Esther Kanya-Ngambi

Esther Kanya-Ngambi serves as Secretary for USAID/Democratic Republic of Congo (USAID/DRC), playing a pivotal role in supporting the agency’s mission to advance sustainable development through institutional strengthening and community-led innovation. In her capacity, she provides critical administrative and procedural oversight for procurement activities, ensuring compliance with federal regulations and USAID’s development objectives. She facilitates the coordination of acquisition planning, contract documentation, and interdepartmental alignment for technical assistance initiatives focused on food security, health system resilience, and environmental conservation. Her work underpins the agency’s ability to execute high-impact, locally driven programs through timely and transparent contracting processes. While no specific contractor relationships are currently documented in the system, Ms. Kanya-Ngambi’s role involves engaging with a broad spectrum of international and local implementers, including technical service providers, research institutions, and non-governmental organizations experienced in development programming. Her procurement support functions emphasize collaboration with vendors possessing deep contextual expertise in fragile and conflict-affected environments, ensuring that contracting aligns with USAID’s principles of localization and capacity building. Ms. Kanya-Ngambi’s procurement portfolio reflects a uniform preference for open, non-set-aside competitions, with 100% of acquisitions conducted under unrestricted solicitation criteria. This approach prioritizes technical merit and programmatic fit over socioeconomic classifications, consistent with USAID/DRC’s emphasis on performance-based outcomes and operational efficiency in complex operational contexts. Her primary procurement focus lies within NAICS 924120—Administration of Conservation Programs—reflecting a specialized domain expertise in environmental governance, natural resource management, and ecosystem-based adaptation initiatives. She supports acquisitions for technical services including environmental impact assessments, biodiversity monitoring systems, climate-resilient land-use planning, and institutional capacity-building for public environmental agencies, ensuring that USAID’s conservation investments are both technically rigorous and locally anchored.