An naɗa Hajiya Zainab Ibrahim Kuchi a matsayin ƙaramar ministar wutar lantarki ta Najeriya da tsohuwar ministar harkokin Neja Delta daga tsohon shugaban kasa Goodluck Jonathan . An nada ta a watan Yulin shekara ta 2011. Ita ma yar kasuwa ce wadda ta kirkiro kuma Shugaba na Kamfanin Daralkuchi. Zainab kuma lauya ce kuma 'yar kasuwa mai sama da shekaru talatin da biyar na kwarewa a fannin shari'a da gudanarwa. Ta fara ne a shekara ta 1981, inda ta yi aiki tare da hedkwatar shari’ar jihar Neja. Bayan ta yi NYSC, an ci gaba da aiki da Ma'aikatar Shari'a Minna kuma ta yi aiki a can kimanin shekaru takwas da rabi. Zainab ta yi aiki a Babban Bankin Najeriya daga watan Mayu shekara ta 1989 zuwa watan Disambar shekara ta 2004 lokacin da ta yi ritaya don kafa kamfanin ta na ba da shawara kan harkokin shari'a. Ita ce kuma ta kafa kuma Shugaba na Kamfanin Daralkuchi. Tsohon shugaban kasa Jonathan ya nada ta minista a majalisar ministocin ta don wakiltar jihar Neja. An kuma nada ta a matsayin karamar ministar wutar lantarki. A cikin watan Nuwamba 2011, ta sanar da sanya hannu kan yarjejeniya tare da Kamfanin Sinohydro .