Spurt! & UK Nigeria Tech Hub Unite Key Stakeholders to Propel Women's Investment Initiatives

• Spurt! and UK-Nigeria Tech Hub organized an investment forum with more than 30 institutions
• The focus of the forum was on identification and removal of investment barriers to women-owned businesses
• The activity, held in honor of International Women's Day 2025

The UK-Nigeria Tech Hub and Spurt! organised more than 30 institutions to an investment forum with a successful experience, not just focused on the current investment barriers for women-led businesses but also on collective action to bridge them. The event was held to commemorate International Women's Day 2025, bringing together female investors, operators, and ecosystem leaders to work towards practical solutions for increasing capital investment in women-led businesses

The initiative was organized at the British Deputy High Commissioner's Residence; the event represented a transition from talk about the investment gap to the actual creation of solutions. The formal roundtable sessions covered imperative interventions like finding diverse pipelines, building fair diligence processes, and unlocking institutional capital for women-led enterprises.

One of the highlights was the establishment of the Women in Investment Working Group, a group committed to monitoring, championing, and holding accountable measurable improvement in enhancing financial access for women entrepreneurs.

"We can begin with numbers, but I don't wish to dwell on them anymore," Amaka Okechukwu Opara stated. "We talk about them annually—how less than 2 percent of all venture capital investment is directed to female-founded teams. Last year, the statistics were staggering: only $48M went to female-founded teams in Africa, out of more than $2B of capital invested in founders." Her address called for a move away from talking about the issue and instead creating solutions that reframed investment in women as a key business strategy.

The Women in Investment Working Group has formally joined forces with TechCabal (TC) Insights, Glove established by Temilade Denton, a vocal gender equality advocate for venture funding—and the UK-Nigeria TechHub to increase its influence through data-driven initiatives. These partnerships will strengthen the group's capacity to monitor investment trends, offer meaningful data points, and enable inclusive financial strategies that target women entrepreneurs.

With the launch of the Women in Investment Working Group, this becomes a more than theoretical discussion; it is the organization of a methodical, goal-oriented coalition set on tracking and pushing actual implementation of women-controlled business capital management.