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NextBillion ally and Timbuktu Chronicles author Emeka Okafor sent me a note today, asking me to post the attached job description.? Emeka – a Nigerian ex-pat – is working with Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala and the Small Enterprise Assistance Fund to launch a new private equity fund based in Lagos called the Makeda Fund:

Responsible for full-time management of the Makeda Fund in Lagos, Nigeria, a $50 million equity investment fund. The Fund will focus on making investments of $1-5 million in SMEs that are women-owned or led.

Expressions of interest in the position can be sent directly to Emeka Okafor, emeka (dot) okafor [at] gmail (dot) com.