Buhle Mrwebi

I am a dedicated Agricultural Economist with an MSc Agricultural Economics from Stellenbosch University, and BSc Agricultural Economics from the University of Fort Hare. Professionally, I have experience in commodity Trading with Cofco International South Africa as a Commercial Graduate Trainee and a Sustainable Agriculture Graduate Trainee with GreenCape. Currently, I am a MEL Coordinator and Data Support for the Climate and Development Knowledge Network (CDKN) programme at SouthSouthNorth (SSN).

CDKN Programme MEL Coordinator at SouthSouthNorth (2024-01 – Present)

• Communication between delivery team and hubs (CCRM, Finance, Knowledge Management and Communications)
• Liaison between Africa and Global teams
• Process helpdesk (queries, questions and refining of processes)
• Budgeting, forecasting and per diem processing
• CCRM point person (Wrike updates and follow-ups)
• Groundwork for contracts: Drafts of TOR, SoW and LOAs
• Procurement and contract requests
• Designing and adapting MEL tools
• Planning MEL activities (creating timelines, identifying risks, sequencing data collection tasks)
• Managing small MEL workstreams
• Analysing and interpreting data (drawing insights, identifying patterns, and highlighting implications)
• Recommending improvements and quality assurance
• Reporting writing to funders, reviewing quarterly reports outcome stories & chains oversight
• Small grants projects MEL focal point [author of granting mechanism synthesis of Knowledge-2-Action (K2A) grants]

Sustainable Agriculture Graduate Trainee at GreenCape (2023-01 – 2024-12)

• Web page posting (marketing & management)
• Market Research & Opportunity scanning
• Stakeholder engagement, networking facilitation and sector desking
• Project lead and management, and budget forecasting
• Quarterly report writing and presentation
• Presentation & chairing meeting
• Insights collection and blog posts
• Economic analysis and policy review
• Proposal, Market Intelligence Report, and Needs Assessment co-author

Commercial Graduate Trainee at Cofco International South Africa (2022-01 – 2023-12)

• Stocksheet Compilation of different commodities (cotton, coffee, grains, white & yellow maize, and Oilseeds)
• Logistics coordination
• Calculation of storage costs & transport costs
• Liaising with different Silos, Depots & Farmers

Postgraduate Diploma in Sustainable Development – Stellenbosch University (2025-01)

MSc Agric in Agricultural Economics – Stellenbosch University (2021-01 – 2024-12)

BSc Agric in Agricultural Economics – University of Fort Hare (2017-01 – 2020-12)

National Senior Certificate – Nathaniel Pamla High School (2011-01 – 2015-12)