Ms. Eunice G. Kamwendo

Eunice G. Kamwendo has over 20 years of experience in economic development, analysis, and policy research, with impactful contributions to inclusive growth and structural transformation across Africa.

She has served as the Director of the United Nations Economic Commission for Africa’s Southern Africa Sub-Regional Office in Lusaka, Zambia, since August 2021. The office focuses on inclusive industrialization and economic transformation.

Before joining ECA, Ms. Kamwendo spent 15 years at UNDP in various roles, including Acting Chief Economist and Senior Strategic Advisor in New York, as well as Policy Advisor at the UNDP Regional Service Centre for East and Southern Africa in South Africa.

Her earlier career includes positions as an Economic Governance Research Analyst for the African Peer Review Mechanism (APRM) Secretariat in South Africa, Senior Economist and Special Advisor to the Secretary of the Treasury in Malawi’s Ministry of Finance, and Economist in the Ministry of Economic Planning and Development, where she contributed to Malawi’s fiscal policies, Vision 2020, and growth strategies.