Best Sustainability Tech Companies in Nigeria
The 54 best Sustainability Tech companies in Nigeria in 2026, ranked by funding and momentum. Funding, investors, founders, valuation, tech stack and live signals. Top: Releaf.
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Our analysis of 293 Sustainability Tech companies
$38.4b in tracked funding; 83% of the stack-profiled cohort runs cloud-native; funding activity peaked in 2025.
Ranked: Best Sustainability Tech companies in Nigeria
| # | Company | Disclosed funding | Last round | Stage | Founder | Founded | Tech stack | Recent signals |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Releaf Provider of industrializing food processing platform for crop farming | $6M | 40 mo ago | Seed | Uzoma Bailey Ayogu Co-Founder | 2017 | — | — |
| 2 | Beacon Power Services Provider of solutions for utility network and energy consumption management | $3M | 22 mo ago | Series A | Bimbola Adisa Founder & CEO | 2010 | SentryNode.jsTailwind CSS+6 | 4 job openings |
| 3 | SunFi Provider of solar finance management platform | $2M | 41 mo ago | Seed | Rotimi Thomas Co-Founder & CEO | 2021 | SentryZohoAnimate.css+24 | 1 launch · 1 partnership · 1 expansion |
| 4 | Pakam App-based waste management platform | $635K | 42 mo ago | Seed | Shahab Hasan Owner | 2021 | ZohoTailwind CSSEmotion+8 | — |
| 5 | Awabah Platform offering integrated financial protection and savings solutions | $420K | 46 mo ago | Seed | Tunji Andrews Co-Founder & Chief Executive Officer | 2021 | TurbopackNode.jsTailwind CSS+8 | — |
| 6 | RecyclePoints Recyclable waste collection and incentive-based solution | $206K | 115 mo ago | Funding Raised | — | 2012 | — | — |
| 7 | Scrapays AI-based platform offering solutions for waste collection | $200K | 29 mo ago | Seed | — | 2019 | TypeScriptGraphQLNode.js+18 | — |
| 8 | BuyPower App-based online platform to buy electricity | $120K | 109 mo ago | Seed | Benjamin Ufaruna Co-Founder & CEO | 2015 | Cart FunctionalityBuilder.ioSentry+23 | — |
Top 12 Sustainability Tech companies in Nigeria
#1
Series A · Lagos, Lagos · founded 2010 · 31 employees$2.7Mraised▾
Provider of solutions for utility network and energy consumption management. The company offers systems for customer and asset data management, survey and installation management, and new service connections. It provides a grid network management solution to optimize operations and increase profitability. The company also offers an application to monitor energy consumption, make payments, and switch to solar power.
- Sep 2024Series A$2.1M
- Aug 2024Series A$8.1M
- Aug 2022Seed$2.7M
#2
Seed · Uyo, Akwa Ibom · founded 2017 · 94 employees$6.4Mraised▾
Provider of industrializing food processing platform for crop farming. Its uses pre-processing technology to increase the quality of inputs supplied to food factories. It offers raw material logistics solutions for farmers to food factories.
- Feb 2023Seed$250K
- Jan 2023Seed$3.3M
- Sep 2021Seed$2.7M
- Sep 2021Grant (prize money)$1.5M
#3
Seed · Lagos, Lagos · founded 2021 · 39 employees$2.4Mraised▾
Provider of solar finance management platform. It offers solutions such as tracking repayment plan schedules, energy management, and more.
- Feb 2023Seed$2.4M
#4
Seed · Lagos, Lagos · founded 2019 · 14 employees$200Kraised▾
AI-based platform offering solutions for waste collection. Its platform allows users to request a pickup for their recyclable materials.
- Feb 2024Seed$200K
- Sep 2022Grant (prize money)$100K
- 2022Seed—
#5
Seed · Lagos, Lagos · founded 2021 · 19 employees$635Kraised▾
App-based waste management platform. It offers a recycling service that connects waste generators to waste collectors-aggregators in real-time. It offers features such as rewards for waste, pick-up and drop services, and more. The mobile application is available for Android and iOS users.
