Elisabeth Dia joined the team in March 2022.
She acts as a liaison between Speak Up Africa and the Ouagadougou Partnership Coordination Unit. She supports the programs in supply planning, manages and coordinates administrative tasks and make payments.
Elisabeth spent most of her career with Oxfam Great Britain. She has more than 14 years of experience in Supply chain and logistics in the development and humanitarian sectors in West and Central Africa. She has a strong record of good quality field support which increased organizational effectiveness ; by recruiting and retaining logistics teams and building capacities of staff and partners. She played an active role in implementing Oxfam GB’s supply chain and logistics strategy in 9 countries. She has provided technical support to country teams to improve the quality and timeliness of the projects.
She is very sensitive to the conditions of women and children and was the Gender Focal Point at Oxfam GB.
She has done several training courses including Humanitarian Logistics at Fritz Institute UK and Executive MBA at ISM.