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 Evelyne Dioh Simpa, WIC Capital, Senegal
Shifting Capital with Jessica Espinoza
32 minutes
4 years ago
Shifting Capital with Evelyne Dioh Simpa, WIC Capital, Senegal
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 Senegalese businesswomen. In this episode, Evelyne talks about her innovative evergreen fund structure tailored to the specific needs of entrepreneurs in the local context. WIC’s model has since inspired women’s investment clubs in other countries and ...
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...
