Tabitha Kiriti-Nganga is a Professor of Economics in the School of Economics at the University
of Nairobi, specializing in International Trade, Gender and Socioeconomic Issues. She earned
her PhD from the University of Queensland in Australia, and a Diploma in Legal Instruments of
International Economic Relations and Regional Integration from the University of Barcelona.
She is the Coordinator of UNCTAD Virtual Institute and the Chair of the WTO Chairs Program
at the University of Nairobi. She is also a member of the National Consultative Committee Trade
Facilitation, National Consultative Committee on Technical Barriers to Trade (TBT), National
Consultative Committee on Sanitary and Phytosanitary Measures (SPS) and Chair of the Post
Graduate Studies Committee in the School of Economics. She has done extensive research and
published in trade, gender and women studies, advocacy, poverty, social protection, gender
based violence, affirmative action and health. She has held trade, gender, and advocacy training
workshops at the local, regional and international levels. She is currently the chair of the technical committee at the University of Nairobi Women Economic Empowerment Hub.