Macani Toungara

Macani Toungara has over 14 years of international economic development and management consulting experience in the private and nonprofit sectors. She is currently the Manager of International Programs, Africa at the Obama Foundation. The foundation’s flagship program—Leaders: Africa—inspires, empowers, and connects 200 emerging African leaders through a year-long program of capacity building. Previously, Macani was the Senior Director for Program Development at TechnoServe, an international economic development nonprofit, where she managed the development of strategic bids and led donor engagement with the Gates Foundation, US Department of Agriculture, and UK Department for International Development. She has expertise on public-private partnerships, supply chain linkages, enterprise and market systems development, food security promotion, and job creation. Before joining TechnoServe, Macani was a consultant with the Boston Consulting Group, where she worked on projects in consumer goods and financial services. She holds a BA in economics from Harvard University, a Master’s in Public Affairs from Princeton University’s School of Public and International Affairs, and a JD from the Georgetown University Law Center.