Salma Okonkwo

Founder and CEO Blue Power Energy

Profile

Salma Okonkwo leads Blue Power energy, driving the company’s commitment to creating a sustainable energy future for Ghana and sub-Saharan Africa. She is a senior business executive with over twenty years of management experience in corporate strategy, planning and business development, with deep knowledge of the downstream oil and gas sector in West Africa’s key markets.

Salma brings proven strategic, innovative and leadership skills to Blue Power. At the helm of affairs at UBI Group, Salma’s vision positioned the organisation to become the most sought strategic partner for the growing oil and gas downstream industry in Ghana.

Salma’s twenty years’ experience building leading organizations across West Africa demonstrates her drive as an excellent entrepreneur. She is the Founder & Chairwoman of Puma Energy Ghana one of Ghana’s leading downstream oil and gas companies. She is also Founder and Board Member of Blue Star Exploration, an indigenous Oil and Gas exploration company with assets across West Africa.

Salma has received several awards’, the most recent being the coveted Woman of Excellence award. She is the 2019 Nigerian Energy Personality of the Year

An advocate for women’s empowerment and issues impacting children in Ghana, Salma is a devoted mother of three and wife, dividing her time between Nigeria where her family lives, and Ghana, where she has multiple business interests.