- Jan 2023Seed$635K
#6
Seed · Lagos, Lagos · founded 2021$420Kraised▾
Platform offering integrated financial protection and savings solutions. It provides access to health coverage, life and personal accident protection, and pension savings through flexible contribution models. It includes tools for retirement planning, digital access to healthcare networks, and micro-pension management.
- Sep 2022Grant (prize money)$100K
- Aug 2021Seed$120K
- Jul 2021Seed$200K
#7
Funding Raised · Lagos, Lagos · founded 2012 · 16 employees$205.8Kraised▾
Recyclable waste collection and incentive-based solution. The company operates an incentive-based solution in which it collects recyclable materials from consumers and in turn rewards them with points. The company provides door-to-door collection service and waste generators are awarded points based on the quantity of waste. The points can be redeemed for household items and appliances at the company's store. The collected recyclables are sorted at the companies facility and then sold to recyclers and manufacturing units.
- Dec 2016Grant (prize money)$205.8K
#8
Seed · Abuja, Federal Capital Territory · founded 2015 · 103 employees$120Kraised▾
App-based online platform to buy electricity. It offers a pay-as-you-go payment model for electricity. The platform allows users to calculate electricity units, set reminders, and more. Its app is available for Android and iOS devices.
- 2017Seed$120K
#9
Seed · Lagos, Lagos · founded 2018 · 7 employees$25Kraised▾
Powercube provides solutions for smart lightning for residential building. Its product can be controlled by a mobile application. It also provides energy consumption report.
- Mar 2018Seed$25K
#10
Funding Raised · Abuja, Federal Capital Territory · founded 2017 · 7 employees$23.2Kraised▾
Instant Energy provides an online platform to pay the electricity bill. Its platform also provides energy management tips, rewards on referrals, and instant wallet to pay electricity bills. Its mobile app is available for Android devices.
- Sep 2018Grant (prize money)$23.2K
#11
Seed · Lagos, Lagos · founded 2017$20Kraised▾
Upnepa is an information platform for electricity power status. It predicts, monitors, and records electricity supply. It enables users to know about the power status and stability of their area. It also provides information regarding electricity restoration.
- Apr 2019Seed$20K
#12
Seed · Lagos, Lagos · founded 2015$25Kraised▾
GRIT Systems is a Nigerian IoT startup developing web-enabled technology for controlling and gathering data about household & commercial electrical power consumption. It visualizes yields from alternate power sources, remotely monitor power consumption and quality. Their product Grit Energy and Power Monitor (GEPM) collects detailed information from multiple power sources including solar panels, inverters, generators, the grid, smart meters e.t.c. at once and sends a simplified summary of data by creating charts.
- May 2015Seed$25K
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How research on Climate Adaptation is moving in Nigeria
A read on the academic research around Climate Adaptation — which themes are gaining ground, the institutions and researchers driving them, and how the tone is shifting. Based on 357 Nigeria-affiliated papers.
- University of Nigeria21
- Federal University of Technology20
- Nnamdi Azikiwe University20
- Obafemi Awolowo University19
- University of Ilorin18
- Corporate governance2
- Incentive2
- Panel data2
- Executive compensation2
- Climate risk2
- Flood myth1→29
- Resilience (materials science)1→15
- Climate change6→18
- Flooding (psychology)1→11
- Psychological resilience3→11
- Climate change7→81
- Flood myth16→69
- Flooding (psychology)10→44
- Resilience (materials science)2→29
- Vulnerability (computing)4→28
Where climate adaptation is researched across Nigeria
Location clusters by institution affiliation — each city's volume, stance tone, and a quick read on its hot topic, what's advancing, the opening opportunity, and the main concern.
Common questions
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