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Evelyne Dioh Simpa
Evelyne Dioh SIMPA is the Managing Partner of WIC Capital, a gender focused fund with the mission to unleash the full potential of women-led businesses in Africa through adapted funding, tailored technical assistance and business networks, providing a platform for collaboration between local private and public sector actors to shape the gender-lens investing landscape in the region.
Evelyne is a recognized Investment professional who joined WIC Capital from FONSIS, Senegal’s sovereign wealth fund, where she was responsible for managing +EUR 100 million transactions in several sectors, including industry, energy, agriculture. She formerly worked at the General Inspection of the Société Générale Group.
Evelyne sits on several boards of local businesses and on the investment committee of Joliba Capital, an emerging PE fund in Francophone Africa.
Evelyne’s life mission is to contribute to the development of the African private sector, by reinforcing and growing small businesses. She is also passionate about gender issues in modern African societies.
In addition to running WIC Capital, Evelyne is a leading voice of emerging fund managers in Africa. She regularly takes the stage to advocate for local capital providers and the development of local solutions for development. She is an active member of the Collaborative for Frontier Finance’s Early Stage Capital Providers’ (ESCP) Network, a peer community of +70 fund managers investing in entrepreneurs in emerging markets. She is also a member of the inaugural cohort of fund managers supported by 2X Global, 2x GP Sprint.
Evelyne’s work and commitment have led her to receive several recognitions :
- Recipient of The Outstanding Individual Achievement of the Year Award at the 2023 Krutham (formerly Intellidex) Africa Impact Investment Awards. This award goes to an individual who has made an outstanding contribution to the growth of impact investments on the continent;
- Selected in the 2023 Private Equity International's Future 40 list, in the Dealmakers Category, highlighting private Equity leaders demonstrating innovation, drive, and forward thinking;
- Ranked in The Choiseul 100 Africa, from 2021 to 2023, as one of the 200 young African leaders of 40 years old and below, who will play a major role in the continent’s economic development in the near future;
- Recognized on the 2022 Black Women in Asset Management (BWAM) 40 under 40 list of Black women who are shaping the future of asset management.
Website: www.wic-capital.net