Tag: Startup
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How to Pitch Your First Tech Idea to Investors
Did you know that, as of 2025, women-led startups in Nigeria receive less than 2% of venture capital funding? Having a tech business idea is not enough; you need money to fund it and turn it into reality. For female founders who are just navigating an industry where only a small fraction of startups get…
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Woman in Tech for the Week: Emilie Bodoin
Emilie Bodoin, founder of Pure Lithium, has always been someone who saw obstacles as doors that are waiting to be pushed. It was her obsession with solving long-term problems that led her to create Pure Lithium in 2020, a company that is set on changing how the world produces and stores energy. Today, Emilie is…
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Startup Spotlight: Beeva AI
Beeva AI is a beauty technology startup founded in 2024 by Precious Adeyemi and Akweley Abena Okai. The company creates personalized skincare, especially for people with darker skin. It uses artificial intelligence and dermatological science to make professional skincare more accessible, inclusive, and personalised to individual skin needs. With their AI-powered platform, users can upload…
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Startup Spotlight: Salpha Energy
Salpha Energy is a Nigerian clean energy company founded in 2017 by Sandra Chukwudozie. The company designs, assembles, finances, and distributes solar home systems to underserved households and small businesses in both rural and urban parts of Nigeria. Their goal is to provide reliable, affordable energy access to people often left out of the normal…
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Woman in Tech for the Week: Vivian Mbene
Vivian Mbene is the current Chief Operating Officer at Breet, a fintech company under Inbreetic Technologies. She was appointed on January 15, 2025, and is responsible for coordinating operations, strategy, and product delivery across Nigeria and Ghana. She contributed significantly to the launch of Breet 3.0, an upgrade that has made cryptocurrency simpler, more accessible,…
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The Girls No One Is Watching: Naomi Williams on Building Nigeria’s Tech Future
Did you know that women make up just 22% of the workforce in the Tech industry? In fact, according to the Financial Institutions Training Centre, only 22% of the total number of engineering and technology university graduates in Nigeria are women. The numbers don’t lie: Nigeria’s tech industry still has a long way to go…
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Startup Spotlight: Zeelr
Zeelr is a remote job board focused on entry-level roles from companies hiring worldwide, including Nigeria and the EMEA region. Precious Okehi, a front-end developer passionate about building innovative digital solutions and using no-code tools to bring ideas to life quickly and efficiently, founded the company in 2024. Her mission for creating Zeelr is to…
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Startup Spotlight: TruQ
TruQ, a company co-founded by Foluso Ojo, helps businesses and fleet operators manage their companies more efficiently. The company understands that managing logistics processes makes it difficult and expensive for businesses to scale, and for them to be successful, they need to have good processes and capable vehicles. The company’s goal is to provide a…
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Woman in Tech for the Week: Peace Obinani
If there’s one thing Peace Obinani knows how to do, it’s making brands feel human and getting users to fall head-over-heels for them. Peace has a skill for storytelling and a deep understanding of consumer behaviour. With this, she has built a career helping businesses connect with their audiences in ways that truly matter. Currently,…
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Startup Spotlight: MyfoodAngels
MyFoodAngels is a food delivery company that helps people and businesses get fresh food quickly and easily. Founded by Olapeju Umah in 2018, the company was originally known as Mile12MarketWoman before rebranding to MyFoodAngels in 2019. MyFoodAngels operates as a B2B2C startup, delivering groceries to hotels, restaurants, and people who need fresh food but may…