Asimenye is responsible for End-to-End Grants Management for MLW. From initial award stages through to close-out, audits, and institutional due diligence.
She has +18 years of experience of working within the Grants and Finance Department and with multiple donors.
In 2019, she received her 1st travel grant from the African Academy of Sciences to represent the Southern Africa region at the Good Financial Grant Practice (GFGP) Standard workshop during Science Forum Week in Pretoria.
Over time, Asimenye has won multiple funder travel grants to participate in Grants Management and Budgeting plus Contract Management. In 2025, she won 3 travel awards from NIHR, EDCTP and Science of Africa Foundation (SFA) to participate in their LMIC programmes.
Asimenye Kayuni recently lobbied for NIHR on behalf of MLW to be exempted from some of their tough policies when managing grants.
