Afua Serwah-Asibey

Afua Serwah-Asibey serves as a primary procurement lead at the U.S. Trade and Development Agency, where she plays a central role in advancing America’s economic interests through strategic technical assistance acquisitions. She manages the full lifecycle of contracts designed to support feasibility studies, project scoping, and capacity-building initiatives in emerging markets, with a focus on sustainable infrastructure and private-sector development. Her acquisitions directly enable USTDA’s mission by securing expert consulting services that de-risk high-potential international projects in energy, digital infrastructure, critical minerals, and aviation modernization. She ensures alignment with federal procurement regulations while prioritizing technical excellence and U.S. industry competitiveness. Her contractor relationships are primarily with specialized technical consulting firms offering advisory services in international development, infrastructure planning, and policy analysis. While no single vendor dominates her portfolio, she consistently engages firms with proven expertise in global project evaluation, environmental and social impact assessments, and public-private partnership structuring. Her working patterns reflect a preference for agile, results-driven partnerships with firms capable of delivering rapid, high-quality analysis under tight deadlines in complex international environments. Afua demonstrates a strong commitment to small business participation, with nearly half of her acquisitions structured as Total Small Business Set-Asides under FAR 19.5. Her contracting patterns reflect a deliberate effort to expand opportunities for small businesses with niche technical capabilities, particularly those qualified to deliver consulting services in international development contexts. While she does not routinely utilize 8(a), HUBZone, or SDVOSB set-asides, her consistent use of small business set-asides signals a clear preference for fostering broad-based small business engagement across the consulting sector. Her procurement focus is overwhelmingly concentrated in NAICS 541690 (Other Scientific and Technical Consulting Services), reflecting her specialization in securing expert advisory services for complex international infrastructure projects. She procures technical studies, strategic scoping reports, and implementation readiness assessments, relying on contractors with deep domain knowledge in energy systems, digital transformation, and sustainable development frameworks.