In Nigeria’s business space, growth is often mistaken for momentum, and speed is celebrated more than sustainability. But beneath the noise, there’s a quieter, more urgent crisis playing out, the absence of internal structure in small and medium enterprises. And that’s exactly where Worka comes in.
Co-founded by an entrepreneur Oluwaseyi Adeyeye, Worka is not another startup chasing disruption for disruption’s sake. It’s a company deeply rooted in the practical struggles of African businesses. Built from the inside out, Worka is helping SMEs across Nigeria grow, not by pushing them to move faster, but by helping them move better.
For him, the idea behind Worka wasn’t theoretical. He spent years watching entrepreneurs get celebrated for scaling, even as their businesses broke apart behind the scenes, and it eventually led him to a simple but powerful insight: growth without infrastructure is a liability. Many SMEs are pushed to scale prematurely, expected to lead without data, manage teams without systems, and survive without a clear operational framework. The company was created to end that cycle.
At its core, the company offers more than software. It offers operational sanity. The platform serves as a digital workspace that unifies operations, finance, procurement, and team coordination, creating one seamless system where teams can actually function like a business, not a scramble.
But its real strength lies in its philosophy. The company sells structure and offers process. It doesn’t glorify overnight success. It builds the foundations that make long-term success possible. Across Nigeria’s startup hubs, economic development agencies, and investor circles, the company is becoming the reference point for what it means to be truly “scale-ready.”
The company’s success is already influencing how regional business support organizations design programs, how venture funds assess operational readiness, and how SME policy is framed at the national level. In a country where over 90% of businesses fall into the SME category, the company is shaping the backbone of Nigeria’s economic future.
And behind it all is Adeyeye, a builder who didn’t just want to make tech. He wanted to make sense. He isn’t the kind of founder obsessed with vanity metrics. He’s obsessed with efficiency, sustainability, and systems that hold under pressure. His background in systems thinking, coupled with his deep understanding of the African entrepreneurial terrain, has positioned him as one of the continent’s most thoughtful infrastructure-first innovators.
He speaks less about blitz-scaling and more about operational readiness. In boardrooms, his approach is reshaping how investors assess company value. In policy circles, it’s shifting conversations from funding volume to structural resilience. And for a new generation of entrepreneurs, he represents an alternative path, one where leadership starts not with hype, but with intentional design.
And in a market where too many startups are built on the promise of rapid scale, the company is restoring the architecture of longevity. Because in Africa, the problem was never about talent or ambition. It was never about work ethic. It was about infrastructure. The invisible scaffolding that allows real businesses to survive uncertainty, absorb complexity, and keep moving forward, regardless of what the market throws at them.
