Oct. 2003 – to date: Associate Professor, Development Studies and Research Institute, University of Khartoum.

Nov. 1993 – Oct. 2003 Assistant Professor, Development Studies and Research Center, Faculty of economic and Social Studies, University of Khartoum.

July 1993 – Oct. 2003: Member of the Faculty Research  Board, Faculty of Economic and Social Studies, University of Khartoum.

May 1994 – Oct. 1998:Member of the Faculty Board, Faculty of  Economic and Social Studies, University of Khartoum.

May 1994 – June 1997: Co-ordinator, Post Graduate Diploma Programme in Development planning Faculty of economic and Social

Studies, University of Khartoum.

Aug. 1991 – July 1992: Post Doctoral Research Fellow, Department of Economics, Reading University, Reading, England.

Oct. 1985 – Oct. 1988: Senior Researcher, Economics Department Industrial Bank of Kuwait, Safat, Kuwait.

Aug. 1981 – Sept. 1985:  Lecturer, Economics and Agricultural Economics,Faculty of Economic and Rural Development, University of Gezira, Sudan.

Sept. 1976 – Aug. 1977:  Research Associate, Economic and Social Research Council, Khartoum, Sudan.

June 1976 – Dec. 1978: Lecturer, Department of Economics, University of Khartoum, Sudan.

June 1975 – March 1976:     Research Assistant, department of Economics,University of California, Santa Barbara, California U.S.A.