WeTech Holds ‘Founders Conference: Women Defining Tech Entrepreneurship.”
WeTech Holds Women Tech Entrepreneurs Conference
The Women in Technology (WeTech) recently organised its second annual conference with the theme, ‘Founders Conference: Women Defining Tech Entrepreneurship.”
The WeTech was launched in 2018, as a non-governmental organisation, focusing on fostering more women tech entrepreneurs.
Its flagship event, the annual Women in Tech Conference, launched in 2022, unites inspiring female leaders and provides mentorship, professional development resources, and hiring opportunities.
This year’s edition emphasised WeTech’s commitment to breaking barriers.
The conference featured a founder’s pitch segment, awarding N1.5 million seed funding to a promising tech startup.
WeTech’s founder, Gabriella Uwadiegwu, highlighted the urgency of increasing women’s representation in tech.
The deliberate selection of conference speakers, including women who secured institutional capital and venture investors, reflected the organisation’s strategy to impact the tech community positively.
“With over 2,000 women impacted and programs enabling more than 100 women, WeTech aims to address bottlenecks limiting women’s participation in Nigeria’s tech sector.
“Conference discussions emphasised the pivotal role of non-profits in fostering purpose-driven entrepreneurship for economic development,” the organisation stated.
Panelists, including Flora Uwadiegwu, Co-Founder of WeTech, KaosiAnyanwu, Founder of StemBridge, and Nsikan Ubi, CEO of NUBI Consulting, stressed the need for NGOs to be purpose-driven.
The ‘Scaling Up: Growth Strategies for Female-Led Tech Startups,’ panel provided insights from industry leaders, including Fade Ogunro, CEO of Bookings Africa, Nela Duke-Ekpenyong, Partner at Ingressive Capital, Kate Victory-Edema, Growth Marketer at Founders Factory Africa, and Uju Uzo-Ojinnaka, CEO of Traders of Africa (TOFA).
