Our Team / Leadership
Emelia Nmai Agoe
Partner Outreach & Fundraising Lead
Twelve years in nonprofit leadership. A heart shaped by her own childhood in Kumasi, where she watched a single mother — a widow — raise five children on a teacher’s salary.
Joined
2014
Based in
Accra, GA
Focus
Strategy & Vision
Languages
EN · GA · TWI45
Biography
Why she serves.
Emelia is a public administrator with rich experience in public sector management, policy implementation, and service delivery. She currently serves as a principal programme officer at the Ministry of Health in Ghana, where she helps translate policy into impactful programs for communities. At CZ Foundation, Emelia leads partner outreach, stakeholder engagement, and fundraising efforts, leveraging her public sector expertise and networks to strengthen the foundation’s resources, visibility, and long-term sustainability.
We do not rescue people. We walk with them. There is a world of difference between the two.
Experience
- Executive Director — 2021–Present
- Director of Programs — 2018–2021
- Country Manager, World Relief Kenya — 2014–2018
- Field Officer, Compassion International — 2010–2014
Education & Credentials
- M.A., Nonprofit Management — Daystar University
- B.A., Social Work — University of Nairobi
- Certified Trauma-Informed Care Practitioner
- Board member, Kenya Association of Charitable Organizations
Off the clock
Parent of two, an avid reader of African literature (current favorite: Tsitsi Dangarembga), and a long-distance runner who once completed the Standard Chartered Nairobi Marathon in 4:12. She makes the best chapati in the office — a fact even her staff begrudgingly agree on.