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Rachel is the founder of Narachi Leadership, a boutique consultancy aimed at equipping leaders with unique tools for transformational leadership. She merges research and practice from neuroscience, psychology, biomimicry and ontology to give clients a holistic opportunity for theirs and their followers' continued development. In this work she offers her expertise as a facilitator of leadership training, ontological coach, advisory partner and speaker. She works with corporates, entrepreneurs, teams and individuals.

Named one of the 100 Young Influential Africans of 2019, Rachel Nyaradzo Adams is driven by her commitment to empower leaders towards courageous and authentic leadership. She believes that Africa will only get the future it deserves if leaders can access their highest courage and most authentic power.

Rachel has received numerous awards for leadership and academic excellence including: the Desmond Tutu Leadership Fellowship; the Mandela Rhodes Scholarship; the Mellon Mays Leadership and Service Award; the Mellon Mays Scholarship and the Felix Scholarship.

She read for her Masters in African Studies at the University of Oxford (St. Anthony’s College) and for her Undergraduate and Honours degrees in Social Anthropology at the University of Cape Town.

Rachel’s ambition is to develop deep benches of leaders across Africa - leaders who can accelerate the transformation and inclusive development of the continent. She has spoken and trained on various platforms to executives and emerging leaders. These include the UN, World Bank, Obama Leaders, TEDx, L’Oreal Women in Science and EVE amongst others. Rachel sits on the boards of MINDS, Jakes Gerwel Fellowship, St. George’s College and Old Mutual Youth Fund.

She is a contributor for Inc.Africa.