In celebration of this year's Women's History Month Adesuwa Okunbo Rhodes was featured as one the women in leadership who back and support entrepreneurs through funds in the African startup ecosystem.
Aruwa Capital Management is invited by the Impact Investors Foundation to share thoughts on Covid-19 and Gender Lens Investing in Africa, specifically the role of women owned funds in the recovery
Adesuwa was invited by Africa Policy Conversations to engage in a panel discussion on the various forms of funding on the continent available to businesses, other panelists included fund managers from development finance institutions and private equity funds including ECP Investments and SF Ventures.
Adesuwa was a panel on a roundtable discussion discussing ease of accessing capital for women entrepreneurs, barriers to raising capital on the continent, and how to move the needle forward.
Adesuwa discussed on a panel the importance of impact investing in small and medium sized businesses the age of disruption. Fellow panelists included Jacqueline Novogratz of Acumen and Bola Asiru, Principal and Mastercard Advisors
For this edition of BuysidePowerWomen, Adesuwa talks to Lynk about how she integrates purpose into her investment process and the BlackLivesMatter movement.
Adesuwa Rhodes spoke at the Woman Led and Woman Owned Dialogue hosted by Africonomie. She spoke on the panel titled “Practical measures to drive resilience and change in diversity in fund managers”
Adesuwa Okunbo Rhodes is named in the Leading Ladies Africa 100 Women list. She is joining the ranks of other incredible Nigerian women impacting the world and pushing boundaries. Its a huge honour to be included. Thank you for celebrating what we do at Aruwa Capital Management to ensure we live in a more gender-inclusive world.
Adesuwa Okunbo-Rhodes, Founding Partner and Managing Director, Aruwa Capital, Nigeria. The firm launched a $20 million co-investment vehicle for Africa, The firm operates one of the few gender lens funds investing in Africa seeking strong financial returns while having a positive and scalable impact on women.
Adesuwa Okunbo Rhodes, Founding Partner and Managing Director at Aruwa Capital Management is featured in the Forbes article on fixing the gender investing gap
Adesuwa was featured in the Guardian Woman Weekly Newspaper. She shared her journey so far and her passion at Aruwa Capital Management to empower women and foster entrepreneurship in Nigeria through impact investments.
Meet our Agent of Impact: Adesuwa Okunbo Rhodes, Founder Aruwa Capital Management. “I want us to have a coherent and consistent story from inception,” says Rhodes, who is raising a $20 million private equity fund to invest in growth-stage businesses across Africa