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SPEC — CONSULTANT / EVAL & DATA SYSTEMS

Data systems that withstand scrutiny.

  • 8+ years Somalia-based evaluation & research experience
  • Field-verified evidence — AECF, EU, IRC Somalia, QRCS, NRC, UNICEF, Save the Children, GIZ & UK aid track record
  • Integrated data pipelines — quantitative and qualitative analysis built into every deployment, not an add-on
  • Facilitation & training for MEAL and field teams

Audit-ready verification frameworks for complex portfolios in high-risk environments — independent evaluation, research, facilitation and data analytics consultant for humanitarian and development programmes across Somalia and the Horn of Africa.

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Mohamud Ibrahim
// 01 — Profile

About Me

I am Mohamud Ibrahim, an independent evaluation, research, and data analytics consultant based in Mogadishu, Somalia, with over eight years of experience across portfolio management, MEAL, and development finance in Somalia and East Africa.

Somalia's operating environment does not forgive generic methodology. Access is uneven across Mogadishu, Puntland, Jubbaland, Galmudug, South-West State, and Somaliland; security and clan dynamics shape which communities can be reached. I design every assignment around this reality, because I have worked inside it.

As an independent consultant, I bring donor-facing rigor built through direct service on major EU- and donor-funded portfolio management and MEAL programmes across the region, combined with the flexibility to assemble a specialised field team matched to each specific assignment.

SPEC.01

Evidence Integrity

I verify before I report — every claim checked against field evidence.

SPEC.02

Field-Rootedness

Field operations are structured around real local context — access negotiated through established community relationships, security realities on the ground, and conflict-sensitive, do-no-harm engagement protocols across Banadir, Puntland, and South-West State.

SPEC.03

Inclusion by Design

GESI embedded in every assignment's indicators from the outset.

SPEC.04

Rigor Made Usable

Sound analysis paired with dashboards and plain-language reporting.

// Trusted Collaboration

Donors & Partners

Organisations I've delivered evaluation, research, and portfolio work with or for, across Somalia and the Horn of Africa.

AECFEuropean UnionIRC SomaliaQRCSNRC UNICEFSave the ChildrenKAALO Aid & DevelopmentGIZ Government of FinlandInstitute for Security StudiesIGAD Albany AssociatesUK aidBRCiS IIIHayaan Institute
// 02 — Capabilities

Core Services

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MOD-01 +

Evaluations

Baseline, midline, endline, impact, performance, real-time and outcome evaluations, plus VfM assessments.

  • Endline / midline / baseline design
  • Impact & performance evaluation
  • Value for Money (VfM) assessment
  • Independent evaluations aligned to OECD-DAC criteria and major institutional donor reporting standards
MOD-02 +

Monitoring & Learning

Monitoring architecture, indicator frameworks, Theory of Change, logframes.

  • M&E system design
  • Theory of Change facilitation
  • Indicator & results frameworks
  • Learning / after-action reviews
MOD-03 +

Research

Market, needs, and feasibility assessments; value chain studies; policy research.

  • Market & needs assessments
  • Feasibility studies
  • Value chain analysis
  • Policy & institutional research
MOD-04 +

Data & Analytics

Dashboards, GIS maps, infographics, AI-assisted qualitative coding.

  • Power BI executive dashboards
  • GIS mapping of outcomes
  • AI-assisted qualitative coding
  • Interactive data visualization
MOD-05 +

Data Collection

KoboToolbox / SurveyCTO / ODK, enumerator teams, QA, data cleaning.

  • Mobile data collection setup
  • Trained field enumerator & supervisor teams
  • Structured field quality assurance protocols
  • Systematic data cleaning, validation & anomaly checks
MOD-06 +

Facilitation & Training

ToT, MEAL and qualitative methods capacity building, workshop facilitation.

  • Training of Trainers (ToT)
  • ARC-D qualitative methods training
  • Workshop design & facilitation
  • Enumerator capacity building
// Coverage
LivelihoodsPrivate Sector DevFinancial InclusionHealth NutritionWASHEducationAgriculture LivestockClimateRenewable EnergyGovernanceHumanitarian Response
// 04 — Build Log

Recent Projects

Ordered most recent first. Click a project to expand the case file.

