We make change happen
Gatefield advocates and creates campaigns that bring about positive social change. We are a team of passionate consultants and storytellers that employ a mix of strategy, advocacy, and storytelling to drive policy and behaviors that will help people lead better lives.
Our vision is to inspire the full potential of every person to drive a new era of change, culture, and wellbeing. We are on a mission to inspire social change by informing, inspiring, and investing in communities through innovative thinking and execution.
Meet our people
Mahmud Jafar
Senior Analyst
Mahmud Jafar
Mahmud supports digital advocacy and communication campaigns from strategy to deployment and monitoring. He contributes to message development, crafting creative copies for visual communications products.
Impact
Delivered a world obesity day campaign that recorded more than fourteen million impressions
Ijudaye Shettima
Senior Analyst
Ijudaye Shettima
Ijudaye supports the implementation of advocacy programs, providing research and planning assistance towards successful stakeholder engagements and convenings.
Impact
Managed the Gatefield Health Summit event which secured vital commitments to increase the national healthcare budget
Maryam Ahmad
Senior Analyst
Maryam Ahmad
Maryam supports the creation and implementation of advocacy campaigns and programs through strategy execution, community management, and influencer engagement.
Impact
Led a grassroots youth advocacy movement to influence the introduction of tobacco control into national and sub-national youth policy
Mary Lawani
Senior Analyst
Mary Lawani
Mary is responsible for the brand and creative strategy driving the design of compelling visual identity and editorial projects, shaping influential campaigns through storytelling.
Impact
Developed the visual identity for campaigns that have reached more than ten million people
Akor Ogwuche
Analyst
Akor Ogwuche
Akor supports the development of video-based content from developing narratives to delivering compelling visuals and storytelling.
Inobi Anmo
Administrator
Inobi Anmo
Inobi implements people-centric strategies that advance corporate goals while fostering a vibrant and supportive workplace.
Joyce Imabeh
Senior Administrator
Joyce Imabeh
Joyce implements business systems and processes that ensure effective business operations, financial management, and project performance.
Itoro Effiong
Senior Administrator
Itoro Effiong
Itoro implements and oversees strategic financial systems and processes, ensuring efficient financial management
Sandra Uzoigwe
Administrator
Sandra Uzoigwe
Sandra supports administrative processes and procedures, ensuring compliance and providing essential back-office support to enhance organizational efficiency.
Raheelah Abdulkareem
Senior Analyst (CEO’s Office)
Raheelah Abdulkareem
Raheelah implements key initiatives to enhance overall organizational development, devising and executing strategic communication plans that support and advance organizational goals.
Impact
Developed Gatefield’s competency framework.
Omowumi Asubiaro
Board Member
Omowumi Asubiaro
Omowumi is a highly experienced international human rights lawyer and public policy leader. She has extensive experience in advocating for human rights, research and designing & evaluating programs within the international development system. She currently teaches international criminal law at the University of Toronto.
Saadatu Hamu Aliyu
Board Member
Saadatu Hamu Aliyu
Saadatu is a corporate lawyer with over a decade of experience across regions. She is an expert in regulatory affairs, compliance, politics, and fundraising. She led the global shapers hub at the World Economic Forum and holds a Master’s degree in National Security from the Georgetown University Law Center.
Katherine Midden
Board Member
Katherine Midden
Katherine is an expert in communication, engagement, and partnerships on a global scale. In the course of her career, she has collaborated with advocacy groups in various countries to promote better public health policies. She has also managed brand and audience engagement for a global media company. She worked as a press officer in the U.S. Government’s International Disaster Response Bureau and supervised the media program for the Centre for Global Development.
Mobolaji Alabi
Board Member
Mobolaji Alabi
Mobolaji is a certified accountant and financial expert with a background in financial regulation, reporting and planning. He has worked in diverse industries such as finance, refining, manufacturing, aviation and FinTech. He holds a PhD in Finance and has experience in auditing at PricewaterhouseCoopers. He currently supports Gatefield Impact with expertise related to risk, compliance, audit, and financial management.
Ezomime Faith Onimiya
Board Member
Ezomime Faith Onimiya
Ezomime is a lawyer who specializes in capital markets and finance advisory. With over five years of experience in prestigious firms in Nigeria and the United Kingdom, she earned her master’s degree from Harvard Law School, receiving the Dean’s Award for Community Leadership. She currently works for the international law firm Allen & Overy LLP. She plays a crucial role at Gatefield by offering advice on enhancing corporate governance.
