Prof Raphael Nyonje

Prof Raphael Nyonje

Lead M&E specialist

Monitoring & Evaluation Architect and Quality Assurance Director with PhD in Research Evaluation. Director of Quality Assurance at Open University of Kenya and President of Kenya Universities QA Network.

Core Qualifications

  • Academic Leadership: Director, Quality Assurance (Open University of Kenya); Technical Advisor, National Research Fund (Kenya)

  • President: Kenya Universities Quality Assurance Network; Chairman: International Project M&E Society

  • Global Consultant: M&E Lead for World Bank, UNESCO, and African Union projects (Rwanda, Malawi, Kenya)

Key Achievements

  • Designed national M&E frameworks for Kenya's National Research Fund (2024), improving grant utilization accountability

  • Revamped Rwanda's Digital Ambassador Programme (2023) through ecosystem analysis impacting 5,000+ youth

  • Trained 2,000+ professionals in project M&E, data analysis (SPSS, KOBO), and QA systems across 15 Kenyan counties

  • Developed East Africa's first M&E Handbook (Aura Publishers, 2012), adopted by 8 universities

Technical Specialization

Framework Design

  • Logframes
  • OECD-DAC criteria
  • Grant compliance

Data Analytics

  • Mixed-methods
  • Big data
  • Real-time dashboards

Stakeholder Engagement

  • Validation forums
  • Participatory rural appraisals

Training

  • ToT programs for government/academic institutions

Education

  • PhD (Research Evaluation): Catholic University of Eastern Africa
  • MEd (Educational Planning): University of Nairobi

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