Adaku Uche Ekpo has 17 years of experience working with non-profit organizations in the areas of agriculture, youth development, rural livelihoods, and promoting the rule of law. She currently manages a 50-hectare inter- cropped oil palm plantation while working as a consultant providing capacity strengthening to intergovernmental organizations and non-profits.

Prior to this, she worked with 4-H, a U.S.-based network of youth organizations where she managed fundraising from philanthropic foundations and also provided programming support on agriculture value chain programs for out of school youth in Sub-Saharan Africa. Adaku also headed up business development for the American Bar Association Rule of Law Initiative and managed multi-lateral partnerships and global programming for Junior Achievement; a global youth organization focused on entrepreneurship, financial literacy, and work-readiness.

She has also served as a board member and a member of the senior leadership team with a few non-profit organizations in the U.S and Nigeria. Adaku has a Bachelor of Arts in Business and Political Science from Warren Wilson College, North Carolina; a Juris Doctor in Law from The Ohio State University; and a Master of Public Administration from the University of Pennsylvania.