About us

Welcome to the Melon Age – the age of global connections!
Our logo, a melon with its characteristic netting, is a symbol of today’s interconnected world.

MelonAge, cross-sector partnership design expert, offers partnership design and pre-design stage research services. We specialize in global cross-sector partnerships between public, business and not-for-profit sectors.

We offer our services to responsible organizations for their global collaborative ventures. We assist responsible businesses to attain corporate social responsibility (CSR) goals through cross-sector partnerships.

Based in Toronto and founded in 2008, Canada, MelonAge is a social enterprise with the aim of setting up a think tank that undertakes further research in the field. At the heart of our work is the full recognition of the value of relationships and the potential for them to flourish with proper care, learning and time.

In just a decade, the number of relationships we need to engage in has risen exponentially. Increasingly, these relationships are crossing sector boundaries – private, public and not-for-profit. What’s more, the variety of relationships has grown more complex and expanded from traditional commercial or philanthropic relationships to partnerships of every conceivable kind. All this is leading to considerable confusion and putting your organization’s aspirations at risk.

Clearly, there is need for expert guidance and a new approach to managing relationships on a global scale.

About our founder

Motoyo Kamiya, the founder and CEO of MelonAge, has extensive experience covering the public, private and not-for-profit sectors at the international level.

She has managed collaborative education research projects at an international governmental agency. She also served as an advisor to an international network of environmental education. Regarding Motoyo’s business sector experience, she has held senior management positions at a multinational corporation in the business of international trade. In the international non-governmental (INGO) sector, she has managed one of the largest global non-governmental coalitions in literacy and international development.

Motoyo’s other experience includes teaching at the university level and adult facilitation in various settings. Motoyo has lived and worked on three continents, Asia, North America and Europe. Her multicultural and multilingual competencies include Arabic and Islamic culture and civilization. She has competencies in 5 out of 6 UN official languages.

Motoyo holds a Ph.D. (Doctor of Philosophy) in social work/social policy analysis from the University of Toronto, Canada. Her other credentials include adult education/staff training and international business.

Currently based in Toronto, Canada, Motoyo’s community involvements include serving on the board of directors for several not-for profit and community organizations, as well as active involvement in the local social innovation community. When not working, she likes to travel and read.