20 Female Tech Founders in Nigeria

Nigeria is now Africa’s center for innovation and entrepreneurship, and women are contributing more and more to this fascinating trend.

In Nigeria, women entrepreneurs are breaking barriers and storming the tech companies and industry.

These women have demonstrated that they possess the skills necessary to spur innovation, encourage inclusivity, and influence a variety of industries, including e-commerce, travel, health, finance, and education.

In this blog post, we will examine 20 female tech founders in Nigeria, including the obstacles they encounter, their remarkable success stories, and the influence that these women are exerting on the technology sector and the Nigerian economy.

Let’s dive in, shall we?

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20 Female Tech Founders in Nigeria

After thorough research, we’ve compiled a list of the 20 female tech founders in Nigeria from reliable sources on the web.

This article is based on information gathered from reliable sources online. It is for informational purposes only, and should not be considered financial or investment advice.

Below is a list of 20 female tech founders in Nigeria, in no order.

• Ifeoluwa Dare-Johnson(HealthTracka)
• Odun Eweniye(vest)
• Ifeayo Durosinmi-Etti (Herconomy)
• Damilola Olokesusi Shuttlers)
• Jessica Anuna (Klasha)
• Affiong Williams (Reel Fruit)
• Honey Ogundeyi Edukoya
• Jumoke Dada(Taeillo)
• Solape Akinpelu (HerVest)
• Temie Giwa (LifeBank)
• Tomilola Adejana Majekodunmu(Bankly)
• Ruth Iselema(BitMama)
• Tosin Olaseine(Money Africa)
• Kemi Olawoye(Bay Migo)
• Fara Ashiru Jituboh(Okra)
• Chinazom rinse(AutoGirl)
• Ifeoma Uddoh (Schecluded)
• Bukolami Oguntuyi(Career training Hub)
• Chioma Okoro(Wootlab Innovation)
• Deborah Falope(AquaTrack Ltd)

Ifeoluwa Dare-Johnson (HealthTracka)

Ifeoluwa Dare-Johnson is the CEO of Healthtracka, AI for Health, and also the Convener of the Banking on Women’s Health Conference. 

She has led the Healthtracka team in developing novel diagnostic solutions, such as self-sampling kits and digital innovations, to enhance access to healthcare for important Nigerian populations.

Also, she has over ten years of expertise in biochemistry, digital technology, and social development.

Ifeoluwa founded Techstars and is an Africa Oxford Health Innovation Fellow. She possesses a Bachelor of Biochemistry from the University of Ilorin and an MBA from the University of South Wales, UK.

On the other hand, Healthtracka is a health innovation firm combining its seamless operations, digital technology, and innovation to enhance access to seamless healthcare in Africa.

Founded in 2021, they offer services like Diagnostics, treatment, and care support for key populations, as well as digital innovation

Since its introduction, Health Tracka has reached thousands of Nigerians, making it the first of its type in the nation.

Odun Eweniye (vest)

Odunayo Eweniyi is the co-founder/COO at Piggyvest, cofounder/GP at FirstCheck Africa, and endeavor entrepreneur
She is a first-class graduate of computer engineering from Covenant University.

Piggyvest is a platform that helps individuals and organizations manage their finances properly—save and invest.

Piggyvest helps over 5 million customers achieve their financial goals by helping them save and invest with ease.

Eweniyi won the Future Awards Africa Prize in Technology in 2018. She appeared on Forbes’ Africa 30 Under 30 Technology list in 2019. In 2022, Forbes presented her with the Woman Africa Technology and Innovation Award.

Ifeayo Durosinmi-Etti (Herconomy)

Ifedayo Durosinmi-Etti is the founder of Herconomy (formerly AGS Tribe), a community she created based on her personal experience.

Herconomy is a financial platform and community for empowered women to empower women through financial services, capacity building, jobs, and networking.

Ife is a young global leader, author, and entrepreneur with over ten years of management and leadership experience working in the fashion, marketing, and manufacturing industries. She has an MBA in global business and a first degree in biochemistry.

Her brand Herconomy was founded in 2018, which is the first digital network for female professionals and entrepreneurs, to empower women and link them with opportunities, including jobs, grants, fellowships, and scholarships.

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Damilola Olokesusi Shuttlers)

Damilola Olokesusi is the co-founder and CEO of Shuttlers, the top scheduled ride-sharing service in Nigeria that gives professionals access to safe, pleasant, and reasonably priced transportation in Lagos while also offering networking and educational opportunities.

In 2023, she led Shuttlers to raise $4 million in a series A round and revealed plans to increase shared mobility across the nation.

In 2020, she established a project called Shemoves Shuttles, an all-female shuttle service, sponsored by Ford Motors Company that has touched 600+ female professionals by turning their commute time into learning time.

