Civil Engineer · General Manager · Consultant

Civil Engineer & Strategic Business Development Consultant — Ivy Construction & Trading Co. Ltd.

16+ years turning infrastructure opportunity into delivered projects across East Africa.

When you work with Ivy Construction & Trading Co. Ltd, you work directly with Fitsum's 16+ years of hands-on engineering and business development experience — the same person, not a hand-off to unknown staff.
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Sectors Delivered
E. Africa
Regional Reach

Selected Clients & Partners

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Client Voices

Trusted by demanding clients.

Fitsum brings a rare combination of engineering rigour and executive judgement. His teams delivered a complex humanitarian corridor on time and to UN standards.

Programme Manager · UN Agency — East Africa

Operating inside a live oil field demands discipline. Ivy's earthmoving programme ran for two years without a major HSE incident — that speaks for itself.

Operations Lead · Oil & Gas Operator — Upper Nile

A dependable partner. Clear reporting, strong stakeholder management, and a commercial team that understands the humanitarian delivery window.

Country Director · International NGO

Fitsum's business development and technical instincts unlocked opportunities that would have been out of reach for most local contractors.

Board Advisor · Regional Infrastructure Group

Fitsum Daniel is a Civil Engineer and Strategic Business Development Professional with 16+ years of multidisciplinary experience across infrastructure, construction, oil & gas, humanitarian, water supply, road construction, hydropower, and institutional development projects.

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