Swala Mutuna Chama is a Research Associate in the Business Development Unit at the Zambia Institute for Policy Analysis and Research (ZIPAR), where she contributes to developing research opportunities, proposals and strategic partnerships that support the Institute’s research agenda. With more than seven years of experience across monitoring and evaluation, research, data analysis and business development, she brings a combination of analytical rigour, technical expertise and policy insight to her work.
At ZIPAR, Swala contributes to proposal development, market intelligence and partnership-building, while coordinating research and evaluation assignments from opportunity identification and bid development through to implementation and delivery. Her professional experience spans national statistics, donor-funded development programmes and consultancy, where she has supported research, assessments and evaluations to generate evidence that informs policy, programme design and development practice.
Swala holds a Postgraduate Diploma in Monitoring and Evaluation Methods and a Bachelor of Arts in Development Studies with Gender Studies, both from the University of Zambia