{"id":580041,"date":"2026-05-12T15:39:57","date_gmt":"2026-05-12T15:39:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/580041\/"},"modified":"2026-05-12T15:39:57","modified_gmt":"2026-05-12T15:39:57","slug":"meet-10-nigerian-founders-running-tech-companies-abroad-in-2026-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/580041\/","title":{"rendered":"Meet 10 Nigerian founders running tech companies abroad in 2026"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Nigerians are increasingly shaping the global technology landscape, not just by building solutions locally but by scaling companies that\u00a0operate\u00a0across continents and command multi-billion-dollar valuations.<\/p>\n<p>Whether based in Nigeria, the United States, the United Kingdom, or operating hybrid models, these entrepreneurs have established themselves as key players in the global innovation economy.<\/p>\n<p>Their success reflects a broader shift in Nigeria\u2019s economic story.<\/p>\n<p>While domestic structural challenges persist, the country\u2019s diaspora continues to expand its influence globally, demonstrating that Nigerian entrepreneurship thrives beyond borders.<\/p>\n<p>Many Nigerian-founded startups\u00a0maintain\u00a0headquarters abroad to access funding, navigate regulatory environments, and scale faster, while still\u00a0maintaining\u00a0strong operational ties to Africa.<\/p>\n<p>Despite a global venture capital slowdown between 2023 and 2024, Nigerian tech founders have shown resilience, continuing to attract significant investment into 2025 and 2026.<\/p>\n<p>Below is a look at 10 Nigerians leading tech-driven companies abroad\u00a0in 2026.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>                Jump to section<\/p>\n<p>                    7. Ade Olonoh (Formstack)<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"lazyload alignnone size-full wp-image-537711\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/Ade-Olonoh.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"700\" height=\"400\"  data-\/><\/p>\n<p>Ade Olonoh is the Founder and Board Member of Formstack, a U.S.-based workplace productivity platform that enables organizations to build digital workflows using no-code forms, documents, and signatures. He\u00a0established\u00a0the company in 2006, positioning it as a software-as-a-service (SaaS) solution headquartered in Indiana.<\/p>\n<p>Olonoh\u2019s early life was split between the United States and Nigeria. Born in the U.S., he moved to Nigeria at the age of two before returning to America in the sixth grade. His diverse upbringing shaped his entrepreneurial outlook and later inspired his journey into technology and business.<\/p>\n<p>Formstack began as a bootstrapped venture and steadily grew into a global platform.\u00a0By 2021, it was serving more than 25,000 organizations worldwide.\u00a0The company reported an Annual Recurring Revenue of about $14 million in 2017, and in 2022 it secured $425 million in funding to accelerate growth.<\/p>\n<p>Although Olonoh stepped down from daily operations in 2018, he continues to serve as founder and board member. In 2025, Formstack rebranded as\u00a0Intellistack, reflecting its evolution into a broader productivity ecosystem. O<\/p>\n<p>Olonoh\u00a0is\u00a0an alumnus\u00a0of Anderson University, where he earned a B.A. in Computer Science and Mathematics.<\/p>\n<p>                Jump to section<\/p>\n<p>                    7. Ade Olonoh (Formstack)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Nigerians are increasingly shaping the global technology landscape, not just by building solutions locally but by scaling companies&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":571813,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[15],"tags":[84,4203,56,54,55],"class_list":["post-580041","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-entrepreneurship","tag-business","tag-entrepreneurship","tag-uk","tag-united-kingdom","tag-unitedkingdom"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/580041","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=580041"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/580041\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/571813"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=580041"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=580041"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=580041"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}