An Africa-first community wey dey bring women together to build products, grow their careers and start companies don reach its first 100 founding members. The community, called ProductHER, is now live, with a nine-person founding team working to build the platform alongside their full-time jobs.
The person behind the initiative recently shared the journey on LinkedIn, explaining how their experience as a Product Manager at Sycamore.NG connects with the work of building a community for women in tech.
The idea dey point to one important question for Africa’s technology industry: how we fit create more room for women to build the products and companies wey go shape the continent’s future?
Wetin ProductHER dey build?
ProductHER describes itself as an Africa-first community for women building products, careers and companies.
The idea no be only to help women use technology. E also dey focus on the women wey want to create products, develop their careers and build businesses of their own.
The community don already welcome its first 100 founding members, marking an early milestone for the initiative.
However, details about the community’s membership structure, activities, or specific programmes never appear in the announcement. WetindeyTech no go assume features wey the team never publicly confirm.
How payments infrastructure connect to community building
The founder’s day job involves working on payments and banking infrastructure at Sycamore.NG.
This includes accounts, transfers, cards and the integrations wey help money move reliably within a regulated financial environment.
For people wey no too sabi the technical side, payments infrastructure na the systems and connections wey financial services depend on to process transactions and move money from one place to another.
According to the founder, the experience has shaped how they think about building ProductHER.
One lesson stands out: trust comes from consistency.
For financial services, people expect their transfers to work. For a community, members also need to trust the people, systems and relationships around them.
The founder also highlighted the importance of having a team wey dey aligned around one goal.
Nine people, full-time jobs and one shared ambition
Building a community no be small work, especially when everybody involved already has a full-time job.
ProductHER’s founding team has nine members, all balancing their existing responsibilities while working together to grow the community.
The founder expressed gratitude to the team, recognising the effort required to build something outside normal work hours.
The first 100 founding members represent an early step, but the announcement describes the milestone as the beginning rather than the finish line.
For African tech, initiatives like ProductHER also bring attention to the people behind the products: the builders, product managers and aspiring founders who want to contribute to the industry.
The next thing to watch is how ProductHER turns its early community into lasting value for its members.
Women no suppose only dey use the products wey dey shape Africa. Dem deserve the opportunity to build those products too.
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