Chioma Ome
Country Director
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About
I am a Development leader with 12+ years of experience advancing gender-inclusive economic growth, clean energy access, and climate resilience across Africa. I specialize in scaling market-based solutions that strengthen women-led enterprises and last-mile communities.
As Country
Director, I have led programs supporting 3,500+ women-owned clean energy businesses across 30 states, integrating GESI, Market Systems Development, and strategic partnerships to drive systemic impact. I bring executive leadership experience in strategy, policy engagement, multi-stakeholder coordination, and cross-country program management. I am passionate about unlocking women’s economic power as a catalyst for sustainable development and energy transition.
I also serve as Vice Chairman of the Nigerian Alliance for Clean Cooking and a former Executive Member of the Renewable Energy Association of Nigeria (REAN), bringing executive experience in strategy, policy advocacy, and multi-stakeholder engagement to drive systemic impact and sustainable development.
Experience
Organization: Solar Sister Nigeria
Solar Sister-A non profit that builds women-led clean energy markets across Sub- Saharan Africa to combat interconnected challenges of poverty, gender inequality and climate vulnerability.
Roles:
Country Director, November 2022– Current
Senior Manager, Programs, Impact &Innovation :January 2020- October 2022
Senior Manager, Training & Entrepreneurship Development : August 2017- December 2019
Organization : Eta Zuma Energy West Africa
Role: Head, Human Capital Management March 2016 -July 2017
Organization: Health Improvement on Cancer Initiative, Nigeria (HICI)
A public health NGO| Specializing on health education & Preventive female Cancer Care
Role: Country Manager : March 2012 - January 2016
Education
Doctorate of Business Administration (Ongoing)-Roxbourg Institute of Social
Entrepreneurship,Switzerland
- Humanitarian MBA(2025)-Roxbourg Institute of Social Entrepreneurship,Switzerland
- Masters in Business Administration, (2019), Assam Don Bosco University ,India
