Ms. Barungi is an Economist with about thirty (30) years’ experience as an academic, development policy practitioner and international civil servant. She is currently the Managing Partner and Founder of Imara Africa Consulting. Prior to this, she was the Lead Economist African Development Bank (AfDB) in the Nigeria Country Office; Research Department Tunisia and Fragile States Department Tunisia.
She occupied roles such as Strategic and Regional Programme Adviser Bureau for Africa United Nations Development Programme (‘UNDP’) New York; UNDP Regional Service Centre South Africa; Social Sector Advisor to the Minister of Finance, Rwanda, Development Economics Lecturer at Witwatersrand University South Africa; and Monetary Economics Lecturer at Makerere University, Uganda.
Ms. Barungi has a Master of Philosophy in International Finance from Glasgow University, Scotland, U.K; a Post Graduate Diploma in Development Policy; and a Bachelor of Arts Degree in Economics and Sociology from Makerere University Uganda.
She is currently the First Female Chairperson of the Board at Access Bank (Kenya) PLC .