Amaka Okechukwu Opara

Amaka is an investment professional with over 18 years of experience in  finance and investments. She is the Founding Partner of WEAV Capital, a mission-driven venture capital fund that invests in gender-smart companies that are spearheading innovation in the future of climate, future of finance, and the future of work. She previously worked at the World Bank on private sector development, directly managing a portfolio of over $1.3 billion in projects across Sub-Saharan Africa. She has extensive experience funding and providing technical assistance to entrepreneurs, business incubators and venture capital firms in Sub-Saharan Africa.

She sits on the board of several companies.n-depth report analysis and writing; with a range of published and internal reports including PMNCH Partners’ Forum Report, NDDP Baseline Study, Toolkit for African Philanthropists Vol. 2, and co-authored “The Influence of Religion on the Empowerment and Economic Mobility of Smallholder Women Dairy Farmers in Nigeria” chapter in Muslim Women in the Economy: Development: Faith & Globalization, published by Routledge. She also served as the lead researcher for the newly released “Food Entrepreneurs in Africa: Scaling Resilient Agriculture Businesses” by Ndidi Okonkwo Nwuneli.