It is a known fact that women are underrepresented in technology in Africa. However, to ensure gender equality, two female tech experts have come together to create an initiative that will change the game for women in technology.
Odun Eweniyi (COO/Co-founder of PiggyVest ) and Eloho Omame, (Managing Director of Endeavour Nigeria) have founded First Check Africa, a first of its kind initiative that invests in women in the tech space.
First Check Africa is a female-led angel fund and an investor community that aims to help women learn how to invest. Eloho, one of the co-founders tweeted:
In October 2020, @OdunEweniyi and I bonded over our frustration with female under-representation in African tech.
The system isn't working very well for women and *someone* needs to fix it. ?
So we’re rolling up our sleeves and putting our money where our mouth is!
— Eloho Omame ?? (@ElohoGM) January 25, 2021
Today, we launch FirstCheck Africa (@FirstCheckHQ), to invest "ridiculously early" and open doors for female founders, and to help women invest in tech. ??
Our vision is an African future that women have an equal hand in leading & shaping through tech & entrepreneurship.
— Eloho Omame ?? (@ElohoGM) January 25, 2021
There’s a massive overlooked opportunity in funding African women.
FirstCheck Africa is looking for:
?????? Smart, audacious women in Africa who are determined to launch their own startups.
?? Mission-aligned partners that see the overlooked potential of Africa’s women.— Eloho Omame ?? (@ElohoGM) January 25, 2021
FirstCheck Africa is a female-led, female-focused angel fund and an investor community to help women learn how to invest.
In our launch post, we talk about the gender funding gap: what we know, what we believe, what we’re doing to fix it.
Read it here: https://t.co/iKHR8CeeBv
— Eloho Omame ?? (@ElohoGM) January 25, 2021