Amaka Okechukwu Opara is Founding Partner of the Women’s Enterprise Acceleration Vehicle (WEAV), bringing decades of experience in development finance, ecosystem building, and private sector investment. Having managed over $1.4 billion in financing projects across continents, Amaka has worked with governments, high-growth SMEs, and global multinationals to catalyze business-enabling reforms and sustainable growth. In this episode, discover how Amaka is advancing women’s economic empowerment a...
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Amaka Okechukwu Opara is Founding Partner of the Women’s Enterprise Acceleration Vehicle (WEAV), bringing decades of experience in development finance, ecosystem building, and private sector investment. Having managed over $1.4 billion in financing projects across continents, Amaka has worked with governments, high-growth SMEs, and global multinationals to catalyze business-enabling reforms and sustainable growth. In this episode, discover how Amaka is advancing women’s economic empowerment a...
Shifting Capital with Cathy Goddard, FyreFem, South Africa
Shifting Capital with Jessica Espinoza
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4 years ago
Shifting Capital with Cathy Goddard, FyreFem, South Africa
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. Cathy is combining her longstanding track record as a business rescue practitioner with her passion for gender equality to bring women into corporate ownership through a rescue-and-build strategy. In this episode, she offers insights into why the class...
Shifting Capital with Jessica Espinoza
Amaka Okechukwu Opara is Founding Partner of the Women’s Enterprise Acceleration Vehicle (WEAV), bringing decades of experience in development finance, ecosystem building, and private sector investment. Having managed over $1.4 billion in financing projects across continents, Amaka has worked with governments, high-growth SMEs, and global multinationals to catalyze business-enabling reforms and sustainable growth. In this episode, discover how Amaka is advancing women’s economic empowerment a...
