
Godwin Isuekebhor
@godwinisuekebhor
Investment and agribusiness consultant across African markets who secured $1.488M in expansion capital for PAJAH & I.J. (SL) LTD.
What I'm looking for
At PAJAH & I.J. (SL) LTD, I designed and executed a fundraising proposal that secured USD 1.488 million in expansion capital. I also advised the Board on optimization and institutional management.
As Team Leader for the National Land Commission, Sierra Leone / Sierra Leone Land Administration Project, I directed a multidisciplinary team through governance reform. I authored and handed over the Commission’s 5-Year Corporate Strategy Plan, Business Plan, Migration Strategy, Institutional Staffing Plan, and Fee Structure Schedule.
At Africa Young Voices (AYV) Media Empire, I developed media market-entry proposals and programming models that helped the network onboard onto DStv and expand ROI by over 300%. I also worked with the Board on governance architecture and long-range corporate strategy.
At West Africa Venture Fund, I served as COO, directing investment pipelines and post-investment operations with a team of 14 investment professionals. I contributed to scaling Global Logistics Services to over USD 35 million AUM and designed an USD 4.2 million business development and support services program.
Experience
Work history, roles, and key accomplishments
Lead Fundraising Consultant & Corporate Architect
PAJAH & I.J. (SL) LTD
Mar 2024 - Jun 2026 (2 years 3 months)
Designed and executed a high-impact fundraising strategic proposal that successfully secured USD 1.488 Million in expansion capital. Delivered Board of Directors optimization and extensive institutional management consultancy across operational departments.
Investment & Agribusiness Valuation Specialist
FAO Investment Centre
Dec 2024 - Mar 2025 (3 months)
Contributed to developing comprehensive agribusiness survey methodology, study tools, and field sampling frames. Conducted investment and structural case study analysis of seven agricultural processing corporations and their integrated outgrower farmer supply chain networks.
Executive Corporate Restructuring Advisor & Board Strategist
Africa Young Voices (AYV) Media Empire
Mar 2021 - Oct 2021 (7 months)
Engaged in strategy sessions with the Board of Directors, led directing and managing functions, and supervised all heads of departments. Designed and drafted an Africa-wide media market-entry proposal that successfully onboarded the network onto DStv, scaling commercial footprint and corporate ROI by over 300%.
Finance Architecture & M&A Strategy Consultant
Sanifood Limited
Jan 2021 - May 2021 (4 months)
Authored and engineered the foundational Confidential Information Memorandum (CIM) used for external fundraising and capitalization rounds. Formulated the corporate roadmap for value addition and planned multi-million-dollar backward integration into raw cocoa powder production.
Global Startup Accelerator Mentor & Venture Advisor
Bridge for Billions
Oct 2020 - Jan 2021 (3 months)
Provided fractional strategic guidance to high-growth SMEs to articulate scalable value propositions, optimize market sizing, and formalize structural governance. Coached and scaled a pioneering digital agribusiness tech startup, refining its financial models, capital runway, and investor readiness architecture.
Delivered high-level expert-focus transactional intelligence on Sub-Saharan Africa's Private Equity landscapes to UK institutional investors. Provided exclusive advisory on the African VC startup landscape to US asset managers, guiding capital allocation parameters.
Private Equity Investment Consultant
MBO Capital Management
Jan 2018 - Dec 2019 (1 year 11 months)
Steered initiatives across the entire Private Equity lifecycle (sourcing, structuring, monitoring, value creation, and exit). Collaborated on executing a massive USD 64 Million beachfront real estate development asset investment and wrote Pitch Decks, Investment Memos, TAM sizing briefs, Private Placement Memoranda, and ESG structures.
Agribusiness Market Linkages Portfolio Lead
Mar 2017 - Apr 2019 (2 years 1 month)
Directed value-chain and market linkages and financial advisory frameworks for 300+ commercial small-scale maize farming collectives. Scaled the adoption of 'Aflasafe' (innovative anti-aflatoxin biotechnology), securing premium off-taker agreements with outgrowers and minimizing post-harvest aflatoxin contamination.
Chief Operating Officer (COO) & Venture Architect
West Africa Venture Fund
Jun 2010 - Dec 2017 (7 years 6 months)
Initiated and structuralized extensive pre-startup sector diagnostics, commercial market analyses, and policy reviews across Sierra Leone and Liberia. Served as COO, directing investment pipelines and post-investment portfolio operations via a direct report team of 14 elite investment professionals. Contributed to engineering the rapid scale-up of Global Logistics Services (Liberia) to over USD 35
Sovereign Keynote Speaker & Principal Research Fellow
Collaborative Africa Budget Reform Initiative (CABRI)
Nov 2014 - Dec 2014 (1 month)
Commissioned to research and write the foundational inception briefs and definitive final report: 'Innovative Financing for Agriculture in Africa.' Delivered the primary keynote address and research roadmap at the pan-African summit in Rwanda.
Investment Manager & Assistant Accountant
Unique Venture Capital
Jan 2006 - May 2009 (3 years 4 months)
Produced and built rigorous investment memos and customized dynamic financial models for 40+ distinct company projects. Installed standard double-entry accounting architectures, strict internal controls, and enterprise risk management protocols inside early-stage corporate investees. Key contributor in executing the successful full equity divestment/exit of Banker's Warehouse (Nigeria), delivering
Education
Degrees, certifications, and relevant coursework
Abubakar Tafawa Balewa University
Master of Business Administration, Business Administration
Earned a Master of Business Administration (MBA) from Abubakar Tafawa Balewa University, Nigeria in 2000.
Abubakar Tafawa Balewa University
Post Graduate Diploma, Computer Science
Completed a Post Graduate Diploma in Computer Science from Abubakar Tafawa Balewa University, Nigeria in 1998.
University of Nigeria, Nsukka
Bachelor of Science, Agricultural Extension and Economics
Earned a Bachelor of Science in Agricultural Extension and Economics from the University of Nigeria, Nsukka in 1985.
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