
Damilola created Shuttlers in 2015 as a tech and transport company aimed at enabling professionals and organizations to share rides to and from work in corporate buses. Shuttlers enables users to improve their commuting time and to book trips along fixed routes at 60-80 percent lower rates than other ride-hailing services available in Lagos.
Under Damilola’s leadership, the company has been growing until raising a $1.6m seed funding in 2021 and announcing plans to expand into more African metropolitan cities.
Damilola OlokesusiMore women like myself are now able to access finance, which was almost impossible a few years ago. With initiatives like eTrade for Women, we will be able to impact more women and it will get easier as we progress.
Damilola was recently selected as one of the Most Influential Women in Mobility 2022 by Vulog. She is poised to continue to lead innovation in the technology and transportation sectors and other sectors in Nigeria and around the world. Damilola is a Forbes30Under30 (2019) Recipient for Technology, and she went on to be selected by the UK government for a technology exchange in 2020. She has garnered accolades such as The Digital & Tech Award at the Women in Africa Contest in Morocco in 2017, the Award for the Best Idea at the Aso Villa Demo Day, where she had the opportunity of meeting the Vice President of Nigeria and Mark Zuckerberg. She has also won grants from institutions like Airtel’s Sahara, GEM-WorldBank, and Ford Motors Company.
$1.6m seed funding raised