Nonkululeko Komanyane and Thandeka Xaba launched Digital Africa Ventures to bridge the funding and support gap for early stage tech entrepreneurs. In this episode, they speak about their journey with Digital Africa Ventures as one of the very f

Shifting Capital with Jenny Atout Ahlzén, Amam Ventures, Jordan

Sep 26th, 2021 47m 2s

Jenny Atout Ahlzén is a Co-Founder and Partner at Amam Ventures in Jordan, an impact fund investing with a gender lens in businesses that are committed to diversity and inclusion. In this episode, Jenny talks about what inspired her to co-estab

Shifting Capital with Evelyne Dioh Simpa, WIC Capital, Senegal

Aug 11th, 2021 32m 8s

Evelyne Dioh Simpa is Managing Director of WIC Capital, the first investment fund to exclusively target women-led early stage businesses in West Africa. The fund was set up in 2019 by the Women’s Investment Club Senegal, a group of more than 80

Shifting Capital with Anna Raptis, Amplifica Capital, Mexico

Jul 2nd, 2021 41m 51s

This episode takes us to the Venture Capital space in Latin America & the Caribbean. Anna Raptis is Founder & Managing Partner of Amplifica Capital, a VC fund with the goal of diversifying the investor base by actively increasing the participat

Shifting Capital with Sam Pokroy, Sanari Capital, South Africa

Jun 12th, 2021 1h 5m

Samantha Pokroy is Founder & CEO of Sanari Capital in South Africa, a private equity firm investing in growth companies emanating from Africa with regional and global scalability and exposure. Sanari Capital is majority women-led, and majority

Shifting Capital with Andia Chakava, Graça Machel Trust, Kenya

May 20th, 2021 56m 38s

Andia Chakava is a global thought leader in gender lens investing and Investment Director at the Graça Machel Trust. She was one of the first female fund managers on the continent and the youngest woman in Kenya to rise to the top of a multinat

Shifting Capital with Cathy Goddard, FyreFem, South Africa

May 10th, 2021 35m 10s

Cathy Goddard is the CEO and Founding Partner of FyreFem, a South African-based women-owned private equity and debt fund. FyreFem is currently fundraising for Firebird Revitalisation Fund, an SME focused fund with a unique gender lens strategy.

Shifting Capital with Kalsoom Lakhani and Misbah Naqvi, i2i Ventures, Pakistan

Apr 29th, 2021 26m 18s

Kalsoom Lakhani and Misbah Naqvi are Co-Founders and General Partners at i2i Ventures, a venture capital firm that invests in early-stage technology-enabled startups solving big problems in Pakistan. Both have worked with startups in Pakistan f

Shifting Capital with Adesuwa Okunbo Rhodes, Aruwa Capital, Nigeria

Apr 6th, 2021 23m 43s

Season 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

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