Alma Okpalefe
Executive Director of World Space Week Association
Company
World Space Week
Association
Country
Nigeria
Year
2025
Ama Serwaa Yeboah is an aspiring aerospace engineer with expertise in aerodynamies, avionics systems, and autonmomous flight technologies. She earned her BSc In Aeorspace Engineering from Kwame Nkumah University of Science and Technology (KNUST), graduating as the Overall Best Student in the Aerospace mechanical engineering Department and the Overall Best Female Student in the College of Engineering.
Her research focuses on air vehicle design, flight dynamics, control systems, and AI applications in aerospace engineering. She has worked extensively on UAV optimization, leading the review and redesign sub-team in her capstone project. "Modification of a Locally Manufactured VTOL UAV for Autonomous Navigation and Surveillance iin Rought Terrain. "She implemented advanced control algorithms to imprve flght stability and has also researched vortex generators' impact on wing efficiency at the KNUST Aeorspace Lab.
Beyond academia, Ama has three years of aircaft mainatenanace experience, specializing in the CASA, Z9, and Mil7SH aircraft. She actively contributes to the SGAC Space Safety and Sustainability Project Group (SSPG).
Alma Okpalefe is the Executive Director of the World Space Week Association, where she is responsible for coordinating the global celebration of the UN-declared World Space Week. A lawyer with nearly two decades of experience in the satellite industry, Alma has worked as Legal Counsel for Nigerian Communications Satellite (NIGCOMSAT) and has contributed to various communication satellite projects across Africa. Beyond her legal career, Alma is the Chair and Co-founder of Isaiah’s Hope Foundation, an organization dedicated to leveraging space technology to enhance healthcare access in underserved communities across Africa.