Press Kit
(pronounced: nwah-MACK-uh AHG-boh)
Nwamaka Agbo is a woman of deep inquiry.
She calls us into the kinds of questions that transform us, individually and collectively—questions that center the practice of care in a world that often devalues it.
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What must we heal within ourselves in order to heal the systems that shape our world?
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What would an economy rooted in joy and justice look like?
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Can capital be a tool for liberation?
About Nwamaka
Nwamaka Agbo is a strategist, advisor, speaker, changemaker, systems thinker, and the visionary behind the Restorative Economics framework.
She is the CEO of Kataly Foundation and Managing Director of the Restorative Economies Fund.
With a background in community organizing, electoral campaigns, and policy advocacy work on racial, social and environmental justice issues, Nwamaka is deeply committed to advancing projects that build resilient, healthy, and self-determined communities rooted in shared prosperity.
Restorative Economics
The Restorative Economics framework was developed by Nwamaka Agbo, reflecting her worldview, values, and approach to economic justice. It is an economic framework that shifts focus away from endless profit and extraction. It seeks to repair harm, heal communities, and build collective power by returning ownership, wealth, and democratic decision-making back to historically marginalized and oppressed groups.
Learn more about Restorative Economics, its guiding principles, living models of transformation, and how to engage with the framework.
Signature Speaking Topics
RESTORATIVE ECONOMICS
What might an economy look like if it were designed around relationship, reciprocity, and collective wellbeing?
THE FUTURE OF CAPITAL
How can money become a tool for repair, resilience, and collective liberation?
RETHINKING WEALTH
What if wealth was measured by collective wellbeing instead of individual accumulation?
SYSTEMS CHANGE
How do we move beyond reforming broken systems toward building entirely different ones?
VISIONARY LEADERSHIP
What does leadership look like when we stop replicating the systems we’re trying to transform?
In The Media
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FEATURED TALKS
BREAK FAKE RULES WITH GLEN GALAICH
The F Word that Philanthropy Avoids is the One It Needs Most
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JOSEPH ROWNTREE FOUNDATION CONFERECE KEYNOTE
Unlocking Resources in a time of Crisis & Possibility
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BECOMING THE VISION PODCAST
Duality with Nwamaka Agbo
Explore more of Nwamaka’s Talks, Conversations, and Editorials
FAQs
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What is Nwamaka known for?
Developing the Restorative Economics framework and advancing new approaches to capital, philanthropy, and systems change.
What topics does Nwamaka speak about?
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Restorative Economics, the future of capital, transformative leadership, philanthropy, wealth building, systems change, and building economies rooted in dignity and collective wellbeing.
What makes Nwamaka’s perspective unique?
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She bridges economic theory, lived experience, movement building, philanthropy, and practical systems change to offer a vision for a different economic future.
What questions does Nwamaka’s work invite us to consider?
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What if the economy was designed around human dignity instead of profit?
What if capital could repair instead of extract?
What if those closest to the harm were centered in designing solutions?
What if the future was not something we inherited, but something we intentionally built?
Headshots & Photography
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