Amanda Ngabirano

Amanda Aziidah Ngabirano is a Ugandan urban planner and academic, who is a lecturer and researcher in the Department of Architecture & Physical Planning in the College of Engineering, Design, Art and Technology at Makerere University.

She is also a promoter of bicycle transport in urban areas, touting that mode of transportation to "reduce noise and air pollution, lower transport costs, decongest urban centres, create more green spaces and achieve more inclusive mobility".

Background and education Ngabirano was born in Kasese Town, in the Western Region of Uganda in the 1970s. She attended Mubuku Primary School and Hima Primary School before joining Kigezi High School, a mixed, boarding high school in Kabale City, approximately , from home. She graduated with a Master of Urban, Community and Regional Planning. As of October 2021, Ngabirano is pursuing a Doctorate degree in urban and regional planning through Saxion University of Applied Sciences.

While pursuing her master's degree in Europe, she bought a bicycle and began cycling back and forth between her off-campus residence and the university. For the thesis of her master's degree, she selected "Integrating Bicycle Transport in City Planning: A Case Study of Kampala City". She carried out her research by interviewing bicyclists on the streets of Kampala. (2) Inclusive climate resilient transport challenges in Africa.

Other work In December 2021, she was appointed the chairperson of the National Physical Planning Board- Uganda She had occupied the position in an acting capacity from 4 July 2020.

She previously served as the vice president of the World Cycling Alliance. She is a member of the consultative forum to unite Ugandan taxi operators under a single organization. She is the African partner for Move Mobility, an organization based in Deventer, Netherlands. She is a member of Collaboration for Active Mobility in Africa (CAMA). She is the Ugandan coordinator for High Volume Transport Applied Research Programme.

Personal life She is a married mother of two children.