Grace is the CEO of Adelaar Energy and an advisory board member of the African Energy Chamber. She commenced her professional journey as an audit staff at PricewaterhouseCoopers (PwC) before she transitioned to the energy industry. She started off as a Business Planning and Economic Analyst for Shell Cameroon and then worked as a Business Analyst and Economist for Shell Nigeria for several years. She also worked as a senior manager (business planning and economics) at a medium-sized multi-national company, Addax Petroleum (SINOPEC Company) before moving to Eroton Exploration & Production Company, one of Nigeria’s biggest indigenous startups where she served as a senior manager in Business strategy and economics.
She holds a bachelor’s degree in accounting from the University of Buea in Cameroon, an MBA from the University of Warwick, and is currently pursuing a Doctorate in strategic management at the International School of Management in France.
With a passion for women inclusion, participation, and empowerment, particularly in the energy industry, Grace prides herself as a founding member of the African Women in Business Energy Network (AWBEN). An initiative by the African Energy Chamber, AWBEN’s key initiatives include inciting collaboration among African women and other women networks in the energy industry, hosting mentorship programs to empower women to take ownership of their personal and career development, offering coaching and sponsorship opportunities for girls in STEM, creating avenues to encourage not just African women-participation but also more women in leadership roles in the industry plus leveraging digital technology to enhance such goals.
TRAINING OF UNDERPRIVILEGED Women and men on interlocking bricks production IN Santa (November 2024) 
TRAINING OF UNDERPRIVILEGED WIDOWS, TEENAGE GIRLS, AND TEENAGE MOTHERS, IN ALATENING VILLAGE ON VASELINE AND POWDER SOAP PRODUCTION AND PROVIDING THEM SEED CAPITAL (October 2024) 
Holiday classes on basic ICT skills for youths in Bamenda City (July to August 2024) 
Sponsorship of less privilege orphan children, pregnant teenage girls, and teenage mothers through school in Alatening Village (2024/2025) 
TRAINING OF UNDERPRIVILEGED AND MARGINALISED GIRLS AND WOMEN IN BAMENDA CITY ON POWDER SOAP PRODUCTION AND PROVIDING THEM SEED CAPITAL EACH (February 2024) 
Empowering Fistula Victims 
Yvonne Leina Chi is an award winning international journalist and Women’s Rights Activist.She is Founder and CEO of the Women Relief Services where she joins forces with local women to combat harmful cultural practices against women and girls in African Communities.She is also the Global Outreach Strategist for
