In 2016 a young Nigerian woman, Damilola Olokesusi, the founder of Shuttlers had an idea to develop a technology-driven transportation start-up that had finally launched in 2017. Since then, Shuttlers had been providing companies with better mobility options for their employees.
In 2021, the company had gotten $1.6 million in seed funding from several investors to scale within and outside Nigeria. The United Nations has viewed Olokesusi as an impressive figure inspiring the upcoming generation to follow their chosen path and create more awareness of the challenges women had to overcome to be digital entrepreneurs.
The United Nation’s goal is to use the United Nations Conference on Trade and Development, -UNCTAD, to narrow the gender gap in Africa, by using the e-Trade for Women initiative to empower women digital entrepreneurs living in different developing countries and help them become change-makers in their various societies.
Shuttlers are at present one of the quickest growing technology-driven transportation start-ups and are revolutionizing the way organizations commute in the various busy cities of Africa. The company is also experiencing exponential growth as it had raised a $1.6m seed in a bid to fund its proposed expansion to new countries in Africa.
