Akunna K. Ibe

Akunna Ibe is primarily a Marketing and Communications leader with over 13 years of experience spanning strategic marketing, public relations, business development, project management, and event planning across the US, Europe, and Africa.

Her career spans roles across product marketing, high-level partnership building, training for teams, community-building, product promotion and communications for both private business and global development initiatives. Akunna's recent experience spans various roles across a range of organizations including UNICEF (Geneva), Boats Group (Miami), GE Healthcare (Abuja), OnTheGoSystems (Barcelona), and the Andre School of Learning (Abuja). Having worked across a plethora of sectors, she's skilled in devising strategies to grow any type of business or organization.

Born in Nigeria and shaped by a life lived across six countries and travels through sixty more, Akunna brings a rare fluency in English, French, Spanish, and Italian, and in the cultural nuance required to build genuine trust across markets. She holds a Master's degree in Media and Communications and an undergraduate degree in International Relations with a focus in Anthropology; a foundation that grounds her work in a deep understanding of how people, organizations, and cultures actually connect.

That understanding is what led her to found KUO Consulting Ltd. After years of watching businesses default to generic strategies and individuals get lost in one-size-fits-all advice, Akunna set out to build something different: a consultancy that pairs sharp, creative strategy with the thing no algorithm can replace — real human connection. Known for her charismatic, people-first approach and her drive to achieve ambitious goals, she's committed to helping individuals and businesses grow with intention, insight, and heart.