The Secretariat

DR Kapongola Nganyanyuka is an Applied Social Researcher and Evaluator in the development sector, with more than 15 years of proven experience in planning, designing and managing evaluation strategies for programs and projects in diverse sectors including, the Agricultural, Governance, Health (HIV/AIDS), Water and Information and Communications Technologies for Development (ICT4D) His technical skills include process/impact evaluation, mixed-methods research design, data collection and interpretation, qualitative and quantitative analysis, drafting of technical reports as well as use of evaluations including designing, developing and disseminating visualizations. Kapongola is also a dedicated Humanitarian & Development Photographer with experience in supporting organizations demonstrate social impact through visual storytelling. Very adept in documenting human-interest stories using photographs, videos/film and infographics. He holds a PhD in Sociology from the University of Twente, Netherlands, a master’s degree in Development Planning and Management from Kwame Nkrumah University, Ghana, and a bachelor’s degree in Urban and Regional Planning from University of Dar es Salaam, Tanzania.



Mr. Pantaleon Shoki is a Ph.D. candidate in Monitoring, Measurement, and Evaluation program and holds a B.A. (Economics) and an M.A. (Monitoring and Evaluation). Trained by the World Bank’s IDF grant in social sector analysis, Mr. Shoki is an experienced and self-motivated professional in monitoring, evaluation, reporting, and learning (MERL ). Mr. Shoki possesses advanced consultancy skills in evaluation, reporting, proposal writing, mixed methods research design, data analysis, monitoring and evaluation, community systems strengthening, and community-led monitoring. Mr. Shoki aspires to transform community-led monitoring data for better services through digital monitoring, evaluation, and learning (MEL) systems aiming to guide civil society organizations (CSOs) and networks of marginalized groups, including adolescent girls and young women (AGYW) to manage their program essential performance indicators (KPI) for effective reporting and learning. Mr.Shoki’s research interests focus on the impact of monitoring and evaluation systems on the financial sustainability of civil society organizations, evaluation of administrative efficiency of civil society organizations, monitoring, and evaluation for learning and performance improvement, as well as knowledge management (KM) and monitoring and evaluation (M&E).



Mr. Marero Steven Marero is a management consultant working with Kepler Consultants as a Partner /Director and currently serving as a Treasurer of Tanzania Evaluation Association (TanEA). He is an experienced financial management expert for over 15 years with experience in Monitoring and Evaluation (M&E) spanning from 2009 when he was involved in M&E and Data Quality Assessments (DQA) consultancies with Measure Evaluation /Palladium Group for USAID PEPFAR funded programmes in Tanzania and Zambia. Marero has undertaken various management consultancy assignments in the areas of Partners’ Risk Assessments and Organizational Capacity Assessments (OCA), Monitoring and Evaluations, Project Financial Management and Performance Reviews and a Health Care Financing Expert cum Financial Analyst. He has Masters Degrees in Monitoring & Evaluation (MA-M&E), Public Health (MPH) and Business Administration (MBA).