Dr Faith Masekesa
Senior Associate (Human Development)
Dr Faith Masekesa is a senior associate in the Human Development practice, based in South Africa.
She is a mixed methods researcher with extensive experience in extracting business intelligence and critical insights from data analysis for both private and public sector organisations. She is passionate about promoting innovative approaches for poverty alleviation, and sustainable growth and development through leveraging insights derived from effective data analysis.
Prior to joining Genesis, Faith served as the head of research at the NECT Innovation Unit, where she led research initiatives, managed programme implementation, conducted monitoring and evaluation, and developed policy recommendations with a focus on education and inequality.
Faith holds a PhD in Development Economics from the National Graduate Institute for Policy Studies in Japan and a master’s in International Development from the International University of Japan.
