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Obafemi Awobokun is an experienced investment professional currently serving as a Senior Investment Manager for West Africa in Scalable Enterprises and Renewable Energy at Norfund since June 2021, having previously held the position of Investment Manager for West Africa in Scalable Enterprises and Clean Energy. Prior to Norfund, Obafemi worked at Rand Merchant Bank from January 2013 to June 2021 as a Senior Transactor in Corporate Finance, focusing on Corporate, Infrastructure, and Leverage Finance. Earlier in the career, Obafemi served as an Analyst at Chapel Hill Advisory Partners from August 2010 to November 2012, and held an internship in the Financial Advisory business at Ocean & Oil Holdings from July 2009 to June 2010.
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Norfund - The Norwegian Investment Fund for Developing Countries, is owned by the Norwegian Government and serves as an instrument in Norwegian development policy. Norfund contributes to poverty reduction and economic development in the poorest countries through investments in profitable businesses and transfer of knowledge and technology. Norfund invests equity and/or debt capital, always as a financial minority together with partners, international or Norwegian. The main sector for investment is clean energy. Norfund is Norway's biggest investor in microfinance through the Norwegian Microfinance Initiative (NMI), and is also a prominent investor in small and medium sized businesses through regional funds and direct investments. Norfund's geographical focus is on Sub-Sahara Africa, where the fund has three regional offices (Nairobi, Cape Town and Accra). In addition, Norfund invests in selected countries in Asia and Latin America, with regional offices in Costa Rica and Bangkok. Norfund seeks to hire local staff in the regions, and 15 nationalities are represented among the staff.