Ing Justice Ohene - Akoto

Ing. Justice Ohene-Akoto is a multiple award-winning Ghanaian Inventor and Professional Engineer. He is the Executive Director of the Africa Sustainable Energy Centre (ASEC).

He serves as a Board Member, FEL at the World Energy Council. Over the years, he has consulted for several multinational organizations including the Oxford Business Group (OBG) , the German Energy Agency (dena), Ariel Foundation International (AFI) , Volta Aluminium Company Limited (VALCO), Penn Sustainability - University of Pennsylvania, WEC FEL Ghana, amongst others  .

Ing. Ohene-Akoto was crowned Rising Star in Ghana's Energy sector at the Ghana Energy Awards 2020. In the same year, he emerged a Forty Under 40 Achiever at the Forty Under 40 Awards 2020. In July 2021, he won the Best Student Paper Award at the World Congress on Engineering 2021 held in London, United Kingdom. He is a two-time Kleinman Centre grant recipient at the University of Pennsylvania in November 2023 and April 2024.

As an industry player and researcher in academia, he helps bridge the gap between these sectors. He owns several innovation patents which include patents in Electric Vehicles and Corona Virus Transmission Prevention System with the Australian and German Governments respectively. He has served as member of technical committee, reviewer, keynote speaker, consultant and chair for several international conferences and reports. He has over 15 academic publications in peer reviewed journals and international conferences.

Ing. Ohene-Akoto is Ivy League trained with a Master's degree in Electrical Engineering from the University of Pennsylvania. He has multiple Master's degrees which include a Master of Business Administration from the University of South Wales, UK. In addition, he has a Master of Philosophy in Power Systems Engineering from the Kwame Nkrumah University of Science & Technology (KNUST). He holds a Bachelor of Science in Electrical & Electronics Engineering from the KNUST. He is a certified Project Manager by PMI.