Companies

Explore companies shaping industries across Nigeria, Africa and the world. Discover their history, leadership, business focus and market impact.

Fintech • Nigeria

Cowrywise

Cowrywise is a Nigerian financial-technology company founded in 2017 by Razaq Ahmed and Edward Popoola. The company developed around the use of technology and investment management to make…

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Fintech • Nigeria

Zone Payment Network

Zone Payment Network is a Nigerian payment-infrastructure company that evolved from Appzone, a financial-technology business founded in 2008 to develop software and infrastructure for banks and other financial…

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Fintech • Nigeria

Carbon

Carbon is a Nigerian financial technology company whose history traces back to 2012, when founders Chijioke Dozie and Ngozi Dozie established One Credit to address the limited availability…

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Fintech • Nigeria

PalmPay

PalmPay entered Nigeria’s financial technology sector in 2019 with a model that linked digital payments to the continent’s rapidly expanding smartphone economy. Backed by Transsion and launched with…

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Fintech • Nigeria

OPay

OPay was established in 2018 and launched its mobile payment service in Nigeria that same year, initially building an agent-led payments network around a population with limited access…

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Fintech • Nigeria

PiggyVest

PiggyVest is a Nigerian financial technology company that pioneered large-scale digital savings and investment services for consumers in Nigeria. Originally launched as Piggybank.ng in January 2016 as a…

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Fintech • Nigeria

Kuda

Kuda is a Nigerian digital banking company that has helped reshape consumer banking through a mobile-first financial services model. Founded by Babatunde Ogundeyi and Mutairu Mustapha, the company…

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Fintech • Nigeria

Paystack

Paystack is a Nigerian-founded financial technology company that has become one of Africa's most significant digital payments platforms, providing payment infrastructure that enables businesses to accept payments and…

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Construction & Engineering • Nigeria

Construction Kaiser Limited

Construction Kaiser Limited is a Nigerian indigenous building and civil engineering company founded in 1993 by Engr. Igbuan Okaisabor. From its beginnings as a five-person construction business in…

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Beauty & Personal Care • Nigeria

Natures Gentle Touch

Natures Gentle Touch is a Nigerian haircare and personal-care brand owned by Recare Limited, a Lagos-based company founded in 1997. The brand was established around the development of…

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Construction & Engineering • Nigeria

BISTAR Limited

BISTAR Limited is a Nigerian engineering and infrastructure company established in 1990 with operations spanning civil engineering, oil and gas technical services, groundwater development, environmental remediation and infrastructure…

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Construction & Engineering • Nigeria

Setraco Nigeria Limited

Setraco Nigeria Limited is one of Nigeria’s long-established civil engineering and infrastructure companies, established in 1977 and initially focused on the construction and rehabilitation of township and district…

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