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Wealthing PodcastBreaking Barriers: Gender-Smart Investing & Impact with Adesuwa Okunbo Rhodes Ep. 6In this episode, Alicia Castillo Holley welcomes Adesuwa Okunbo Rhodes, the Founder and CEO of Aruwa Capital Management, one of the few women-owned and managed growth equity and gender lens funds in Africa. With over 15 years of experience in investment banking and private equity at global institutions like J.P. Morgan, Adesuwa is a trailblazer in the finance world. She has earned numerous accolades, including the 2X Global Woman Fund Manager of the Year award in 2023 and recognition as one of the 100 Laureates by Institut Choiseul for shaping Africa’s future. As the only woman in Nigeria to raise ov...2025-03-2634 min
African Business StoriesAdesuwa Okunbo Rohdes: Founder & CEO Aruwa Capital Management - From Vision to $60M AUM: How Gender-Lens Investing is Reshaping AfricaImagine 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 underfunding of businesses led by or serving women across Africa. In 2019, pregnant with her first child, she took a leap that...2025-03-1841 min
The Pitch Room Africa#ThePitchRoomAfrica with Adesuwa Okunbo RhodesWE INVITED ADESUWA FOUNDER AND CEO OF ARUWA CAPITAL FOR A CONVERSATION ABOUT GENDER LENS INVESTING IN AFRICA. IN OUR CONVERSATION, WE ATTEMPTED TO TALK ABOUT THE ISSUES AROUND FEMALE ENTREPRENUERSHIP AND THE NEED TO HAVE MORE FEMALE CAPITAL DEPLOYERS.
Brief Adesuwa:
Adesuwa Okunbo Rhodes is currently the Founder and Managing Partner of Aruwa Capital Management, one of the few growth equity and gender lens funds in Africa closing gender gaps across society.
Adesuwa spent 5 years as a Managing Partner of Syntaxis Capital Africa, a provider of growth capital to SMEs...2023-04-291h 03
Ecclesia HillsAyo Otuyalo | Open for Business 2Open for Business: Planting in the land is a flagship gathering of servant leaders who understand they are specially called to build the nation through industry. This Conference will equip business owners, technocrats and upwardly mobile professionals with tools to discern God’s heart for building organizations, cities and Nations.
Date and Time
Sat, March 25, 2023. 9:00am
Speakers
Adesuwa Okunbo Rhodes
Dr Ola Brown
Ayo Otuyalo
Dr Jumoke Oduwole2023-04-0453 min
Ecclesia HillsDr Jumoke Oduwole | Open for Business 2Open for Business: Planting in the land is a flagship gathering of servant leaders who understand they are specially called to build the nation through industry. This Conference will equip business owners, technocrats and upwardly mobile professionals with tools to discern God’s heart for building organizations, cities and Nations.
Date and Time
Sat, March 25, 2023. 9:00am
Speakers
Adesuwa Okunbo Rhodes
Dr Ola Brown
Ayo Otuyalo
Dr Jumoke Oduwole2023-04-0438 min
Ecclesia HillsDr Ola Brown | Open for Business 2Open for Business: Planting in the land is a flagship gathering of servant leaders who understand they are specially called to build the nation through industry. This Conference will equip business owners, technocrats and upwardly mobile professionals with tools to discern God’s heart for building organizations, cities and Nations.
Date and Time
Sat, March 25, 2023. 9:00am
Speakers
Adesuwa Okunbo Rhodes
Dr Ola Brown
Ayo Otuyalo
Dr Jumoke Oduwole2023-04-0440 min
Ecclesia HillsAdesuwa Okunbo Rhodes | Open for Business 2Open for Business: Planting in the land is a flagship gathering of servant leaders who understand they are specially called to build the nation through industry. This Conference will equip business owners, technocrats and upwardly mobile professionals with tools to discern God’s heart for building organizations, cities and Nations.
Date and Time
Sat, March 25, 2023. 9:00am
Speakers
Adesuwa Okunbo Rhodes
Dr Ola Brown
Ayo Otuyalo
Dr Jumoke Oduwole2023-04-0435 min
Invest Africa Insights#WinningWomeninAfrica - Adesuwa Okunbo Rhodes, Founder & CEO, Aruwa Capital ManagementTo celebrate International Women’s Day, Invest Africa is hosting a podcast series throughout March #WinningWomeninAfrica to recognise inspirational African females. #WinningWomeninAfrica will feature a weekly podcast, where our selected female industry leaders will reveal their path to establishing success, the challenges they encountered, and how women’s empowerment in Africa can be enhanced.
