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About Sarah Adomakoh

An executive and senior consultant with over 20 years experience in international development, Sarah Adomakoh seeks positive social change, working to save lives and end poverty through designing, implementing and leading program, policy development and partnership strategies that create jobs, sustain entrepreneurship, provide education, and empower women and youth. She founded MarketWorks Global in 2019 as a result of researching, evaluating innovative hybrid private sector business and inclusive supply chain models as part of her capstone project for her executive global master's in management at the London School of Economics and Political Science. As the principal for MarketWorks Global, Sarah guides an international clientele that includes tech, health, fashion, women and youth development start-ups, small, medium and growing businesses, social enterprises, international NGOs and other for-profit and non-profit entities in pursuing sustainable development goals through revised business strategies, increased strategic partnerships fundraising, and spurring increases in commercial revenue and investments through fundraising. Evidenced within Sarah’s roles is her understanding and successful mobilisation of public-private sector partnerships, and strengthening data driven ecosystems to continually drive place-based leadership and collaborative and sustained impacts within communities and business and government units.

Sarah continues to serve as an advisor to high potential businesses, and is currently also a senior consultant and advisor with Invest in Africa (IIA). IIA aims to promote prospering Africa economies by creating market linkages between SMEs and large corporations, improving the ease of doing business in Africa and promoting SME development policy discussions.

Sarah's past ventures include founding Associates for International Development in 2004, operating across 19 countries, founding the Caribbean division of the Global youth leadership charity Dance4Life in 2009, serving as a consultant and lecturer at the University of the West Indies under groundbreaking World Bank and EU-funded development programmes, and consulting with several multilateral and bilateral donors, including the Pan American Health Organization/World Health Organization (WHO/PAHO), Save the children, DFID/UKAID, USAID, IDB, World Bank, UNDP, Global Fund/UNAIDS, UN Women, International Labour Organisation (ILO), US Department of Labour, national/regional governments and several philanthropic foundations. She has also held key policy research & development positions within government in UK, Australia, and Caribbean.