Ada Osakwe
Ada Osakwe | |
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 in 2018 | |
| Born | 1981 (age 43–44) Nigeria |
| Nationality | Nigerian |
| Alma mater | University of Hull University of Warwick Kellogg School of Management |
| Occupation | Business executive |
| Years active | 1990 – present |
| Title | CEO Agrolay Ventures |
Ada Osakwe is a Nigerian economist, an entrepreneur and corporate executive, who is the founder and chief executive officer of Agrolay Ventures, an agribusiness investment company based in Nigeria, which invests in African agricultural food-related companies.
Background and education
Ada Osakwe was born in Nigeria on 2 September 1981.
Career
Ada Osakwe first worked as an investment banker with BNP Paribas at their London office. She then worked as a Senior Investment Officer at the African Development Bank (AfDB), mainly in the area of infrastructure finance, serving in that capacity for four years. Ada Osakwe was based in Tunis. Later, she served as vice-president at Kuramo Capital Management, a private equity company based in New York City.
After her work with the Nigerian Ministry of Agriculture, Ada Osakwe founded Agrolay Ventures. She also founded Nuli Juice, a restaurant chain in Nigeria. In 2017, she was appointed to the board of One Acre Fund, a Kenya-based financial and educational non-government organisation that serves small-scale farmers in Burundi, Kenya, Malawi, Rwanda, Tanzania and Uganda.
Awards and recognition
In December 2014, Ada Osakwe was named among the "Twenty Youngest Power Women in Africa 2014" by Forbes Magazine.
In March 2021, Osakwe was awarded Business Woman Award by Forbes Magazine.
Osakwe was named one of the "15 African Female Founders You Should Know in 2023" by African Folder in March 2023.
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