Anna Kamanzi, PhD

Anna Kamanzi is a cultural anthropologist whose work in the Great Lakes region of Africa has been supported by two Fulbright research awards. She has managed research, evaluation, and project management initiatives for organizations including USAID and the World Bank across a range of sectors, including Indigenous rights and inclusion, fintech and financial inclusion, biodiversity conservation, climate action, and social protection programs. Her expertise spans political ecology, community-based research, and ethnography, and she has taught Cultural Anthropology and African Studies at the university level. She has also earned several grants, certificates, and fellowships for writing and pedagogy.