🇬🇧#21 Adesuwa Okunbo-Rhodes, Founding Partner & CEO, Aruwa Capital Management, Lagos, Nigeria
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🇬🇧 Season 2 is here! Tombany welcomes Adesuwa Okunbo-Rhodes, Founding Partner and CEO of Aruwa Capital Management in Lagos, Nigeria. Adesuwa's goal is to change the face of investing in Africa and she was recently cited as one of the Top 35 Women Moving Africa Forward.
She was also recognised as one of 2021 MB100, an award celebrating leaders combining profit and purpose to help achieve the United Nations Global Goals.
Aruwa Capital Management is a Lagos-based impact investment company. As one of the few women-owned investment houses on the entire African continent, they have identified an untapped investment opportunity, investing in rapidly growing companies that either provide essential goods and services to the rapidly growing female economy or businesses that are founded or co-founded by women or have gender diverse teams.
In this episode we talked about:
- Adesuwa's early years, spent between Nigeria and the United Kingdom
- How she made her way to top investment banks in London and subsequently to Private Equity in Nigeria
- Her decision to launch Aruwa and to address the gap in access to capital for women in Africa
- Her vision for Aruwa
Enjoy this fantastic episode!
🇫🇷 Bienvenue dans la deuxième saison d'Entre-Elles! Tombany reçoit Adesuwa Okunbo-Rhodes, Fondatrice et Managing Partner de Aruwa Capital Management à Lagos, Nigeria. L'objectif d'Adesuwa est de transformer l'image de l'investissement en Afrique. Elle a récemment été citée dans le Top 35 des Femmes qui font avancer l'Afrique et fait également partie des lauréates du 2021 MB100.
Très belle écoute!
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To follow/Pour suivre Aruwa Capital Management:
Website: https://www.aruwacapital.com
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/aruwa-capital-management/
To connect with Adesuwa Okunbo-Rhodes:
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/adesuwa-okunbo-rhodes/
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