She has lived in Germany since the year 2000 Okoye studied Fine and Applied Arts (Graphic Design/Illustration) with a Higher National Diploma from the Institute of Management and Technology in Enugu from 1985 to 1989.

[1] Before migrating to Germany in 200, Ebele Okoye was active in fine and media arts and constantly showed her works in both one-man and group exhibitions (see section).

"[3] Later in 2023, Okoye published a social media article explaining why this film never came to fruition as it was marred by several life occurrences and announced that it is back to the slate for development In 2019, Okoye began creating virtual reality (VR) art and animation in Oculus Quill In 2021, Ebele introduced "Motion to the Sound(MTTS)", a "sustainable" version of smedLAB, with special subprograms "AniJolly Girls" (targeting only women) and MTTS Quick Slice (targeting young people) In 2022, Ebele founded Spunky Toonz, a branded animation and EdTech startup that creates audio-visual materials aimed at shaping healthy, communal, and ecology-friendly mindsets in preschoolers and young children.

Throughout her career so far, Ebele has produced animation films and led international co-productions, collaborating with diverse clients and partners, including Universal Music Group for whom she animated the Motown Hit "Dancing in the Street" by Martha and the Vandellas, Universal Pictures, Nickelodeon, Deutsche Welle Documentary, ZDF/ARTE, Robert Bosch Foundation, BMZ/GIZ, Focus Features, Deutsche Aidshilfe, and more.

Ebele's work has earned her numerous awards and recognitions, including the Robert Bosch Foundation Promotional Prize for Animation (for Anna Blume, based on a 1919 poem by Kurt Schwitters,[4]), DEFA Foundation Research Prize, Africa Movie Academy Awards (2x), the Redefreiheit of Amnesty International for "Outstanding media work in human rights issues," and the Focus Features Africa First Short Film Programme, (for The Legacy of Rubies) among many others.

Ebele has taught animation at the Bauhaus University Weimar and collaborated as an animation and design instructor with various organizations, including the city of Hamburg, Nollywood Germany, Zanzibar International Film Festival, Goethe Institut Nigeria and Tanzania, Afrika Festival Warsaw, Prirodoslovno grafička škola Zadar and more.