Dr Casta Tungaraza has over 40 years of domestic and international industry experience. She has managed multiple projects within the public, private and not-for-profit sectors in Australia and Africa. She also has extensive experience and knowledge of international trade between Australia and Africa.
Dr Tungaraza has been chair of the Australian Government’s Advisory Group on Australia-Africa Relations (AGAAR), advising the Minister of Foreign Affairs and Trade on Australia’s engagement with the countries of Africa to enhance commercial, investment and people-to-people relations for the mutual benefit of the two continents. She is also the inaugural Patron of the Australia-Tanzania Business Council that was launched in June 2012 in Perth, appointed by the Tanzanian Government as its Tourism Goodwill Ambassador in Australia, and the founding director of Australia-Africa Trade and Cultural Expo.
In 2012, Dr Tungaraza was inducted in the Western Australia Women’s Hall of Fame.
She has held academic and management positions with the University of Dar-Es-Salaam in Tanzania, Murdoch University in Western Australia, and Flinders University in South Australia.
Dr Tungaraza holds a Bachelor of Arts (Honours) in International Relations with a French major, and a Master in Development Studies, from the University of Dar-Es-Salaam in Tanzania. She also holds Doctor of Philosophy in International Politics from Flinders University in South Australia.
