Chukuka Chukuma

Chukuka is an investment banker, entrepreneur and partner at Racecourse Capital, a private investment and advisory firm. With a career spanning over twenty years at world class financial institutions like Goldman Sachs, J.P. Morgan, Salomon Smith Barney, Citibank Nigeria, Afrinvest West Africa, and Stanbic IBTC Bank, Chukuka has executed deals in corporate and project financings across multiple sectors. He specializes in structuring and raising large, complex, multi-source and multi-currency financings from cradle to grave.

Chukuka is committed to raising the economic potential of Africa through investments in human capital, the arts, technology and infrastructure where he sits on the board of several companies like; Sponsors for Educational Opportunity (SEO) Africa; Evaluation & Staffing Africa (ES Africa); Hofstede Insights Nigeria (Hofstede) and DBH Solutions (DBH).

Chukuka is committed to empowering more Africans and is making significant inroads through SEO Africa; a world-class training and mentorship program that is modelled after the SEO USA career program. Since 2012, SEO Africa has impacted the lives of over 350 students from 10 African countries placing them in well regarded firms across 4 continents.

ES Africa is a Nigerian-American leading training and executive search firm. Hofstede is a Dutch-Finnish Consulting firm which uses data-driven tools and methods to help organizations improve workplace cultures and leverage diversity as a competitive tool. DBH is an undisputed leader in infrastructure and technology solutions.

As part of his contributions to raising the next set of entrepreneurs in Africa, he mentors new entrants in the Nigerian market and provides strategic insights on innovation. Chukuka draws from his wealth of experience across various markets in Nigeria and globally, while leveraging his extensive network to help startup entrepreneurs bring their ideas to the market and scale globally.

Chukuka lives between Dallas and Lagos. He is married to an amazing woman; Elisa and together they have three wonderful kids: Ikenna; Beluchi and Halona. Together they share a passion for food, travel, sports and are a very competitive family. They had a dog, Maya, but she died some years ago and is missed till this day.