Barbara Barungi

Barbara Barungi, is a Ugandan economist, businesswoman and corporate executive who serves as the managing partner of Imara Africa Consulting, a pan-African economic, business and policy consulting group with offices in Nigeria, Kenya and Uganda. She concurrently serves as the non-executive chairperson of the board of Access Bank Kenya, the first woman to serve in that capacity.

Background and education Barungi is a Ugandan national, born circa in the 1970s. She attended local primary and secondary schools. She was admitted to Makerere University, the largest and oldest public university in the country. She graduated with a degree of Bachelor of Arts in economics and sociology.

She also spent a brief period as an advisor to the Rwanda Ministry of Finance. She has, in the past lectured in economics at Makerere University, in Uganda, and at the University of the Witswatersrand in South Africa.