Margaret Jackson is the Managing Partner of Rainbow Consult. She is a Learning and Performance Institute (LPI) Trainer and Assessor in addition to being an International Finance Corporation (IFC) certified Master Trainer and Instructional Designer. She is a member of Society for Human Resource Management, USA and a member of Institute of Human Resource Management, Ghana. Margaret has over twenty-five (25) years’ experience working in the learning and development industry and has designed training manuals and e-learning courses for several organizations across Africa. She is also a provisional anti-corruption compliance trainer for Center for International Private Enterprise (CIPE).
Margaret has led various research projects for both local and international organizations and has trained over five hundred (500) trainers under the IFC program. She has facilitated retreats for numerous organizations including SNV, West Africa Civil Society Institute (WACSI), FORD Foundation, Amnesty International, GRIDCO, NSIA Insurance, DALEX Finance and Leasing Company among others.
Margaret is a resourceful and open-minded leader with an optimistic outlook. She has led various successful SME capacity building projects in Ghana, Nigeria, Liberia, Sierra Leone, South Sudan, Senegal and Mozambique, and has trained over 500 heads of SMEs over the years. Her work in post-Ebola Sierra Leone and Liberia has received critical commendation from the IFC.
Margaret is passionate about the development of women and was instrumental in the development of Financial Literacy programmes that has impacted over 1,500 illiterate and semi-illiterate women in Ghana. She also led the team that worked on the Millennium Development Agency’s (MiDA) Ghana Power Compact Internship and Mentoring Programme. This programme sought to provide mentorship opportunities for young girls in STEM. Margaret is a coach and mentor on the Mandela Washington Fellowship and Moremi Initiative programs. She loves to coach and mentor young women.