Ujunwa is a Senior Policy Advisor working on energy transition in E3G’s Fossil Fuel Transition team. She provides strategic and technical assistance advice as a key member of the secretariat of the Energy Transition Council (ETC) providing thought leadership to the council, and strategic advice for the delivery of the councils Rapid Response Facility (RRF).
She was most recently previously an Advisor to the Commissioner for Energy & Mineral Resource, Lagos State Government (in Nigeria) responsible for planning, devising, and implementing the State’s policies on Energy and Mineral Resources.
She is a Trustee of Solar Aid, and she founded (now a Trustee) of the African Women in Energy Development Initiative (AWEDI Network) focused on promoting the growth of women in the energy sector across Africa,. Ujunwa was recently awarded the Grit 2023 Award by Ally Energy in the Professional Category (2023) and recognized as one of the 21 women heroes working to end energy poverty by Power for All (2021), among others.
Ujunwa has a master’s programme in Public Policy at the University of Oxford, along with a previous master’s in Development Finance from the University of Manchester.