Key Takeaways
- • Alitheia Capital's W.O.M.A.N. 2026 program connects over 300 women-led MSMEs in Nigeria with investors and expertise, targeting manufacturing, agribusiness, and nutrition sectors to address capital access gaps for female entrepreneurs.
- • The initiative operates as a gender-smart enterprise development and industrial transformation platform designed to unlock growth, resilience, and capital access while supporting Nigeria's transition toward energy-efficient and climate-resilient production systems.
- • W.O.M.A.N. (Women in Manufacturing, Agribusiness & Nutrition) represents Alitheia Capital's flagship program under its Gender 3.0 agenda, positioning gender diversity as a measurable driver of superior business performance and investment returns.
- • The program convenes women entrepreneurs, development partners, investors, and policymakers in Lagos to facilitate deal flow, provide expertise, and catalyze institutional capital deployment into women-led enterprises across Africa's real economy sectors.
Summary
Alitheia Capital, a Lagos-based impact investment and gender-smart private equity firm, has launched W.O.M.A.N. 2026—a comprehensive enterprise development platform designed to address the persistent capital gap facing women-led businesses across Nigeria's core economic sectors. The program connects over 300 women-led MSMEs with institutional investors and business development expertise, targeting high-growth enterprises in manufacturing, agribusiness, and nutrition.
W.O.M.A.N., an acronym for Women in Manufacturing, Agribusiness & Nutrition, operates as Alitheia Capital's flagship initiative under its Gender 3.0 investment agenda. The platform functions as both an industrial transformation mechanism and gender-smart capital deployment vehicle, explicitly designed to unlock growth and resilience for enterprises led by women while supporting Nigeria's broader economic transition toward sustainable, energy-efficient production systems. By integrating climate resilience into the program's framework, W.O.M.A.N. 2026 addresses dual imperatives: scaling women-led enterprises and advancing environmental sustainability across Nigeria's real economy.
The program's structure convenes multiple stakeholder groups—including women entrepreneurs, development partners, investors, and policymakers—within a single institutional framework. This convergence model is intended to reduce information asymmetries, facilitate deal sourcing, provide specialized expertise, and accelerate institutional capital flows into women-focused businesses. Alitheia Capital's positioning of gender diversity as a measurable factor for superior business performance and investment returns reflects a shift from gender investing as purely impact-driven toward gender-smart capital as a financial thesis grounded in operational excellence and financial returns.
The 2026 iteration builds on Alitheia Capital's broader platform strategy across Africa, which specifically targets scalable, women-led and women-focused businesses leveraging gender diversity as a competitive advantage. Registration for W.O.M.A.N. 2026 is managed through Alitheia's application process, with host approval required for participant acceptance.
W.O.M.A.N., an acronym for Women in Manufacturing, Agribusiness & Nutrition, operates as Alitheia Capital's flagship initiative under its Gender 3.0 investment agenda. The platform functions as both an industrial transformation mechanism and gender-smart capital deployment vehicle, explicitly designed to unlock growth and resilience for enterprises led by women while supporting Nigeria's broader economic transition toward sustainable, energy-efficient production systems. By integrating climate resilience into the program's framework, W.O.M.A.N. 2026 addresses dual imperatives: scaling women-led enterprises and advancing environmental sustainability across Nigeria's real economy.
The program's structure convenes multiple stakeholder groups—including women entrepreneurs, development partners, investors, and policymakers—within a single institutional framework. This convergence model is intended to reduce information asymmetries, facilitate deal sourcing, provide specialized expertise, and accelerate institutional capital flows into women-focused businesses. Alitheia Capital's positioning of gender diversity as a measurable factor for superior business performance and investment returns reflects a shift from gender investing as purely impact-driven toward gender-smart capital as a financial thesis grounded in operational excellence and financial returns.
The 2026 iteration builds on Alitheia Capital's broader platform strategy across Africa, which specifically targets scalable, women-led and women-focused businesses leveraging gender diversity as a competitive advantage. Registration for W.O.M.A.N. 2026 is managed through Alitheia's application process, with host approval required for participant acceptance.
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