Ms. Nana Afoah Appiah-Korang

Ms. Nana Afoah Appiah-Korang is a Director of Emerging Capital Partners (ECP). With seven funds and over $1.8 billion under management, ECP is a leading private equity manager focused exclusively on Africa. Headquartered in Washington DC, ECP has six offices across Africa and a ten-year track record of successful investment in companies operating in over 40 countries on the continent.

She is involved in deal sourcing, investment appraisal, execution and value creation. She has also played a key role in implementing exit strategies for ECP’s investments in both Africa Find I and Africa Fund II. She currently serves on the board of Continental Reinsurance Plc, the leading local reinsurer in Nigeria where she sits on the establishment and statutory audit subcommittees.

Prior to joining, ECP, Ms. Appiah-Korang served as an Investment Officer in for EMP Global having joined in 2002.

Before her employment with EMP Global, Ms. Appiah-Korang worked for the Real Estate Principal Investment Group of Goldman, Sachs & Co. in New York where she executed real estate private equity transactions in the US and played an active role in the marketing of the Whitehall XII funds to potential investors in the US, Europe and Asia. Ms. Appiah-Korang graduated from Mount Holyoke College with a bachelor’s degree in mathematics and a minor in economics.