ABTA Appoints Rachel Moré-Oshodi, Infrastructure Investment CEO, to Advisory Board

18 Feb

Appointment Strengthens ABTA's Infrastructure Intelligence & Member Value

Rachel Moré-Oshodi, CEO of ARM-Harith Infrastructure Investment Ltd and driver of $7 billion+ in infrastructure projects, has joined the African Business Trade Association (ABTA) Advisory Board. Her appointment marks a significant expansion of ABTA's institutional expertise and deepens the organisation's capacity to deliver intelligence to its members.

With over two decades of experience mobilising capital for climate-resilient infrastructure across Africa, Rachel brings direct insight into the corridors, capital availability, and project readiness that shape African markets. Her strategic background, spanning the Inter-American Development Bank, International Finance Corporation, Rand Merchant Bank, and TotalEnergies, positions her to help deepen the calibre of research, briefings, and market analysis ABTA delivers.

"Rachel's appointment reflects our commitment to building advisory expertise that translates into member value," says Dr Dayo Abinusawa, Founder and Executive Director of ABTA. "Her understanding of African infrastructure ecosystems, institutional capital flows, and sustainable development will help deepen the intelligence we curate for members navigating Africa's most significant trade and investment corridors."

Rachel's expertise will shape ABTA's research agenda, webinar programming, and analytical briefings, ensuring members have access to insights informed by leaders who have already delivered significant outcomes at scale.

About Rachel Moré-Oshodi

As CEO of ARM-Harith Infrastructure Investment Ltd, Rachel mobilises capital for pioneering infrastructure across Africa's energy, transport, and ICT sectors. She has driven over $7 billion in award-winning projects and is a regular speaker at the World Economic Forum and UN General Assembly Climate Week. Rachel holds an MBA from Darden and executive education from Harvard Business School. She also founded Ruwah, a financial literacy platform advancing economic independence across Africa.

About ABTA

The African Business Trade Association (ABTA) connects serious investors, corporates, and institutions with data-driven intelligence on African trade and investment corridors. ABTA members access quarterly research, sector analysis, curated briefings, and membership in a network of institutional players committed to commercial outcomes across Africa. Learn more at www.abta.africa.

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Yossie Olaleye, abta@abta.africa

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Strengthening ABTA's Intelligence: Why Rachel Moré-Oshodi's Appointment Matters

Building credibility in African markets requires more than good intentions. It requires anchoring your insights in the expertise of leaders who have already transformed their sectors.

This month, Rachel Moré-Oshodi joins the ABTA Advisory Board, a strategic move that strengthens the quality and depth of intelligence we deliver to our members.

Rachel isn't joining as a figurehead. She's joining because her $7+ billion track record in infrastructure, her experience navigating multilateral institutions, and her understanding of capital flows help inform the research, briefings, and analysis ABTA produces. Her appointment signals to our members that the intelligence they access is grounded in the perspectives of leaders operating at scale.

Two Decades of African Infrastructure Leadership

Rachel's career is a masterclass in combining global finance with African development impact. She started at AES Corporation developing energy assets, then progressed through the Inter-American Development Bank and International Finance Corporation, institutions where capital deployment decisions shape entire sectors. Her roles at Rand Merchant Bank and TotalEnergies demonstrated her ability to lead investments that merge financial rigour with sustainable outcomes.

What matters: Rachel has negotiated deals at an institutional scale, mobilised capital across borders, navigated regulatory complexity in emerging markets, and delivered outcomes that governments and development institutions recognise. She speaks regularly at the World Economic Forum and UN Climate Week. She holds an MBA from Darden and executive education from Harvard Business School.

This isn't theoretical expertise. This is institutional credibility earned over two decades of delivering significant outcomes.

Beyond Infrastructure: Building Sustainable African Markets

What distinguishes Rachel is that she doesn't optimise for extractive returns. She founded Ruwah, an innovative financial literacy platform designed to equip African youth with the skills necessary for financial independence. This reflects her conviction that Africa's sustainable development depends on creating self-sufficient, financially empowered populations.

For ABTA members pursuing long-term market entry strategies, this perspective matters. Rachel understands that sustainable African growth requires attention to infrastructure, governance, education, and financial inclusion, the systemic conditions that determine whether markets thrive or contract. That understanding now help informs and deepen the research and analysis ABTA delivers to members.

What This Means for ABTA Members

Rachel's appointment strengthens what ABTA delivers. Members access deeper infrastructure intelligence informed by leadership experienced in operating at the centre of Africa's investment ecosystem. Systems-level understanding, recognising that infrastructure, energy, transport, and governance are interconnected, now informs ABTA's research. Institutional-grade analysis grounded in the perspectives of leaders who have already mobilised billions in capital informs every briefing and report.

Building the Right Board

Rachel's appointment is part of a broader advisory board expansion. Each addition reflects the same principle: we invite leaders who have already delivered significant outcomes at scale, not leaders who talk about transformation, but leaders who have executed it. ABTA exists to turn African market access into commercial outcomes. That requires advisors whose expertise strengthens the quality of intelligence and analysis we deliver.

What Comes Next

ABTA's membership is designed to match different levels of market engagement. Each tier unlocks different levels of access to quarterly research, sector analysis, curated briefings, and participation in member events where our advisory board's expertise shapes the intelligence and conversations that matter.

Rachel's appointment makes this real. You're not accessing generic market commentary. You're connecting to a network informed by leaders who have already mobilised billions in capital, shaped infrastructure across emerging markets, and championed sustainable development as a path to commercial outcomes.

That's what institutional-grade African market intelligence looks like.