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Buea, Cameroon | 27 August 2026

Emily Miki, community leader, development advocate and humanitarian, has been honoured with the Victory Community Impact Award in recognition of her significant contributions to community development, humanitarian service and social impact.

The prestigious recognition, presented by the Waah Foundation and Victory Residence, celebrates individuals whose commitment to service, compassion and community leadership has made a meaningful difference in the lives of others.

The award recognises Emily Miki’s continued dedication to advancing initiatives that respond to community needs, empower vulnerable populations and promote opportunities for young people, women and underserved communities.

Through her leadership and engagement across humanitarian, development, peacebuilding and community initiatives, Emily has consistently championed a people-centred approach to development—one that places dignity, inclusion, opportunity and collective responsibility at the heart of community transformation.

Receiving the award, Emily Miki expresses appreciation to Waah Foundation and Victory Residence for the recognition, describing it as both an honour and a renewed responsibility to continue serving communities.

“I receive this award with deep gratitude and humility. Community service is not simply about what we are able to give; it is about standing with people, listening to their needs and working together to create solutions that restore hope and open opportunities. This recognition belongs not only to me, but to every person, partner and community member who continues to believe in the power of service.”

Emily further notes that meaningful community impact is built through consistency, collaboration and a willingness to respond to challenges with practical solutions.

The Victory Community Impact Award comes as a recognition of the importance of community-driven leadership in addressing social and humanitarian challenges. It also highlights the contribution of individuals and organisations working beyond traditional structures to create positive change at the grassroots level.

Denis Miki Foundation commends Waah Foundation and Victory Residence for creating a platform that celebrates community service and encourages individuals and institutions to continue investing in initiatives that strengthen communities.

The recognition also provides an opportunity to reaffirm Miki’s commitment to collaborative action and sustainable community development.

As she continues her work across community development and social impact initiatives, Emily Miki remains committed to a vision of communities where service creates opportunity, compassion drives action, and every individual has the chance to contribute to and benefit from positive change.

About Emily Miki

Emilia Efeti Miki popularly known as Emily Miki is a community development and humanitarian advocate with experience in peacebuilding, youth empowerment, women’s leadership, social mobilisation and development initiatives. She is the Founder/CEO of the Denis Miki Foundation (DMF), Efeti Ventures and several development-focused networks, movements and alliances. Her work focuses on translating advocacy and community engagement into practical interventions that improve lives and strengthen local resilience.

About Waah Foundation and Victory Residence

Waah Foundation and Victory Residence are committed to recognising and supporting initiatives and individuals contributing positively to communities. Through platforms such as the Victory Community Impact Award, they seek to celebrate service, encourage social responsibility and inspire greater community engagement.

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Emilia (Emily) Epeti Miki the Founder/CEO of Denis Miki Foundation and Efeti Ventures and the Delegate of the Cameroon National Youth Council, Limbe 1 won the Obama Foundation African Leaders award. She was among the 5 Cameroonians selected out of 200 young Africans. This prestigious award was won thanks to the impact Denis Miki Foundation has had with our work with women, girls, children, boys and men in rural and urban poor communities in Cameroon to drive community development initiatives, capacity building, food security and wealth creation program with an aim to empower community members to become self-sufficient and alleviate poverty. This adds to several awards won by our Founder/CEO like the Mandela Washington Fellowship award by the U.S. Department of State, Queen Young Leaders award by Queen Elizabeth, voted among the 50 Most Influential Young Cameroonians and also featured as one of the 100 Young Cameroonians Inspiring Change in Cameroon. As a social entrepreneur, Emily works to reduce poverty through economic empowerment, mentorship and coaching. She currently facilitates capacity building trainings, women and youth empowerment trainings, community and rural development outreach programs. Her works have increased impact substantially and have impacted over 8500 youths, 1500 women and has made it possible for her to receive invitations to consult in the organization of more events like this one.

In July 2018 Emily was selected as one of the 200 young Africans from over 10,000 applicants for the Obama Foundation African Leaders program that brought together 200 emerging leaders from across the continent at Johanessburg, South Africa to explore new ways to take on the biggest challenges in their communities. This convening had President Barack Obama, Former President of the United States host a Town Hall with the 200 Leaders where Emily can be seen in the video asking President Obama a question and which now has her commonly going as “Obama’s niece”.

The convening also brought top leaders like Aliko Dangote, Koffi Annan, Former Liberia President Ellen Johnson Sirleaf, Graça Marshal among several top leading politicians, entrepreneurs, business men and women around the world.

The Queen’s Young Leader Award recognises and celebrates exceptional people aged 18-29 from across the Commonwealth, who are taking the lead in their communities and using their skills to transform lives. Winners of this prestigious Award receive a unique package of training, mentoring and networking.In 2016 Emilia Miki, Denis Miki Foundation’s Founder/CEO was a finalist and was recognised by being given the title of an Associate Fellow of The Royal Commonwealth Society.

 

This year’s competition she didn’t only make finals but was a Highly Recommended Runner Up and won the opportunity to take part in a one year training programme from the University of Cambridge called “Leading Change”.

These awards and recognitions have greatly contributed in the growth of the organisation and created platforms for increased networking and capacity building.