Bridgit Kumva
A Nigerian tech entrepreneur empowering African women through digital innovation
Bridgit Kumva is a visionary Nigerian entrepreneur and founder of AfriTech Hub, a pan-African network connecting over 50,000 tech innovators across 34 countries. Since launching in 2021, her organization has become a catalyst for digital transformation in Africa, particularly focusing on closing the gender gap in tech through programs like the African Women in Tech Fellowship that has trained 2,500+ women developers.
What makes Kumva's work transformative is her approach to solving local challenges through technology. Her Kiva-inspired crowdfunding platform specifically targets African startups, providing $8.2M in microloans since 2022. She pioneered the AgriTech4Girls
initiative in 2023 that uses AI-driven farming tools to increase crop yields for 15,000 smallholder women farmers in Kenya and Tanzania. This program reduced post-harvest losses by 40% and increased incomes by 60% in pilot regions.Kumva's influence extends beyond business - she co-founded the African Union Tech Summit which has brought together 12,000+ policymakers and innovators since 2020. Her TEDx talk "How African Innovation Can Feed the World" has over 2.3M views. In 2024, she launched the continent's first blockchain-based digital identity system for informal sector workers, now used by 3.5M people in Nigeria and Ghana.
Her leadership style emphasizes collaboration over competition - the AfriTech Hub's Innovation Relay program connects startups across borders, enabling 1,200+ cross-border partnerships since 2022. During the 2023 Sahel drought, her team developed a real-time crisis mapping system that helped deliver aid to 800,000 displaced persons. Kumva's work has been recognized by the World Economic Forum (2023 Tech Pioneer) and Forbes Africa's 30 Under 30 (2024).
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