Hamis Jackson Msigwa

Professional educator and curriculum developer with extensive experience across Sub-Saharan Africa. Expertise in creating inclusive learning experiences through edutainment and innovative curriculum design, supporting Social Emotional Learning, STEM, and Literacy. Committed to leveraging technology in education to enhance student engagement and foster a collaborative learning environment.

• 03/2022 - Current, Curriculum Development Officer, UBONGO Learning Tanzania, Designing an Inclusive Curriculum for Ubongo Content, Research and keep a record of the different African countries' curricula across SSA, Develop Curriculum for all shows in Social Emotional Learning (SEL), STEM & Literacy, Point person for the general Ubongo Curriculum (Child's Learning Journey - CLJ), Provide technical assistance in all stages of production from outline, scripting, storyboarding, animatic, and animation for proper alignment to the Childs Learning Journey, Capacity building with the production team on best practices of scripting, storyboarding, animating the specific learning objectives, Research innovative ways to use edutainment to deliver the learning objectives
• 12/2020 - 07/2023, Publishing Manager, Longhorn Publishers Tanzania, Identifying, Commissioning, Liaising and Managing authors, designers, illustrators and proofreaders, Carrying out market research, data analysis and monitoring the performance of the products to advise on actions for continuous improvement, Preparing and executing budgets for publishing services to ensure quality and profitability of projects, Proposal writing and reporting of the identified publishing potential areas, Coordinating the activities of typesetters, designers, illustrators, proofreaders and moderators to meet agreed production schedules, Prepare and present Project Proposal Forms in the Publishing Commissioning Proposal Meetings, Project cycle management and managing titles as per annual company publishing plan, Edit and proofread proofs to the agreed house style and Tanzania Institute of education guidelines, Maintain productive relationships with internal and external educational stakeholders, Effectively managing and monitoring budgets for project feasibility
• 05/2016 - 07/2020, Teacher, Genesis International Schools Dar es Salaam, Preparing instructional materials and managing day to day learning pedagogy according to the curriculum needs, Evaluating skills attained by the students by provision and Marking work, giving appropriate feedback and keeping records of students' progress and development, Assisting head of school in establishing teaching-learning schedules, Student consultation, advising and offering appropriate counselling to students where possible, Conducting effective Parent-Teachers-Committee (PTC) for learner’s progress, Conducting workshops and in-service training for teachers
• 2014 - 2016, Science Publishing Editor, Oxford University Press Tanzania Ltd, Dar es Salaam

• 10/2025, Online training on Diploma in Early Childhood Education, Council for Creative Education (CCE) Finland
• 09/2017, Online diploma in Modern Project management, Advance Learning Interactive Systems Online (ALISON)
• 01/2015, Intensive workshop on Digital publishing, COSTECH, VSO Tanzania and INASP in collaboration with ELSEVIER Publishers Foundation
• 01/2015, Intensive Training course in Project cycle management skills, Oxford University Press
• 07/2013, Training in proposal writing skills, African Knowledge Centre in conjunction with Tanzania skills Empowerment (TASE)
• 07/2013, Training course in Book writing skills, African Knowledge Centre in conjunction with Tanzania skills Empowerment (TASE)
• 04/2021, Online Training on Project Management: Solving Common Project problems, LinkedIn Learning

• Analytical, problem solving, Leadership and informed decision-making skills
• Modern classroom technology and Smartboard expertise
• Good market research, Coordination, report writing and presentation skills
• Excellent communication, Organization, facilitation and differentiation skills
• Hardworking with a capacity to work independently with minimum supervision
• Comprehensive understanding of project management methodologies
• Valid driving license CLASS - B & D
• Statistical Package: MS Excel, SPSS, STATA, STAT GRAPHICS and EViews 11

• 2023-2026, Managed to Design and Lead a Validation process of the Ubongo Child’s Learning Journey Curriculum (CLJC) which is properly aligned with African curricula across Sub-Saharan Africa
• 2023-2026, Participated in the process of automation of Child’s Learning Journey Curriculum content which was conducted in collaboration with Gooru Learning from India
• 2018-2020, Introduced an Inclusive education program partnering special and general education teachers and students in the same classroom for science subjects at Genesis Schools Ltd. This improved learner’s engagement and enhanced teacher’s differentiation skills
• 2017-2018, Launched a science project fair (Project based Learning) to increase learners’ writing proficiency, research skills and public presentation skills
• 2016-2017, Designed and prepared Genesis Secondary School annual curriculum aiming to merge Checkpoint with IGCSE curriculum
• 2016-2017, Introduced the use of digital technology in School Management and online learning and assessment at Genesis schools
• 2015-2016, Managed to publish 48 quality (Government approved) Science and Math’s books within budget and publication dates for Oxford University press Tanzania and Longhorn Publishers. I also had the privilege to be involved in publishing Primary and secondary Atlases as data sourcing officer where I managed to get approvals and access to use all Government data/statistics needed in the Atlas project

• Date of Birth: 06/23/78
• Nationality: Tanzanian