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Uzoma Ikechukwu
Associate Director
Based in Lagos, Uzoma is a member of LeapFrog’s global healthcare investment team where her role encompasses deal sourcing, transaction execution and supporting value creation for LeapFrog’s portfolio companies. At LeapFrog, she actively supported value creation efforts at Goodlife Pharmacy, and the eventual exit to a multinational strategic.
Prior to LeapFrog, Uzoma was at the International Finance Corporation (IFC) as a member of its prestigious Young Professionals Program. There she supported IFC’s Sub-Saharan Africa investment team to deliver on new investments in the healthcare, manufacturing, and tourism sectors across East Africa. Uzoma started her investing career at Sahel Capital, a leading private equity fund manager focused on the food and agriculture sector in Sub-Saharan Africa.
Uzoma earned her MBA from the Stanford Graduate School of Business and graduated from Covenant University with a Bachelor of Science in Economics.