Hossana Agedew

Hossana Agedew serves as a Regional Acquisition & Assistance Specialist for USAID/Botswana, where she plays a pivotal role in executing strategic procurement and assistance actions that advance the agency’s mission of strengthening public health systems and building local institutional capacity across Southern Africa. She manages the full lifecycle of non-construction acquisitions, including solicitations, evaluations, award decisions, and contract administration, with a focus on professional services that support HIV/AIDS programming, primary healthcare delivery, and social service integration. Her work ensures alignment with U.S. government acquisition regulations and USAID’s development objectives, bridging technical needs with compliant, results-driven contracting solutions. Hossana collaborates with a diverse array of international and local service providers, including technical consultants, public health implementers, and support service firms, to deliver mission-critical programs. While no single contractor dominates her portfolio, she consistently engages firms with demonstrated expertise in health systems strengthening, data management, and community-based service delivery. Her working relationships emphasize performance-based outcomes, local partner capacity building, and adherence to U.S. and host-country regulatory standards. Hossana’s procurement pattern reflects a strong preference for open competition, with 100% of her acquisitions classified as “No Set-Aside.” This indicates a strategic focus on merit-based selection rather than socioeconomic set-asides, prioritizing technical competence and program impact over designated categories such as 8(a), HUBZone, or SDVOSB. Her approach supports USAID’s emphasis on scalability and sustainability through broad-based vendor engagement. Her primary procurement focus lies in NAICS 541990 (All Other Professional, Scientific, and Technical Services), reflecting deep engagement with public health consultants, epidemiological analysts, and monitoring & evaluation experts. She also procures support services under NAICS 561990 and occasional financial services under NAICS 522110 and 524126, demonstrating expertise in cross-sectoral acquisitions that integrate health, finance, and administrative systems to foster resilient, locally led development outcomes.