In this episode, our guest is Nana Afoah Appiah-Korang who is one of the top female capital allocators on the African Continent. She has been a senior private equity executive in Africa for more than two decades and ran the Emerging Capital Partners (ECP) business in Nigeria for almost a decade. She has executed and exited transactions with a total value of USD ~500 million in agribusiness, financial services (insurance and banks), oil and gas primarily in West Africa. She is also the co-founder of a Nigeria based ready to eat manufacturing business, Amayi Foods.

Nana shares insights on some of the challenges of deploying private equity capital in Africa, what investors are looking for and the inherent challenges faced by female entrepreneurs trying to access capital. She also walks us through the challenges and opportunties of unlocking Nigeria’s manufacturing potential.

Nana is a connector with a generosity of spirit and a powerhouse to know in Africa. 

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Connect with Nana Afoah Appiah-Korang:

Web: https://amayifoods.com/

Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/amayifoods_ng/

LinkedIn: https://ng.linkedin.com/company/amayi

On this episode, @doersdefinedpodcast features Linda Mabhena-Olagunju, a pioneer in the renewable energy sector, an advocate for women, and the founder and CEO of DLO Energy Resources Group (Pty) Ltd.

We explore how a black woman who grew up in apartheid South Africa becomes an energy entrepreneur and goes on to own one of Africa’s largest wind farms. We share ideas on what it takes to lead and build teams. We discuss the scarcity of early-stage capital for renewable energy. We highlight the need to safeguard our resources on the African Continent, so the world does not continue to decarbonize off the back of Africa. Linda also shares with us individuals who inspire her and the inside scoop on what she is currently reading.

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Connect with Linda Mabhena-Olagunju

Web: https://www.lindamabhena-olagunju.com/

Web: https://www.dloenergygroup.com/

Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/FifiPeters70

Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/lindamabhena_olagunju/?hl=en

LinkedIn:https://www.linkedin.com/in/linda-mabhena-olagunju-30a9a0b/

X: https://twitter.com/linda_mabhena?lang=en