Odunayo Eweniyi

Odunayo Eweniyi is a serial entrepreneur and fintech pioneer based in Lagos and London. She is the co-founder and Chief Operations Officer of PiggyVest, Nigeria's largest digital savings and investment platform, which serves over 6 million users and manages assets exceeding $250 million. Beyond PiggyVest, Eweniyi co-founded FirstCheck Africa, an early-stage venture capital firm investing in tech startups founded or co-founded by women, and previously co-founded PushCV, a major African job recruitment platform. As an investor, Eweniyi focuses on seed-stage companies across Nigeria, with particular emphasis on fintech, productivity tools, and real estate technology. Her investment portfolio includes companies such as Sudo, a developer-first payments API platform; Norebase, a compliance and market expansion tool; and Venco, a property management platform. Between March and December 2022, she invested approximately $5.4 million across three seed-stage rounds, often co-investing with established venture capital firms and angel investors. Eweniyi's work spans financial inclusion, gender equity in technology, and entrepreneurship support. She serves as a board member at Village Capital and sits on advisory boards for TrainFuture and the Gender Lens Acceleration Best Practices Initiative. Her recognition includes Forbes Africa 30 Under 30 (2019), Bloomberg's New Economy Catalysts (2022), and TIME100 Next (2021).