Akaoma Onyemelukwe

Akaoma is a prime development expert, nonprofit coach and public speaker accelerating impact and leadership with 20 years of managing large and complex programs, and consulting opportunities. She has extensive experience working in Health (Disease focused, Health System strengthening, Reforms and UHC), Humanitarian, Education, Governance and Media sectors. Akaoma brings rich practical expertise in deploying varied forms of in sectoral reforms, strategic program management and leadership, institutional capacity strengthening, capacity strengthening efforts to improve development and governance outcomes in monitoring and evaluation and research (qualitative, outcome, quantitative) policy analysis, advocacy, and influencing, strategic planning, facilitation, new business development (proposals process), sectoral reforms, strategic program management and leadership, institutional capacity strengthening, Gender, Social Inclusion and Gender Based Violence, quality assurance, use of participatory approaches. Akaoma has extensive expertise in connecting NGOs, INGOs and donors around Africa to funding, strengthen capacity to deliver innovative results and build institutions that drive sustainability. Have strengthened over 1000 NGOs and CBOs, trained over 1500 NGO leaders; raised and managed over $1billion in grants. Advised governments of low and middle-income countries, private sector, INGOs and NGOs ; designed, implemented and evaluated programs. Sectoral Expertise- Health , Education, Governance, Media and Humanitarian emergencies