Africa and the Middle East are the leading regions for the proportion of female CEOs, with Africa having the highest proportion of female board members globally at nearly 15%. Although global prosperity is more evenly distributed now than at any other point in history, ther...2023-03-0818 min
Fiftyfaces Focus Nigerian Voices PodcastAdesuwa Okunbo Rhodes - Changing the face of investing and entrepreneurship in AfricaAdesuwa Okunbo Rhodes is the founder of Aruwa Capital Management, a growth equity impact fund investing in untapped opportunities across Nigeria and West Africa. Founded when she was only 29, Aruwa Capital Management aims to change the narrative for women as capital allocators and entrepreneurs by investing in businesses that make an impact on addressing the gender gap. She previously was Partner and Managing Director at Syntaxis Africa and prior to that JP Morgan, and also holds a number of director roles as well as volunteer roles in groups such as Gaia Africa, Sponsors for Educational Opportunity and R...2022-04-1826 min
Ecclesia HillsAdesuwa Okunbo Rhodes | Open for Business DAY 1Open for Business is a Business and Leadership Conference at the heart of God for the next season. We expect to equip business leaders, technocrats and upwardly mobile professionals to connect with God’s mind for rebuilding their organizations, cities and Nations.
Date and Time
Sat, March 19, 2022. 9:00 AM
Sun, March 20, 2022. 9:00 AM
Speakers
Iyinoluwa Aboyeji
Adesuwa Okunbo Rhodes
Vanessa Ideh Adekoya2022-03-2432 min
Ecclesia HillsVanessa Ideh Adekoya | Open for Business DAY 1Open for Business is a Business and Leadership Conference at the heart of God for the next season. We expect to equip business leaders, technocrats and upwardly mobile professionals to connect with God’s mind for rebuilding their organizations, cities and Nations.
Date and Time
Sat, March 19, 2022. 9:00 AM
Sun, March 20, 2022. 9:00 AM
Speakers
Iyinoluwa Aboyeji
Adesuwa Okunbo Rhodes
Vanessa Ideh Adekoya2022-03-2424 min
Ecclesia HillsIyinoluwa Aboyeji | Open for Business DAY 1Open for Business is a Business and Leadership Conference at the heart of God for the next season. We expect to equip business leaders, technocrats and upwardly mobile professionals to connect with God’s mind for rebuilding their organizations, cities and Nations.
Date and Time
Sat, March 19, 2022. 9:00 AM
Sun, March 20, 2022. 9:00 AM
Speakers
Iyinoluwa Aboyeji
Adesuwa Okunbo Rhodes
Vanessa Ideh Adekoya2022-03-2422 min
20MinuteLeadersEp724: Adesuwa Rhodes | Founding Partner & CEO, Aruwa Capital ManagementAdesuwa Okunbo Rhodes is the Founder of Aruwa Capital Management, one of the few women owned and led private equity funds in Africa. leading investment professional and CEO with over 13 years of experience in investment banking and private equity in developed and emerging markets across a number of sectors including healthcare, financial services, technology and consumer goods. Adesuwa is an entrepreneur, CEO, mother, investor and women’s empowerment advocate. She is one of the youngest female private equity fund managers running her own fund in Africa, having launched her fund at 29 years old.2022-01-2621 min
Entre-Elles🇬🇧#21 Adesuwa Okunbo-Rhodes, Founding Partner & CEO, Aruwa Capital Management, Lagos, Nigeria🇬🇧 Season 2 is here! Tombany welcomes Adesuwa Okunbo-Rhodes, Founding Partner and CEO of Aruwa Capital Management in Lagos, Nigeria. Adesuwa's goal is to change the face of investing in Africa and she was recently cited as one of the Top 35 Women Moving Africa Forward.She was also recognised as one of 2021 MB100, an award celebrating leaders combining profit and purpose to help achieve the United Nations Global Goals.Aruwa Capital Management is a Lagos-based impact investment company. As one of the few women-owned investment houses on the entire African continent, they have identified an untapped investment opportun...2021-11-0233 min
AFRICA: Changing the NarrativeImpact Investing - The African RealityInvesting in impact businesses can increase access to basic services such as finance, healthcare, education, clean water, and energy. Several prominent examples in Africa demonstrate that impact businesses can be both profitable and beneficial for a wide range of stakeholders and while offering tangible social and economic benefits.
