Francis Katanga
Lusaka
Summary
Certified Project Management Professional (PMP) and experienced Project Coordinator with over 8 years of experience coordinating infrastructure, technology, and business transformation projects across renewable energy, telecommunications, education, and financial services.
Experienced in project planning, stakeholder engagement, schedule management, procurement coordination, contractor supervision, risk management, budgeting support, and project reporting. Proven ability to coordinate cross-functional teams and deliver projects on time while ensuring quality, compliance, and stakeholder satisfaction.
A strong communicator with excellent organizational skills and a passion for delivering projects that create measurable business and community impact.
Overview
11
11
years of professional experience
1
1
Certification
Work History
Project Coordinator / ICT Manager
Little Sun Zambia
02.2023 - Current
- Coordinate multiple infrastructure and technology projects supporting renewable energy operations across Zambia while managing project documentation, stakeholder communication, implementation activities, and operational readiness.
- Served as Project Coordinator for the successful implementation of eight Community Energy Hubs aimed at expanding access to renewable energy and supporting rural dairy value chains.
- Coordinated project implementation across eight locations.
- Developed and maintained detailed project schedules and work plans.
- Coordinated contractors, suppliers, consultants, and internal teams.
- Facilitated communication between management, engineers, field teams, and external stakeholders.
- Monitored project milestones, deliverables, risks, and budgets.
- Prepared weekly and monthly progress reports for management.
- Coordinated procurement and logistics for project materials and equipment.
- Ensured project activities complied with quality and safety standards.
- Supported commissioning and operational handover of completed sites.
- Managed project documentation including meeting minutes, risk registers, issue logs, and action trackers.
- Coordinated ICT infrastructure deployment supporting operations at each energy hub.
- Lead digital transformation initiatives.
- Manage ICT infrastructure across multiple operational sites.
- Coordinate vendors and technology implementation partners.
- Support organizational strategic projects from initiation through completion.
IT Support Technician
Mofin Zambia
08.2022 - 02.2023
- Provided ICT support across 14 branches.
- Coordinated deployment of ICT equipment.
- Supported infrastructure implementation projects.
- Maintained project and technical documentation.
Information Technology Support Technician
Unicaf University
02.2019 - 08.2022
- Coordinated IT installations and support activities.
- Assisted in infrastructure upgrade projects.
- Delivered user training and technical documentation.
Customer Care Representative
Airtel Zambia PLC
07.2018 - 01.2019
- Managed customer requests and escalations.
- Coordinated issue resolution across departments.
Data Entry Executive
Airtel Zambia
02.2016 - 03.2017
- Managed operational data quality.
- Produced management reports.
- Supported business operations.
Education
Master of Science - Project Management
Cavendish University
08.2026
Bachelor of Science - Computer Science
Supershine University
Diploma - Computing and Information Systems
Zamtel Collage
Skills
- Project Coordination
- Project Planning & Scheduling
- Stakeholder Management
- Budget Monitoring
- Risk & Issue Management
- Contractor & Vendor Coordination
- Procurement Support
- Project Documentation
- Progress Reporting
- Resource Planning
- Monitoring & Evaluation
- Team Coordination
- Microsoft Project
- Asana
- Microsoft Office Suite
- Data Analysis
- Digital Transformation
- Microsoft Office
- Google Workspace
- Power BI
- Project Reporting
- Risk Management
- Budget Tracking
- Project Scheduling
- ICT Infrastructure
- Cloud Technologies
- Data Analytics
Certification
- Project Management Professional (PMP)
- Cisco Certified Network Associate (CCNA)
- AWS Cloud Essentials
- Introduction to Data Analytics
- Technical Support Fundamentals
Affiliations
Project Management Institute (PMI)
References
Available upon request.
Projects
Implementation of Eight Community Energy Hubs, Project Coordinator, Coordinated implementation across eight sites., Managed project schedules, risks, stakeholders, contractors, and reporting., Supported procurement, logistics, ICT deployment, and operational readiness., Facilitated communication between technical teams and senior management., Delivered documentation, progress reports, and implementation tracking.
Timeline
Project Coordinator / ICT Manager
Little Sun Zambia
02.2023 - Current
IT Support Technician
Mofin Zambia
08.2022 - 02.2023
Information Technology Support Technician
Unicaf University
02.2019 - 08.2022
Customer Care Representative
Airtel Zambia PLC
07.2018 - 01.2019
Data Entry Executive
Airtel Zambia
02.2016 - 03.2017
Master of Science - Project Management
Cavendish University
Bachelor of Science - Computer Science
Supershine University
Diploma - Computing and Information Systems
Zamtel Collage