One Young World, a platform that recognizes and encourages young entrepreneurs across the globe, has shortlisted among others, the Founder/Managing Partner of Aruwa Capital Management, Adesuwa Okunbo-Rhodes, as one of the nominees for the 2022 Entrepreneur of the Year.
Adesuwa, a chip off the old block, who took after the business/investment wizardry of her late father, Captain Idahosa Wells Okunbo, posted this on her Instagram handle.
She described the recognition as big “honour” to be nominated.
This is coming barely three weeks after she joined other top notch Capital investors to berth 100 women in Finance in Lagos.
Adesuwa is an experienced finance professional with a demonstrated track record over the last 13 years in investment banking, leveraged finance and private equity from global institutions such as J.P. Morgan.
As the Founder of Aruwa Capital Management, she led early stage growth equity funds in Africa investing into untapped investment opportunities in West Africa in the small to lower mid-market.
Adesuwa is an entrepreneur, CEO, mother, investor and women’s empowerment advocate.
She founded Aruwa Capital to make an impact in society with her skills and track record and change the narrative for women and small businesses across Africa.
She is one of the youngest female private equity fund managers in Africa having launched Aruwa Capital at age 29.
Adesuwa is a big believer in investment in women.
She believed that investing in women was not only the moral thing to do, given the role women play in society and the multiplier effects it can have in terms of poverty alleviation for families, but also because investing in women and for women, has been proved to deliver outsized and superior returns.
Adesuwa is focused on using Aruwa Capital Management’s investments as a case study to illustrate the business case to invest in women as fund managers, entrepreneurs, consumers and stakeholders in society. (Adapted from Daily Sun with some edits in the headline and body text)
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