Jessica Anuna (Klasha)

Jessica Anuna is the CEO of Klasha, a global technology company, building a platform and APIs to move money to and from emerging markets frictionlessly. She holds a degree in Journalism from City the University, London.

Businesses can use Klasha’s extensive API stack to collect, send, and hold hard and exotic currencies.

Their infrastructure and railroads power cross-border payments for enterprise companies.

Klasha, which was founded in 2021 by Jess Anuna, saves businesses time and money by collecting and sending to more than 120 currencies.

Affiong Williams (Reel Fruit)

Affiong Williams is the CEO of Reel Fruit, a company that processes and distributes locally grown fruits. A Nigerian entrepreneur from Cross River State. She is a graduate of physiology and psychology from the University of Witwatersrand, South Africa. She also holds a postgraduate diploma in business management from the same university.

Affiong was listed BY Forbes among ‘Africa’s most promising Entrepreneurs’ in 2015. Reel Fruit on the other hand won an international women in Business competition in the Netherlands in 2015.

Affiong Williams was listed by African Folder as one of the “15 African Female Founders You Should Know In 2023” in March 2023.

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Honey Ogundeyi Edukoya

Honey is the founder and CEO of Edukoya, an education technology company that connects African learners to the best educators in the world through real-time online learning.

Ogundeyi holds a Bachelor of Science in Public Policy and Management from the University of Birmingham.

Before the birth of Edukoya, Honey worked at McKinsey & Company, Ericsson, and Google.

She also founded Fashpa.com, a Nigerian e-commerce site that designed and sold its products online and in-store from the international market to Nigerians.

Jumoke Dada(Taeillo)

Jumoke Dada is a Nigerian entrepreneur and the CEO of Taeillo , an e-commerce furniture business in Nigeria that enhances the customer experience by allowing them to envision furniture designs through augmented reality and virtual reality.

She helped raise a $2.5 million in funding to start her company.

She began her career working as an intern at various interior design, architectural, and furniture manufacturing companies.

Solape Akinpelu (HerVest)

Solape Akinpelu is the CEO of Hervest, a country director for women in Tech Global’s Nigeria chapter. She is an author, speaker, and Google backend founder.

Solape Akinpelu is a highly accomplished business executive and gender-finance expert.

She is the CEO and co-founder of HerVest, a fintech startup that delivers inclusive financing to African women through goal-oriented savings, impact investment, and loan choices for smallholder women farmers and women-led SMEs.

HerVest, which has more than 40,000 members, is committed to enhancing women’s lives by providing them with financial services and access.

She also promotes technological investment and trade between Nigeria and Britain as the Chairman of Technology at the Nigerian-British Chamber of Commerce.

She is a highly sought-after speaker who spearheads discussions about gender finance in a variety of media venues and online.

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Temie Giwa (LifeBank)

Temie Giwa is the Chief Executive Officer at LifeBank. She has 9 years of experience in health and policy, with strong skills in project research, operations, public relations, monitoring and evaluation (M&E), system strengthening, and operational research.

Founded in 2016, the supply chain for medical facilities in Africa is being digitalized by LifeBank.

Their multimodal delivery ensures that the products are supplied in a safe and timely manner, and their marketplace links hospitals with the supplies they want.

Tomilola Adejana Majekodunmu(Bankly)

Tomilola Majekodunmi is the co-founder/CEO at Bankly, a platform driving financial inclusion using products that improve the quality of life of the underserved and build economically viable digital communities across Africa.

Launched in 2019, Bankly achieved remarkable milestones in its pursuit of financial inclusion.

Tomilola graduated from the University of Lagos with a degree in physiology.

Additionally, she holds a Master of Business Administration (MBA) from the S. P. Jain School of Global Management with a focus on investment banking and financing.

Ruth Iselema (BitMama)

The founder and CEO of Bitmama, a platform that enables users to purchase, sell, and exchange cryptocurrencies and digital assets throughout Africa, is Ruth Iselema, a Nigerian businesswoman and cryptocurrency dealer.

Bitmama began as a peer-to-peer (P2P) digital currency exchange in 2019 and swiftly expanded into a platform that allows users to manage and sell digital assets and cryptocurrencies

Before starting Bitmama, she advised other top global exchanges and blockchain protocols on their product strategy and market entry into Africa.

She currently leads a distributed global team to promote the future use cases of cryptocurrency acceptance and effect in Africa, having had experience in blockchain for more than six years.

Her staff of more than 50 people at Bitmama is currently dispersed around Europe, Canada, Ghana, Kenya, Nigeria, and the United Kingdom.

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Tosin Olaseine(Money Africa)

Oluwatosin Olaseinde is the CEO of Money Africa & Ladda, a financial literacy and investment platform(Edtech and Fintech).

