Anyanga is a Senior Research Officer and Crop Entomologist with the National Crops Resource Research Institute (NaCRRI) in Uganda. He earned his PhD at the University of Greenwich and has worked with numerous CGIAR organizations and other research institutions to improve technologies and practices for improved pest management. Through his work, NaCRRI developed an open access platform for sharing sweetpotato weevil resistance research.

Anyanga is also a dedicated teacher and mentor, having trained numerous graduate and undergraduate students in research methods, sweetpotato technologies and pest management.