Dr. Buba Manjang completed a BSc in Public and Environmental Health and worked for Ministry of Health, The Gambia 2005 to 2006 as Regional Vector Control Officer, later promoted to Senior Health Administrator. Buba then obtained scholarship funding in pursuance of his MSc degree in Public Health at National University of Malaysia which he successfully completed in 2008.
He joined Ministry of Health in 2009 with a promotion as Regional Principal Public Health Officer until 2011 when he was promoted to the position of Principal Public Health officer. He won another scholarship from Islamic Development Bank, known as Merit Scholarship at the University of Birmingham. He completed his PhD, work for the Ministry of Health where he was promoted to the position of Deputy Director of Public Health at the Directorate of Public Health.