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Marsha is a principal and Managing Partner of the LoftyInc Capital Management and Afropreneurs Fund. She has worked with the LoftyInc team since 2009, as it has built out a tech ecosystem for Nigerian innovators, and now invests in African-led tech startups designed to rapidly scale development solutions for vast new markets. She is also a director of Raintree Farms of Uganda and Reliance HMO of Nigeria. She serves as a venture judge for Stanford’s Africa Business Forum, MIT’s Legatum Center and the African Diaspora Network of Silicon Valley.

Marsha was a VP of Investments with DeanWitter/MorganStanley and an early investor/advisor to three “unicorns.” She has pioneered impact investing since 1995 and African investing since 1997. She has been a charter member of investor networks such as Investors’ Circle, Texas Women’s Venture Fund and Keiretsu Forum. Marsha earned her Executive MBA at Southern Methodist University and a Stanford Professional Center certification for 500 Startups’ VC Unlocked program.