By combining traditional private equity investing and social consciousness, impact investing is a key tool to drive development in Africa, creating sustainable and scalable businesses led by a generation of entrepreneurs that are bullish in solving Africa’s intractable problems. As a pioneer impact investor on the continent, I am proud of the work that Alitheia Capital finances and supports to build inclusive businesses and communities that help ordinary folks and the continent as a whole reach their full potential.
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‘Tokunboh Ishmael
Managing Director
Alitheia Capital
'Tokunboh Ishmael is an impact investor with over 20 years' experience spanning investment banking, private equity investing, technology, and new business development in Africa, Europe, and the North America. She is Managing Director and Co-Founder of Alitheia Capital, a Nigeria-based investment management and advisory firm focused on channelling private equity investments into small and medium sized businesses in West Africa. In 2015, she co-founded Alitheia Identity to scale investing in women-led SMEs across Sub-Saharan.
'Tokunboh is a CFA Charter-holder, corporate financier and M&A banker, having worked on over $5.6 billion transactions in the UK, USA, and Africa. She is now focussed on investing in and building sustainable growth businesses across attractive, consumer-led sectors including agribusiness, financial services, retail, technology, and telecommunications - mainly on behalf of discerning institutions, development organizations and corporates looking for a mix of responsible investing, economic impact, and social responsibility.
