Francis is motivated by bringing out the best in his colleagues, self and various development programs, products and policies. What works in development? How and why does it work or not work? These questions guide his professional encounters.
At Busara, he champions the efficient and effective delivery of projects as the Vice President of their projects. He fashions himself as some sort of solutions engineer; focused on creating an enabling environment and removing speed bumps from Busara’s day to day work. Francis’ project interests range from how best to behaviourally design and introduce innovative products in the health and digital spaces to evaluating which opportunities exist for behavior change in populations with various abilities and capabilities.
Within the Sexual and Reproductive health space, Francis has more recently led projects on:
(i) Oral Prep uptake and utilization together with Jilinde,
(ii) Developing demand creation strategies in several sub-saharan countries for the DPV Ring, End User Assessment, Segmentation, Messaging and Positioning together with International Partnerships for Microbicides and
(iii) Empowering choice in HIV prevention technologies through behavioral science in an UPTAKE study with IAVI.” 

Some of my other  contributions include (i) the development of knowledge products such as the Rapid Assessment Report on HIV RESPONSE During Drought in Arid and Semi-Arid Lands in Kenya, (ii)go to market strategies such as Stawi’s a mobile app targeted towards SME/MSMEs who access mobile based financing and (iii) strategic support services to organizations setting up or training their behavioral science teams such as CUBIC. Prior to Busara, I worked in various research and policy capabilities at Innovations for Poverty Action. 

Languages: English, Swahili, Luo

Project countries: Kenya, Uganda, Tanzania, Rwanda,  Zimbabwe, Eswatini, South Africa, Nigeria

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