I was delighted to join a breakfast meeting in Lagos with the leadership team from British International Investment (BII), including Christopher Chijiutomi, Managing Director & Head of Africa, Benson Adenuga, West Africa Regional Director & Head of Office for Nigeria, and Adeola Ukoha, Coverage Manager, Nigeria. We shared updates on Aruwa Capital Management Fund II, including our team’s growth and the strong pipeline of scalable, impact-driven opportunities. Many of these opportunities align closely with BII’s concessionary debt facilities, supporting local SMEs that are driving meaningful change across Africa. Reflecting on our partnership, from my first email to BII in 2015 to collaborating on Fund II today, underscores the power of persistence and alignment in building inclusive and resilient private capital ecosystems across Nigeria and West Africa.