192:, and with General Electric as Legal Counsel GE Oil & Gas in Nigeria. She has recorded a number of landmark achievements, in South Sudan she led the team who negotiated the country's first ever Production Sharing Contract and set up the first indigenous African exploration company to operate in South Sudan. In Equatorial Guinea she led teams that negotiated billion dollar investments into the country as well as drafting and implementing landmark statutes in Equatorial Guinea.
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Adaku's decision to go into the oil and gas industry was inspired by the appointment of
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Adaku was appointed the Deputy Chief of Party, USAID-funded Power Africa West Africa Energy
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Initiative, a Not-for-Profit organization. In 2019, STER collaborated with
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