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Aruwa Capital was a proud sponsor of the two day 2022 21st Wimbiz Annual Conference held in Lagos.

AgroEknor has launched FEEP; a scalable high-impact initiative aimed at prioritizing sustainability and prosperity across agriculture value chains in Nigeria.

AgroEknor, an agricultural company transforming the superfoods value chain has partnered with co-funders including Aruwa Capital, Ford Foundation and The Warner Music Group / Blavatnik Family Foundation Social Justice Fund to empower 50,000 smallholder farmers through the provision of fertilizers and farmer support initiatives over the next five years.

Aruwa was represented at the inaugural Black Women in Asset Management (BWAM) conference in London.

The round, which was oversubscribed by 50%, marks the first investment for Health54, the corporate venture arm of CFAO Group, which is the largest healthcare distribution channel in sub-Saharan Africa.

Aruwa Capital was a headline sponsor at the inaugural edition of the Private Equity and Venture Capital Association (PEVCA) Nigeria annual conference 2022 themed: The Road ahead- Private Equity for National Development which held in Lagos, Nigeria.

Aruwa Capital was represented on one of the panel sessions at the Annual Conference for Female Directors hosted by Institute of Women Directors in Lagos, Nigeria.

Aruwa Capital was represented at the Jellycorn Future of Impact Summit 2022.

As part of our continuous support to Wemy in its next phase of growth, we were happy to present a $25,000 grant to her new and existing female distributors.

Aruwa Capital was represented on the Diversity, Equality and Inclusion panel at the 18th Annual AVCA conference which held in Dakar, Senegal.

We are pleased to announce our investment into Koolboks, a technology-enabled renewable energy refrigeration company that provides cost-effective cooling to business owners.

Aruwa Capital is pleased to announce its investment into Crowdforce, a leading financial services distribution network in Nigeria facilitating delivery of banking services to last-mile customers in rural areas, serving the underserved and unbanked population in Nigeria.

ARUWA is pleased to announce an investment into Agroeknor international a fast growing hibiscus flower exporter and wellness brand.

Aruwa Capital Management is pleased to announce its investment into Pngme that is powering the future of financial services in Africa.

CEO of Wemy talks to IFC about the strategic role local manufacturers can play in our markets that are still predominantly import led. In addition he gives a sneak peak to the Company’s backward integration strategy where Wemy will start locally manufacturing key raw materials that are shared across most of its SKUs.

Adesuwa is recognised as one of this year’s MB100, an award celebrating leaders combining profit and purpose to help achieve the United Nations Global Goals.

A great article by Joseph Boateng, the CIO of Casey Family Programs in ImpactAlpha on why investing in Africa is so important in long term investment portfolios. Those that are not looking at investing in Africa now are not only limiting their opportunity and potential for outsized returns but also failing in their fiduciary responsibilities.

This month’s edition focused on what’s needed to support women founders and narrow the gender funding gap. Adesuwa contributed to an article titled “Creating More Tables, Not Just Seats At the Table: Narrowing the Funding Gap by Investing in Women Capital Allocators”

The edition also featured contributions from other thought leaders in the gender lens investing field such as Suzanne Biegel, Jessica Espinoza, Caroline Ashley, Ajaita Shah, Jona Repishti and many more

Aruwa Capital Management was featured in this research report that seeks to provide tools, resources, data, and practical advice on how to get started or scale up allocations to backing first-time fund managers.

Adesuwa was a speaker at the annual AVCA conference alongside amazing investors including, Polo Leteka, Runa Alam and LPs at the forefront of the 2X challenge from CDC Group plc and the IFC.

Adesuwa was featured on TTI where she discussed how access and inclusion in the economy for women and people of colour does not only generate positive impact but also commercial returns.

Lifestores, founded in 2017 operates a chain of retail pharmacies in Lagos as well as providing technology-enabled services to its network of over 100 affiliate pharmacies.

Adesuwa and Ulrika Robertson; COO and Co-Founder of Impactus Partners were interviewed for the global FundWomen series on the challenges women face when raising capital and gender lens

Our study begins to explore those mechanisms, finding that when women are appointed to the C-suite, they catalyze fundamental shifts in the top management team’s risk tolerance

Adesuwa was invited as a guest on the first episode of Shifting Capital podcast where she shared insights on her experience as one of the pioneer women-owned and -led growth equity and gender lens funds on the African continent

Aruwa Capital Management was featured in a report by global UBS Investment Banking group

Adesuwa was featured on the cover of the International Women’s Day 2021 edition where she was interviewed on her work with Aruwa Capital Management and her mission to close the gender financing gap in Africa.

Aruwa Capital Management is invited by the Impact Investors Foundation to share thoughts on Covid-19 and Gender Lens Investing in Africa

Stanford SIR Article on How Foundations Can Invest More in Diverse Managers “Foundations and impact investors need to face the ways they are complicit in perpetuating inequality through their capital allocations

Adesuwa discussed on a panel the importance of impact investing in small and medium sized businesses the age of disruption.

Aruwa Capital Management is one of the 14 funds interviewed globally and one of the 138 funds featured in this report highlighting the state of gender lens investing globally.

Aruwa Capital Management invited by Black Women in Asset Management to share on its experience on a panel, being one of the few black women owned funds globally.

African Private Equity and Venture Capital Association speaks to Adesuwa on the firm’s ethos, investment model, investment wins and hopes for Africa’s private capital industry & future.

Aruwa Capital Management invited by VC Include and Skoll Foundation to participate in a webinar amongst selected GPs and LPs to shed light on some of the challenges, opportunities, and new models that stakeholders have developed to drive innovation, gender parity and higher returns in the VC, Impact, and Private Equity space.

Aruwa Capital Management attends the Sponsors for Educational Opportunity Alternatives Investment Conference, a conference aimed at increasing access for professionals…

Aruwa Capital Management completes first investment in Nigeria’s first and only indigenous personal hygiene company. Wemy manufactures high quality and affordable daily disposable personal hygiene products mainly for women, girls, and babies, including sanitary pads, maternity pads, baby diapers, and wipes.