Resilience takes on new meaning in my conversation with Chioma Okotcha-Faloughi, Co-founder of Rivi (formerly PayHippo), whose entrepreneurial journey embodies the grit required to build transformative businesses in Africa. Chioma never planned to become an entrepreneur. With her computer science background and experience spanning finance, policy, and education, she initially saw herself driving change through government channels. But a chance conversation about Nigeria's credit access probl...
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Resilience takes on new meaning in my conversation with Chioma Okotcha-Faloughi, Co-founder of Rivi (formerly PayHippo), whose entrepreneurial journey embodies the grit required to build transformative businesses in Africa. Chioma never planned to become an entrepreneur. With her computer science background and experience spanning finance, policy, and education, she initially saw herself driving change through government channels. But a chance conversation about Nigeria's credit access probl...
Adesuwa Okunbo Rohdes: Founder & CEO Aruwa Capital Management - From Vision to $60M AUM: How Gender-Lens Investing is Reshaping Africa
African Business Stories
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8 months ago
Adesuwa Okunbo Rohdes: Founder & CEO Aruwa Capital Management - From Vision to $60M AUM: How Gender-Lens Investing is Reshaping Africa
Imagine raising $60 million to back female entrepreneurs in Africa when less than 2% of venture capital flows to women across the continent. That's exactly what Adesuwa Okunbo Rohdes accomplished with Aruwa Capital Management, one of Africa's few female-led growth equity funds specializing in gender lens investing. From boarding school in the UK at age 11 to investment banking at JP Morgan, Adesuwa's path took a pivotal turn when she identified a crucial gap in the market: the severe underfu...
African Business Stories
Resilience takes on new meaning in my conversation with Chioma Okotcha-Faloughi, Co-founder of Rivi (formerly PayHippo), whose entrepreneurial journey embodies the grit required to build transformative businesses in Africa. Chioma never planned to become an entrepreneur. With her computer science background and experience spanning finance, policy, and education, she initially saw herself driving change through government channels. But a chance conversation about Nigeria's credit access probl...