Podcast host Teresa Clarke invited two women who are very familiar with the impact investing space.
Adesuwa Okunbo Rhodes is the Founder and Managing Partner of Aruwa Capital Management, one of the few women-owned and led growth private equity funds closing the gender gaps in Africa.
H...2021-11-0245 min
AFRICA: Changing the NarrativeImpact Investing - The African RealityInvesting in impact businesses can increase access to basic services such as finance, healthcare, education, clean water, and energy. Several prominent examples in Africa demonstrate that impact businesses can be both profitable and beneficial for a wide range of stakeholders and while offering tangible social and economic benefits.
Podcast host Teresa Clarke invited two women who are very familiar with the impact investing space.
Adesuwa Okunbo Rhodes is the Founder and Managing Partner of Aruwa Capital Management, one of the few women-owned and led growth private equity funds closing the gender gaps in Africa.
H...2021-11-0245 min
Invest In Her with Catherine GrayEp. #254 Funding For Women in Africa - Adesuwa Okunbo Rhodes Founder Aruwa CapitalInvest In Her host Catherine Gray talks with Adesuwa Okunbo Rhodes, Founder & Managing Partner of Aruwa Capital Management. Aruwa Capital Management is a Lagos-based, female-founded and led growth equity impact fund. As one of the few woman-owned funds in Africa, Aruwa has identified a significant untapped investment opportunity, investing in rapidly growing and profitable companies that either provide essential goods and services to women or employ women through their workforce or value chain. Join us on Facebook LIVE every Wednesday at NOON PT @SheAngelInvestors. Subscribe on Apple Podcast https://apple.co/3citN1I, Spotify https://sp...2021-09-2921 min
Shifting Capital with Jessica EspinozaShifting Capital with Adesuwa Okunbo Rhodes, Aruwa Capital, NigeriaSeason 1 kicks off with Adesuwa Okunbo Rhodes, Founder and Managing Partner of Aruwa Capital in Nigeria, celebrated as one of the Top 35 Women Moving Africa Forward for her commitment to advancing gender equality in private equity.As one of the pioneer women-owned and -led growth equity and gender lens funds on the African continent, Adesuwa shares novel insights and success stories from the Aruwa Capital portfolio to close the finance gap for women in Africa – and as a result – close gender gaps across our societies. She is proving the business case for gender lens investing, promoting women’s empo...2021-04-0623 min
The AVCA PodcastUniting Against the Impacts of COVID-19 - Fund Manager PerspectivesUniting Against the Impacts of COVID-19 - Fund Manager Perspectives
Speakers:
Albert Alsina, Founder & CEO, Mediterrania Capital Partners
Yomi Jemibewon, Managing Partner, CardinalStone Capital Advisors
Adesuwa Okunbo Rhodes, Founding Partner & Managing Director, Aruwa Capital Management
Karima Ola, Partner, LeapFrog Investments
John Seymour, Head, Private Equity and Mezzanine Finance, Sanlam Investments
Moderator:
Geetha Tharmaratnam, CEO & Founding Partner, Aequalitas Capital Partners
2020-08-2657 min
MumspringFounders and FundersWe’re back and better ladies!<br />We took a mid-season break to review the season so far and get feedback from our mums on how to make the show serve you better.<br />Which is why this week, we decided to take things up a notch and talk money matters.<br />So, if you have questions about building your personal brand, starting your business or attracting investors, this episode is for you.<br />We talk about the types of investments and what to look out for when seeking investors.<br />...2020-03-0444 min
MumspringFounders and FundersWe’re back and better ladies!We took a mid-season break to review the season so far and get feedback from our mums on how to make the show serve you better.Which is why this week, we decided to take things up a notch and talk money matters.So, if you have questions about building your personal brand, starting your business or attracting investors, this episode is for you.We talk about the types of investments and what to look out for when seeking investors.So if creating your own incredible brand is on th...2020-03-0439 min