Women Pioneers In West Africa’s Tech Space

Globally, the Tech Industry has experienced a high influx of women breaking grounds and leveraging financial technology (Fintech). Still, the United Nations Educational, Scientific, and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) estimates that only 30 percent of professionals in the tech sector are women. Their research also revealed that only 12 percent of global Fintech founders and co-founders were women.

In Sub-Saharan Africa, women constitute only 30% of professionals in the tech industry. These statistics shed light on the significant gap between women and men in exploring careers in science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM).

Despite not having a fair percentage in the Tech Industry, Nigerian women have had a significant global impact. Nigerian women in the tech industry have secured lucrative deals worth hundreds of millions of dollars, launched start-ups, and advocated for gender equality.

Adebiyi-Abiola is a former IBM software engineer who created social networking software for Fortune 500 organizations. She returned to Nigeria to launch WeCyclers, a firm that provides garbage collection and recycling services to residents of Lagos.

Eweniyi is the Co- Founder and Chief Operations Officer of PiggyVest, a West African online savings platform for personal savings and investing. Similarly, she cofounded FirstCheck Africa, an angel fund for female entrepreneurs, and PushCV.

As Bamboo’s co-founder and COO, Yanmo Omorogbe handles Bamboo’s growth and operations. Bamboo is a digital investing platform that allows Nigerians to purchase, sell, or hold assets traded on the US stock exchange via their mobile phones or computers in real-time. The idea is to allow investment across Africa by making it simple for Africans in the diaspora to invest back home.

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