Gift Nwamadu
About
Gift Nwamadu is a Nigerian policy professional committed to building people-centred systems that serve rural and peri-urban communities.
She previously served as Chief of Staff to the CEO of a leading clean energy and climate advocacy firm where she led strategic planning, stakeholder engagement, and cross-sector coordination.
Gift is currently developing a hybrid analogue-digital start-up that identifies and supports grassroots innovators who are typically excluded from traditional development pipelines.
She is pursuing an MPhil in Public Policy with a focus on inclusive innovation, gender equity, and youth empowerment. After Cambridge, she intends to work with international development organisations and government parastatals to design and implement gender and youth-inclusive policies tailored to the realities of peri-urban communities. Her long-term vision is to lead a policy innovation lab that champions locally driven solutions and equitable development across Africa.