Edith Nsajja Mwanje has a twenty five year work experience in the Public, Private and Civil Society Organizations of Uganda.  Currently she works for the Ministry of East African Community Affairs in Uganda as Permanent Secretary.  Prior to this appointment Mrs. Mwanje worked for the Ministry of Defence of Uganda for eight years first as Undersecretary in charge of Finance and Administration, afterwards as Director of the Defence Reform Unit (a unit that spearheaded Uganda’s Defence Review Exercise) and subsequently as the Head of the Defence Reform Secretariat (a directorate that was responsible for Implementing the recommendations of the Defence Review). Among her earlier career years, Mrs. Mwanje worked for the Ministries of Planning and Economic Development, Trade and Industry; rising from the post of economist to the post of Principal Economist before joining the Uganda Manufacturer’s Association as Deputy Executive Director.

Ms Mwanje holds a first degree in Economics from Makerere University and a Masters degree in Economic Policy and Planning from the Northeastern University Boston- USA.  She has a Diploma in Business Management from the ILO Centre in Turin, Italy, and is certified Trainer for the Management Systems International Company in the field of Entrepreneurship Development.

Ms. Mwanje is the Chairperson of the Council for Economic Empowerment of the Women of Africa, the Uganda Chapter,(CEEWA-U); a  women’s organization with a mandate to advocate for Uganda’s women’s economic rights through Research, Training, Documentation and  advocating for pro-women and pro-poor policy environment in Uganda. She is also the Secretary General of the Uganda Community Chapter of Uganda’s Alumni of the Africa Center for Strategic Studies; a USA based institution.  She represented Eastern Africa on the Steering Committee of the African Security Sector Network;  a continental network of formal and informal networks working on security and security related issues  with a goal to contribute to strategies for  minimizing violent conflicts on the continent and promoting  human security in Africa.