ICT Business Development and Marketing Expert, Libreville - Gabon

Job Description

Background
Information and Communication Technologies (ICT) are a priority sector in Tunisia in terms of economic development and innovation. ICT are a driving force towards further integration into the international marketplace through exports, foreign investments, business linkages and employment. Tunisia has a unique opportunity to bridge the digital divide with the developed world and to position itself as an ICT leader on the African continent.

Objective

To facilitate progress in this direction, the USAID-funded Business Reform and Competitiveness Project (BRCP)—implemented by the Pragma Corporation—plans to support a specific and focused ICT trade mission to Gabon that will include 10 to 15 Tunisian ICT partner enterprises travelling to Gabon for organized and focused B2B discussions. These partner enterprises will be given professional mentoring before departure as well as intensive, professional follow up afterwards.

Qualifications

The Pragma Corporation seeks an ICT marketing / business development expert based in Gabon, who will be hired on a short term basis, in order to help and support the Tunis-based BRCP Team and to act as their local contact. The Expert will be a seasoned professional with a minimum of 10 years of ICT marketing and business development expertise in the private sector with excellent knowledge of the local Gabonese market and with a local network within the ICT industry.

Tasks

1. Assisting the FD Team and Tunisian ICT companies before and after the Trade Mission
2. Planning, organizing and finalizing a minimum of 6 to 8 targeted and focused B2B meetings for each participating Tunisian ICT company
3. Assisting the Tunisian group of ICT companies during the mission
4. Seek out concrete, solid market linkage opportunities
5. On best effort basis, facilitate a minimum of US$ 1,500.000 (or equivalent) in confirmed and signed export deal by March 30th, 2017
   

Deliverables

1. List of all B2B organized, on a company by company basis
2. Concise report on the ICT industry in Gabon and on the existing opportunities in the country / industry (to be completed 10 days before the mission).
3. Specific requirements / follow up actions for each Tunisian partner enterprise
4. Potential business volume that could be reached with each Gabonese company
5. Detailed suggestion for further enhancement of sales opportunities
6. Orders / business deals confirmed
7. Potential orders that could be confirmed with further work and / or improvement

Timeframe

The assignment will take place on/around: November 2016 - January 2017

Application

Interested candidates should send a CV and cover letter to: Recruitment@pragmacorp.com with the subject, “Gabon ICT Expert”.

About the Organization

The Pragma Corporation is an international development firm headquartered in the Washington DC area. With more than a quarter century of development experience in 75 countries, involving more than 600 projects, the company provides expert technical and management consulting services to such donor organizations as the United States Agency for International Development, the Asian Development Bank and the World Bank. To learn more about The Pragma Corporation, please visit: www.pragmacorp.com.