 I trained in Dakar (Senegal) journalists over the Governance in extractive industries in
West Africa
June 2015
I successfully coordinated the communication campaign for the «1% gold revenues » in
Burkina to obtain the vote of a fairer law on extractive industries that benefits the
communities
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OTHER ACHIEVEMENTS
 Writing stories for Close Up (Oxfam America’s Magazine)
 Editorial Coordination of Newsletter (Lettre du Gouverneur) of District 403 A1 of Lions Clubs
 Content preparation and facilitation for workshop (French and English) in Leadership (Crisis
Communication, Public Speaking) for members of the Working Committee of Women, Youth,
Peace and Security in West Africa and Sahel (UNOWAS)
 Creation of communication and sensitizing training tools for NGO EVE, Dakar (Senegal)
 Creation of communication training modules for Nigérien PR and Advertising Association
(AACPN)
DOCUMENTARY FILMS AND SKETCHES
Rectifier le tir, film de campagne Oxfam sur gouvernance dans les industries
extractives en Afrique de l’ouest https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-2dVMsjF-NU
Right the wrong! Film de campagne Oxfam sur gouvernance dans les industries
extractives en Afrique de l’ouest (version en Anglais)

Femme Moteur de développement, film Oxfam sur autonomisation de la femme en
milieu rural au Sénégal https: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yrIUgfeQL-M
Le Compact, une lueur d’espoir, MCA-Niger’s institutional film,

Le Compact, une lueur d’espoir, MCA-Niger’s advocacy film land and gender
related issues (French, Haoussa, Djerma and Peul)

PERSONAL QUALITIES
– Integrity/Impartial
– Proactive/Rigorous
– Well organised/Diplomat
– Strong analytical skills
– Flexibility/Adaptability/Dynamic
– Humble/Courteous
– Team spirit, capacity to meet tight deadlines and to work under pressure, and in a multicultural
environment.
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MANAGERIAL SKILLS
AT MCA-NIGER:
– Coaching of teammates through tailored capacity building sessions (Communication
strategy, Digital communication, E-reputation)l
– Training and induction for new colleagues on the organizational values and principles
– Contribution to conflicts management in the organization thanks to mediation and
communications approaches
AT OXFAM:
– Coaching of Oxfam communications staff in West and Central Africa (Senegal, Benin,
Ghana, Nigeria, Mali, Burkina Faso, Niger, Chad, CAR)
– Coordination of West Africa communication cluster during humanitarian crises
– Communication focal point during Ebola crisis in West Africa for Oxfam
– Lead of Oxfam West and Central Africa Communications teams
AT BBC AFRIQUE:
– Coordination of work of more than thirty sports correspondents worldwide
– Events coverage planning and dispatching of journalists on the ground
– Editorial quality and output controller for sports service
– Lead for briefings and debriefings on contents to sports stringers
AT RADIO LOME:
– Coordination of news room made up of fifty journalists
– Coordination of éditorial meetings
– Dispatching of news gathering tasks
– Coaching of new colleagues in story production techniques and media ethics
EXTRA PROFESSIONAL ACTIVITIES
– Member of Lions Club International (Dakar Baobab)
– Member of Communication Commission of Lions Clubs, District 403 A1(West Africa)
– Head of Communication of Togolese Association of workers in international organizations (AFIT)
LANGUAGES SKILLS
LANGUAGES Speaking Reading Writing
French Excellent Excellent Excellent
English Good Good Good
Spanish Conversational Good Fair
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COMPUTER LITERACY
Microsoft Office (Word, Excel, Powerpoint, Publisher 2007 et 2010),
Photoshop, Internet (Outlook, Adobe)
MAIN FULFILMENTS: Creation of modules for training, production and audio editing, photo editing, task and
meetings plannings.
REFERENCES
Mr. Demba SEYDI
Regional Coordinator Francophone West Africa for Publish What You pay
(PWYP)
Phone: (+221) 77 344 59 59
Skype: demba.seydi
Email : [email protected]
Mr. Isaac MASSAGA
Regional Director for Humanitarian Affairs (West Africa) at World Vision
Phone: (+221) 771489057
Email : [email protected]
Mr. Paul
AHOUISSOUSSI
Former Programme and Acting Director Oxfam Mali
Phone: (+223) 79 03 38 76 / (+223) 60 38 40 60
Email : [email protected]