PRJ-01 +

Primary Healthcare Strengthening — Somaliland

Endline evaluation of two primary healthcare and reproductive health centres serving vulnerable communities in Awdal and Sanaag regions.

QRCS / Somali Red Crescent / MoH Somaliland — 2026
Methodology
  • Mixed-methods framework built on OECD-DAC evaluation criteria
  • Household interviews integrated with facility-level clinical asset verification
Deliverables
  • OPD, RMNH, EPI & nutrition outcome findings
  • Priority recommendations report submitted to QRCS and MoH Somaliland
PRJ-02 +

Food Basket Assistance Endline — Sanaag Region

Endline evaluation and impact assessment of food basket assistance for IDPs and poor households.

QRCS — 2026
Methodology
  • Quantitative household survey
  • Qualitative data collection & FGDs
Deliverables
  • Food security indicator analysis
  • Distribution efficiency & satisfaction findings
PRJ-03 +

Food Basket Assistance Endline — Kismayo

Endline evaluation of food basket assistance to IDP and host community households.

QRCS — 2026
Methodology
  • Food Consumption Score (FCS) analysis
  • Reduced Coping Strategy Index (rCSI)
Deliverables
  • Food security indicator report
  • Community preference recommendations
PRJ-04 +

Ambulance Support Project — Operational Readiness Evaluation

Evaluated procurement, delivery, and early utilization of two Ministry of Health ambulances in Banadir and Puntland.

QRCS — 2026
Methodology
  • Key Informant Interviews with MoH officials
  • Physical inspection & operational verification
  • Document review & triangulation
Deliverables
  • Endline evaluation report
  • Operational readiness assessment
PRJ-05 +

Food Safety & Quality Study

One Health-grounded assessment of food safety risks across Puntland value chains.

NRC — 2026
Methodology
  • FGDs & KIIs with food system actors
  • Market & food processor observations
  • Multi-source triangulation
Deliverables
  • Final assessment report
  • Policy & regulatory framework mapping
PRJ-06 +

FIG Somalia Blended Finance Facility

Portfolio monitoring, RBF verification, closeout — EUR 4.5M.

AECF — 2026
Methodology
  • Independent structural verification of commercial milestone targets and RBF disbursement conditions
  • ESG/Environmental & Social Due Diligence (ESDD) compliance review across Maal, Raas, SomBank & Amana MFIs
Outcome
  • Recovered USD 243,703.72 in outstanding loan repayments from two MFI partners through structured stakeholder engagement
  • Verified portfolio data across the full programme database, confirming audit-ready results for EU accountability sign-off
Deliverables
  • Final European Union accountability audit validating disbursement integrity and risk mitigation across a EUR 4.5M blended finance portfolio
  • Portfolio close-out audit
PRJ-07 +

SME Financing Barriers, Bossaso

Market assessment of SME financing constraints.

NRC — 2025
Methodology
  • SME survey & KIIs with lenders
  • Financing gap analysis
Deliverables
  • Market assessment report
  • Policy brief
PRJ-08 +

Supply-side Interventions to Improve Vendor & Market Health

Evaluated a market systems intervention providing cash grants and financial-service linkages to small vendors in Dangorayo, Puntland.

International Rescue Committee (IRC) — Evaluation Team — 2024
Methodology
  • Vendor-level and market-level outcome assessment
  • Comparison of cash-grant and loan-linkage modalities across vendor subgroups
Deliverables
  • Research report on vendor and market health outcomes
  • Programming recommendations on supply- and demand-side market support
PRJ-09 +

Community Resilience Baseline Assessment — Bursalah

Baseline resilience assessment of a pre-urban settlement in Galdogob district, under the BRCiS III programme.

PMWDO / IRC — 2023
Methodology
  • P-FIM participatory engagement
  • PRA tools (SWOT, resource & stakeholder mapping)
  • KIIs & FGDs using ARC-D tool (Parts A & B)
  • Desk review & direct observation
Deliverables
  • Resilience baseline report across 30 components
  • Risk, DRR governance & vulnerability findings
PRJ-10 +

Localized Governance & Community-Driven Development Architecture

Designed and facilitated governance, savings-group formation, and participatory planning architecture across four community-level engagements in Puntland.

