Ifeoma Malo is a

Nigeria Nigeria ( ), , ig, Naìjíríyà, yo, Nàìjíríà, pcm, Naijá , ff, Naajeeriya, kcg, Naijeriya officially the Federal Republic of Nigeria, is a country in West Africa. It is situated between the Sahel to the north and the Gulf o ...

n lawyer working in international development. Her work focuses on clean energy technologies, and energy access and

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and

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across Africa.

Education

She obtained a bachelor's degree in law from the

University of Ibadan The University of Ibadan (UI) is a public research university in Ibadan, Nigeria. The university was founded in 1948 as University College Ibadan, one of many colleges within the University of London. It became an independent university in 196 ...

in 2000 and holds multiple master's degrees: Law from

Harvard University Harvard University is a private Ivy League research university in Cambridge, Massachusetts. Founded in 1636 as Harvard College and named for its first benefactor, the Puritan clergyman John Harvard, it is the oldest institution of higher le ...

, Dispute Resolution, an MBA and a Masters in Information Technology, all from the

University of Massachusetts Boston The University of Massachusetts Boston (stylized as UMass Boston) is a Public university, public research university in Boston, Massachusetts. It is the only public research university in Boston and the third-largest campus in the five-campus Un ...

. She also has a graduate certificate diploma in public policy from the University of Massachusetts Boston.

Career

Malo began her career as counsel at

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, office of West Africa and from there worked as a deputy head intellectual property at the firm of George Ikoli and Okagbue and later as a senior manager at the Negotiation and Conflict Management Group. In the United States, Malo worked as an associate at the Boston Public Health Commission (BPHC) working under the policy department and contributing to initiatives that led to the states universal health coverage. She was an adjunct professor at the University of Massachusetts Boston in the College of Management. She also served as a consultant at the Global Biotechnology firm called

Genzyme Corporation Genzyme was an American biotechnology company based in Cambridge, Massachusetts. Since its acquisition in 2011, Genzyme (also known as Genzyme Transgenics Corp or GTC Biotherapeutics) has been a fully owned subsidiary of Sanofi. In 2010, Genzyme ...

. In 2015, she served as the chief of staff and senior technical adviser on energy policies, regulations and partnerships to Osita Nebo, the former Nigerian Minister of Power. She was the former Country Director of Power for All (2016–2020). She is currently the Co-Founder and Chief Executive Officer of Clean Tech Hub and Energy Innovation Center, Abuja. She also played a senior advisory role with the Chairman of the

Nigerian Electricity Regulatory Commission Nigerian Electricity Regulatory Commission (NERC) is an independent regulatory body with authority for the regulation of the electric power industry in Nigeria. NERC was formed in 2005 under the Obasanjo administration’s economic reform agenda ...

. She serves as an Independent Director of Norrenberger Financial Group, a Nigerian investment and financial services holding company. She also seats on the global board of Green Peace International in Netherlands and the board of Access to Energy Institute in Germany. She was a former board member of Budgit - Nigerian civic organisation that applies technology for citizen engagement with institutional improvement to facilitate societal change.

Award and honors

In the year 2013, she was nominated among six Nigerians for

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Fellowship Programme. Malo won the

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award in 2015. She is a Desmond Tutu fellow, African Leadership fellow, and Crans Montana New Leaders fellow. In addition, she is a fellow of the African Leadership Forum as well as a Global Leadership Academy fellow. In 2020, Malo was selected by an international team of judges in the African Power and Energy Elite industry award as the Power Industry Leader of the year.

References

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