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Alitheia Capital to Sponsor the Global Black Women’s Non-fiction Manuscript Prize

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Alitheia Capital proudly announces its sponsorship of the inaugural Global Black Women’s Non-fiction Manuscript Prize, an initiative organised by Cassava Republic Press. The prize, valued at $30,000, is designed to amplify the voices of Black women writers from across Africa and its diasporas. It is the latest iteration in Alitheia’s ongoing efforts to amplify and […]

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Alitheia Capital's Portfolio Companies Ranked as Africa's Fastest Growing Companies of 2024

Omniretail and Paga Recognised as Africa’s Fastest Growing Companies 2024

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Alitheia Capital portfolio companies, Omniretail and Paga, were listed on the Financial Times (FT) ranking of Africa’s Fastest Growing Companies for 2024. Omniretail, a Nigerian e-commerce firm, was ranked as the fastest-growing company in Africa while Paga, a Nigeria-based fintech company, emerged as number 56 on the list (Paga also made the list in 2023).

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Alitheia Capital Hosts IWD2024 Breakfast Celebrating Women in Manufacturing, Agriculture, and Nutrition (WOMAN)

Alitheia Capital Hosts IWD2024 Breakfast Celebrating Women in Manufacturing, Agriculture, and Nutrition (WOMAN)

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Lagos, Nigeria. Alitheia Capital hosted an inspiring International Women’s Day (IWD) Breakfast event, themed “Investing in Women in Manufacturing, Agriculture, and Nutrition (WOMAN),” on 12 March 2024 in Victoria Island, Lagos. The event brought together industry leaders, entrepreneurs, investors, and stakeholders to celebrate the contributions of women in these vital sectors. Alitheia is a women-led

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Insight: Portfolio Selection in Developing Markets

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A new insight article authored by members of our investment team, Moyosore Babalola, Doubra Eghaghe, Oti Ilentamhen, and Yewande Adewusi, explores the strategies the team at Alitheia Capital utilises to identify attractive industries and businesses to invest in and mitigate macro-level risks. The authors note that assets in developing markets present a different risk profile compared to those in developed markets

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Alitheia Capital joins the United Nations Global Compact Initiative

Alitheia Capital Joins The United Nations Global Compact Initiative

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Alitheia Capital, a pioneering impact investing firm based in Lagos, Nigeria, has announced that it has joined the United Nations Global Compact — a voluntary leadership network for the development, implementation, and disclosure of responsible business practices.  With this announcement, Alitheia Capital formally joins thousands of leading companies globally that are committed to creating a

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Mira Mehta of Tomato Jos

Building For The Local Context: The Case Of Mira Mehta Of Tomato Jos

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You may have heard of the jollof wars – which, for the unaware, is a passionate debate amongst West African countries as to which country’s jollof rice recipe is the best. Fundamental to the tastiness of jollof rice – and, indeed, many other foods consumed across the region – is tomatoes.  Nigeria, West Africa’s largest

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Alitheia’s UMunthu II Fund Co-Leads $10.4M Investment Round In Ghanaian Agritech Startup, Complete Farmer

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Complete Farmer, an end-to-end digital, agricultural marketplace that connects African farmers and global industries to competitive markets, resources, data, and each other on a single platform, raises $10.4 million in a Pre-Series A funding round of equity and debt. The equity portion of the round was co-led by the Acumen Resilient Agriculture Fund (ARAF) and

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