Save the Children Somalia / KAALO Aid & Development / GIZ — 2021–2022
Methodology
  • VSLA governance design: committee elections, constitution development, savings-model facilitation
  • Enterprise & financial literacy training for group beneficiaries
  • Participatory Resource Mapping and gender-disaggregated community consultation
Deliverables
  • 13 VSLA groups established with functioning governance structures in Bandar Beyla & Iskushuban districts, under Save the Children's programme
  • Trained group and farm management committees under KAALO/GIZ and SHARP Programme engagements
  • Community resource maps and access/equity findings for CDD planning (Barokhle)
PRJ-11 +

External Evaluation — MIDA Health Professionals Return Programme

Evaluated a diaspora health workforce programme returning Somali health professionals to Somaliland via Migration for Development in Africa (MIDA).

Funded by the Government of Finland — Field Team Coordinator — 2019
Methodology
  • Assessed objective & outcome achievement against project documents
  • Reviewed relevance to Immigration Department priorities
  • Assessed health facility capacity improvements
  • Sustainability, challenges & lessons-learned analysis
Deliverables
  • External evaluation report
  • Sustainability & best-practice findings
PRJ-12 +

Overlapping Claims Study — Sool & Sanaag

Research on overlapping territorial claims between Somaliland and Puntland in Sool and Sanaag regions.

Institute for Security Studies (ISS) — Field Consultant — 2019
Methodology
  • Facilitated contacts & communications with key research targets
  • Provided baseline information for the Strategic Communication programme
  • Interpreted interviews with officials & diplomats
Deliverables
  • Baseline research inputs
  • Stakeholder interview records
// 04B — Research Record

Academic Publications

Earlier academic research from my Master of Research at Universiti Tun Hussein Onn Malaysia, on technology adoption and behavioural research methods — separate from my current evaluation and MEL work.

2018

Factors Influencing Behavioral Intention to Use M-Learning and the Mediation Role of User Satisfaction

Advanced Science Letters, Vol. 24(5), pp. 3013–3017

2016

Continuous Intention to Use M-Learning Among Students of MTUN Universities

MALTESAS Conference Proceedings

2016

Information System Success Factors and Behavioral Intention to Use M-Learning

Advanced Science Letters

2016

Mediating Roles of Attitude on Intention to Use M-Learning Among Students at Malaysian Technical Universities

MALTESAS Conference Proceedings

2016

Mobile Technology for Learning Satisfaction Among Students at Malaysian Technical Universities (MTUN)

MALTESAS Conference Proceedings

2015

The Use of Smartphone to Enhance Learning

Advanced Science Letters, Vol. 21(7), pp. 2322–2327

2015

Factors Influencing Behavioral Intention to Use M-Learning Among Students at Malaysian Universities

International Business Information Management Association (IBIMA)

// 05 — Changelog

News & Updates

MAR 2026 · ONGOING

Three new QRCS endline evaluations underway

Now in field across Banadir, Baidoa, and Kismayo.

 JUN 2026

Wrapped FIG Somalia closeout for AECF

Final EU accountability report submitted.

 APR 2026

NRC food safety study published

Data analysis and report writing complete.

 FEB 2026

Open for Q3 2026 bookings

Get in touch to discuss your programme's needs.
// 06 — Field Notes

Articles

Longer-form writing on Somalia's aid sector, MEL practice, and lessons from the field.

ART-04

Field File: The Synthetic Respondent — Detecting AI-Fabricated Field Data

A provenance-first framework for detecting AI-assisted fabrication in humanitarian field data — why AI-text detectors shouldn't be treated as evidence, and what a defensible integrity protocol looks like in low-access settings.

Field File — August 2026 · ~26 min read → ART-01

When Humanitarians Become the Vulnerable: A Somalia Case Study

How the 2025 USAID funding freeze exposed the financial and career fragility of Somalia's own humanitarian workforce — the professionals who had spent years building resilience for others.

Essay — Revised Edition, July 2026 · 28 min read → ART-02

5 Lessons on Resilience Nobody Tells You

Lessons that apply no matter what job you have, or what industry you're in — on income, identity, skills, networks, and building resilience before you need it.

Slideshow — July 2026 → ART-03

Field File: 5 Signs Your M&E System Won't Survive a Donor Audit

A practitioner's field file on what donor audits actually reveal in M&E systems across Somalia — and what holds up under scrutiny.

Field File — July 2026 →
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