Lusungu Kayani is a Social Affairs Officer in the Sustainable Development and Integrated Planning Section, Macroeconomics and Governance Division of the United Nations Economic Commission for Africa (UNECA). 

At UNECA, her work centres on the localisation of the Sustainable Development Goals and the 2030 Agenda in African cities, with a particular focus on Voluntary Local Reviews (VLRs) as a mechanism for subnational governments to track and accelerate SDG implementation. She has moderated and presented at regional preparatory workshops on VLRs, including sessions linking Africa’s VLR guidelines to both the 2030 Agenda and the African Union’s Agenda 2063. Her portfolio also engages the quality-of-life dimension of urban development within UNECA’s Urbanization and Development Section.