Three Nigerian female entrepreneurs – Bola Olonisakin, Funkola Odeleye and Odunoluwa Longe, founders of DIYlaw.ng, have won the Innovating Justice Award for the SME Empowerment Innovation Challenge for East and West Africa – A challenge which was organised by The Hague Institute for the Internationalisation of Law (HiiL).
The multi-stage competition featured more than 200 African innovators with DIYlaw emerging the overall winner.
DIYlaw is one of the newest startups to join the growing sector of justice entrepreneurs emerging globally. The startup seeks to be at the forefront of this emerging entrepreneur sector in Africa. In addition to the cash prize of USD40,000 won by DIYlaw, DIYlaw also gets acceleration support, access to funding, networks and expert advice from HiiL.
Longe said: “DIYLaw is making legal one less challenge to grapple with.” She further emphasised that: “Our value propositions are transparency, simplicity and affordability.”