Innocent Ndubuisi-Obi Jr
Board Member
Innocent Ndubuisi-Obi Jr
Innocent is a computer scientist with a background in International Political Economy and Computational Social Science. He has experience as a research assistant with institutions such as Georgetown University’s Beeck Center for Social Impact, Massachusetts Institute of Technology GOV/LAB, and the Civic Data Design Lab (CDDL). He has experience working on governance innovation projects with the Nigerian and Sierra Leonean governments. He contributes to our growth by designing and mobilizing resources for impactful initiatives.
Chika Akintan
Board Member
Chika Akintan
Chika formerly served as the Vice President of People Operations at Gatefield, where she focused on improving employee development, performance and productivity. She began her career at major tech companies, namely Hewlett-Packard and Microsoft. She holds an executive business education degree from the Lagos Business School. Currently, she assists Gatefield by overseeing matters related to people and culture,ensuring a people-centered and performance-enabling organization.
Shirley Ewang
Senior Specialist
Shirley Ewang
Shirley leads Gatefield’s advocacy practice. She provides oversight on all aspects related to the design and implementation of advocacy programs while securing alliances to help drive meaningful change.
Impact
Instrumental in the passage of Nigeria’s Sugar-Sweetened Beverage (SSB) tax.
Omei Bongos
Senior Specialist Health
Omei Bongos
Omei is a public health expert in charge of designing and implementing strategic communication, social marketing, and visibility strategies across Gatefield’s health policy and behavioural change portfolio.
Impact
Led the development of emergency risk communications messages for Centers for Disease Control (CDCs) in 14 West African countries.
Esther Aghotor
Vice President
Esther Aghotor
Esther leads Gatefield’s storytelling business. She manages creative strategy across the portfolio, collaborating with and guiding partners to achieve and communicate impact through storytelling.
Impact
Developed forefront IECs for the Nigerian CDC which resulted in significant compliance with COVID-19 lockdown guidelines by the Nigerian population.
Adewunmi Emoruwa
Chief Executive Officer
Adewunmi Emoruwa
Adewunmi is a global policy and advocacy leader and the founder of Gatefield. He provides leadership direction and strategic oversight of the organization’s portfolio, inspiring growth and positive social change.
Impact
Key actor in the achievement of more than a dozen landmark policy and legislative changes in Africa
Nsidibe-Abasi Joy Una
Chief of Staff and Special Initiatives Lead
Nsidibe-Abasi Joy Una
Joy works with the CEO and board on strategic program development and high-level initiatives to achieve organizational objectives. She provides support to programs that advance Gatefield’s social impact leadership.
Impact
Assisted the design and oversight of a high-performing program portfolio worth over $ 1 million
Shirley Ewang
Senior Specialist
Shirley Ewang
Shirley leads Gatefield’s advocacy practice. She provides oversight on all aspects related to the design and implementation of advocacy programs while securing alliances to help drive meaningful change.
Impact
Instrumental in the passage of Nigeria’s Sugar-Sweetened Beverage (SSB) tax.
Omei Bongos
Senior Specialist Health
Omei Bongos
Omei is a public health expert in charge of designing and implementing strategic communication, social marketing, and visibility strategies across Gatefield’s health policy and behavioural change portfolio.
Impact
Led the development of emergency risk communications messages for Centers for Disease Control (CDCs) in 14 West African countries.
Esther Aghotor
Vice President
Esther Aghotor
Esther leads Gatefield’s storytelling business. She manages creative strategy across the portfolio, collaborating with and guiding partners to achieve and communicate impact through storytelling.
Impact
Developed forefront IECs for the Nigerian CDC which resulted in significant compliance with COVID-19 lockdown guidelines by the Nigerian population.
Adewunmi Emoruwa
Chief Executive Officer
Adewunmi Emoruwa
Adewunmi is a global policy and advocacy leader and the founder of Gatefield. He provides leadership direction and strategic oversight of the organization’s portfolio, inspiring growth and positive social change.
Impact
Key actor in the achievement of more than a dozen landmark policy and legislative changes in Africa
Nsidibe-Abasi Joy Una
Chief of Staff and Special Initiatives Lead
Nsidibe-Abasi Joy Una
Joy works with the CEO and board on strategic program development and high-level initiatives to achieve organizational objectives. She provides support to programs that advance Gatefield’s social impact leadership.
Impact
Assisted the design and oversight of a high-performing program portfolio worth over $ 1 million
