Nandunda Kakai

Manager, Communications & External Affairs

Nandunda provides strategic support for Co-Impact's communications efforts by leading critical aspects of content development, strategic engagement and project management.

Nandunda is a seasoned storyteller and strategist, and a feminist with broad experience in gender equality and women’s issues. She has a strong track record supporting interventions in education, health, financial inclusion, governance, innovation, and agriculture.

Before joining Co-Impact, Nandunda led efforts to document, amplify, and advocate for stronger, locally rooted community health systems within the public health sector in Living Goods’ focus countries, including Kenya, Uganda, Ethiopia, and Burkina Faso. Prior to that, she held roles in various international development agencies and organizations such as USAID, DFID, Chemonics Intl., DAI, SUNY’s Centre for International Development, Land O’Lakes, and the Urban Institute.

Nandunda holds an MBA in strategic management and a Bachelor of Arts degree in Journalism from the United States International University.