Olaseinde holds a master’s degree in accounting from the University of South Africa and a bachelor’s in accounting from the University of Johannesburg.

She is a chartered accountant with over 10 years of experience in audit, financial accounting, corporate finance, and investments. The goal is to walk 100 million Africans toward financial independence.

Kemi Olawoye(Bay Migo)

Kemi Olawoye is the co-founder and CEO of Babymigo, a pregnancy and parenting platform that was launched in 2017 to reduce maternal and child mortality in sub-Saharan Africa, beginning with Nigeria, by offering expert-led information, tools, and resources via the community-led platform.

Babymigo provides expert-verified health information, education, resources, and concierge services relating to pregnancy, parenting, childbirth, and reproductive health to expecting mums and parents.

Since its launch, Babymigo has reached over 200,000 users and answered over 100,000 queries from vulnerable mothers in more than 200 places throughout Nigeria.

Facebook and Google support Babymigo, highlighted in Time Magazine, Forbes, and Yahoo.

In 2014, Olawoye completed her studies in physiotherapy at the College of Medicine, University of Lagos.

She has received numerous honors and recognitions, including the 2020 AXA 50intech Female Entrepreneur, the 2022 Future Awards Africa Nomination Award, the U.S. Department of State’s 2021 Woman Entrepreneur & Spirit of GIST, and the 2021 Africa Choice Awards’ 2021 Female Entrepreneur of the Year.

Fara Ashiru Jituboh (Okra)

Fara Ashiru Jituboh is the CEO/CTO and co-founder of Okra, Inc., a company that focuses on developing the infrastructure necessary for Africans to link their bank accounts to outside apps to speed up financial innovation across the continent using data.

Before Okra was founded in 2019, Fara worked with companies like Canva, Techhustle, Sana Benefits, and Dorsata to build and scale products in emerging markets and venture-backed enterprises.

Fara is a Co-Founder and CTO of Shixels Studios, where she developed core technology for clients like Airtel and AXA Mansard.

With expertise in over 20 programming languages, she has worked with Fortune 500 companies and started her career at BMW, creating the interactive map for the BMW Museum.

She has also collaborated with JP Morgan Chase and Daimler Mercedes Benz. Fara holds a B.Sc. in Computer Science from North Carolina A&T State University.

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Chinazom Rinse(AutoGirl)

Chinazom Arinze is the CEO and founder of AutoGirl, a company that is revolutionizing Nigerian mobility by providing luxury transportation at accessible prices.

They offer a range of services including vehicle rentals and a car-sharing platform. The user-friendly platform makes it easy for travelers to find the perfect car, and for car owners to monetize their vehicles.

She is a remarkable visionary and businesswoman. Chinazom set out to create her own business since she was passionate about automobiles.

Equipped with a law degree, she established Autogirl, a groundbreaking automaker that has been revolutionizing the market since 2018.

Chinazom took over as CEO, and Autogirl has achieved unprecedented success under her direction. Autogirl got admitted to a Seedstars accelerator program under her direction.

Seedstars is a global company that invests in and supports early-stage businesses in developing nations.

Tony O Elumelu, a well-known business billionaire, was impressed with Chinazom’s entrepreneurial skills. Tony Elumelu honored her for Autogirlng’s outstanding accomplishments in 2022.

Her status as a rising star in the business world was cemented when Chinazom was personally chosen to be one of Tony Elumelu’s business mentees, a testament to her extraordinary abilities.

Ifeoma Uddoh (Schecluded)

Ifeoma Hope Uddoh is a social entrepreneur, and the founder of Scheduled, the first FINTECH for financial growth, wellness, and inclusion for women in Nigeria.

Uddoh was one of five female entrepreneurs who won a UK-Nigeria Tech Hub competition in December 2019 organized by the British High Commission in Lagos. The winners were sponsored to attend the UK-Africa Investment Summit in January 2020 in the United Kingdom.

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Conclusion | Female Tech Founders in Nigeria

After thorough research, we’ve compiled a list of the 20 female tech founders in Nigeria from reliable sources on the web.

These women exemplify the growing spirit of innovation and entrepreneurship within the Nigerian tech ecosystem.

They are dismantling barriers, dispelling myths, and creating companies that are not only revolutionizing sectors but also strengthening local communities and enhancing people’s lives throughout the country.

Nigeria may realize its full potential and take the lead globally in the digital era by creating an atmosphere that supports and encourages women in technological leadership.

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References Female Tech Founders in Nigeria

• https://fabwoman.ng – female startup founders in Nigeria
• https://healthtracka.com/
• https://www.linkedin.com Ifeoluwa dare Johnson
• https://businessday.ng – celebrating10 successful Nigerian women in tech