Beniam Tilahun Jenber, PhD
Addis Ababa, Ethiopia
Beniam Tilahun is a development professional with extensive experience in program performance management, monitoring and evaluation, and strategic learning across large, multi-country initiatives. He currently serves as Head of Program Performance and Monitoring for Pan-African Programs at the Mastercard Foundation, based in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, where he supports the design, delivery, and performance oversight of complex, multi-partner portfolios, including programs implemented across multiple countries on the continent.
Beniam holds a PhD in Development Project Management from AIU, USA and is in the final stage of completing a second PhD in Development Studies at the University of South Africa. He also earned an MA in Diplomacy and International Relations from the Ethiopian Civil Service University, an MA in Project Management from Addis Ababa University, an MA in Sustainable Development and Policy from the University of Gondar, and a BA in Sociology and Social Work from Jimma University.
He is a certified International Project Manager (CIPM) through the American Academy of Project Management and a Certified Knowledge Manager (CKM) through the Knowledge Management Institute. His professional expertise spans program design, monitoring, evaluation and learning, systems strengthening, and institutional capacity development, with a strong focus on youth employment, large-scale development programming, and adaptive management.
Beniam’s research and practice focus on systems thinking, sustainability of development interventions, and the conditions that enable effective systems change in complex development environments.
He can be reached at 18031048@mylife.unisa.ac.za or beniam2020@gmail.com.
Profile created March 2026