Three Nigerian women founders just won ₦8.5 million (about $5,700) to scale their startups

After an eight-week investment-readiness program that narrowed 25 founders to six finalists, Wetech's PitchHer 2026 competition has crowned three women-led startups. Victoria Okorie-Duru's Wakamedics — mobile fertility care offering diagnostics, treatment and reproductive services across Africa — took the ₦5 million (about $3,350) top prize; Blessing Aniefiok's Dynalimb Technologies, which builds prosthetic, orthotic and digital rehab tools, won ₦2.5 million (about $1,680); and Misi Chanel Ogunlana's TFB Studios AI won ₦1 million (about $670). Wakamedics has already grown more than 2.3 times in under two years without venture funding, generating over ₦150 million (about $100,000) this year.