Margaret(Meg) Edwin, MSc
About
Margaret(Meg) Edwin, MSc is from Addis Ababa, Ethiopia. Margaret is currently Director of Communications and Public Information at Africa CDC, located in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia. Margaret also works as Board Trustee at Mikuyu Tanzania, a job Margaret has held since Jan 2023. Another title Margaret currently holds is Mentor at VC4A.
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Margaret(Meg) Edwin, MSc's current jobs
Appointed the first Strategic Communications Director at Africa CDC, I lead the continental communications team to advance the agency’s mission of strengthening health systems across Africa. + A member of the Senior Executive Team and advisor to the Director General, I drive high-impact communications aligned with public health priorities, amplify Africa CDC’s voice across all 55 AU Member States, and elevate its visibility on the global stage. + Provide strategic leadership in global positioning, brand stewardship, stakeholder engagement, and public information. +Lead and mentor a multidisciplinary team of over 23 staff, manage complex communications portfolios, and forge strategic partnerships to advance Africa’s health security agenda.
+ Responsible for the growth of LTT partner organization, Maisha Capacity Development Opportunity (MCDO). + Part of LTT's Communication and Branding taskforce
Oversee communication activities of the Inclusive Digital Economies (IDE) programme in Tanzania, an initiative of the UNCDF targeting to build inclusive digital economy spearheading digital transformation in key sectors e.g. finance, agriculture, education, health, transport, energy etc. with a primary focus on marginalised segments such as women, youth, refugees, migrants among others.
The Comms Avenue is a capacity-building and networking platform for communications professionals across the world. Mentored two professionals from Kenya and Ghana
Technical lead/Consultant various projects
+ Produced a highly visual 162-page impact stories book covering the program's critical achievements across five years from 29 youth beneficiaries. The USAID Mission Director provided the book’s foreword, and the book was launched to stakeholders by Tanzania’s Deputy Minister of Agriculture. + Received a photography award (Third Place Winner) in the first-ever Global USAID Youth Power Learning Photo Contest. My photo was displayed at the YouthPower Annual Learning Network Meeting held in Washington, DC. In February 2020. + Revamped the program’s quarterly newsletter cutting across the program’s three regions; Iringa, Mbeya, and Zanzibar. + Produced impact stories in the form of short videos covering 29 stories of youth beneficiaries, with 19 aired on the USAID YouTube platform. + Developed and published the program’s success stories on the USAID web page.
I authored my first book, Celebrating Five Years of the Feed the Future Tanzania Advancing Youth Programme, for USAID. The highly visual 162-page book is a compilation of 29 Stories featuring youth beneficiaries from three regions in Tanzania; Iringa, Mbeya including Zanzibar who tell stories of success in their agribusiness ventures facilitated by the programme. Duties + Interviewed youth beneficiaries and drafted 29 features depicting their successful ventures in agribusiness and how this impacted their quality of life. + Identified photography needs for each of the features and project-managed photoshoots held in the three regions. + Drafted a summary of the youth Programme 5 Year journey; + Drafted the USAID Mission Director’s foreword + Identified the book designer and managed the design process from start to finish
Communications, Public Relations and Media Advisor