Opa Kapijimpanga is the Founder of AFRODAD and is the current Board of Trustees Patron. He also served as the Chairman of the Board of Trustees until September 2022. As a development practitioner with many years of experience in development work, Mr. Opa has served in Government, Development Banking, Small and Medium Scale Enterprises Support, NGOs and donor organisations.
His practice includes vast knowledge in project and program evaluations and impact analysis. As a semi-academician, he has contributed to several high-level discussions through publications and presentations.
His work experience includes contributions to the Zambian Government in the Ministry of Economic and Technical Cooperation, Ministry of Finance (Budget section), National Commission for Development Planning, Development Bank of Zambia, Small Scale Enterprises Promotion Limited, Canadian Universities Services Overseas (Botswana Country Director), HIVOS Foundation of the Netherlands, AFRODAD (as Executive Director) and Canadian International Development Agency Program Support Unit (Director).
He holds a Master’s Degree in Economics specialising in national and project planning. He has a passion for results-based systems planning and analysis.