# Omobola Johnson

> Omobola Johnson is a seed investor at TLcom Capital Partners backing FinTech. See 9 investments, check sizes, portfolio. Updated Aug 2026.

- Type: Angel Investor
- Fund: [TLcom Capital Partners](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/tlcom-capital-partners)
- Location: Lagos, Nigeria
- Total investments: 9
- Last investment: Oct 2024
- Lead investor: 44%
- Last updated: Aug 2026
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/omobola-johnson-b12461183

Omobola Johnson is a seed investor at TLcom Capital Partners in Lagos focused on FinTech and Information Technology. Omobola Johnson is Senior Partner of TLcom Capital, a venture capital firm with recent focus on deal flow generation, investment and value generation in technology companies in sub-saharan Africa. Before joining TLcom, Omobola was Minister of Communication Technology, Nigeria from 2011 to 2015, focusing on the launch and execution of theNational Broadband Plan, and the support of the Nigerian technology industry, including the pioneering involvement of the government in a local VC fund and a network of start-up incubators. Prior to serving in the Nigerian government, she gained over 25 years of consulting experience with Accenture including five years as Country Managing Director, working with companies in a variety of industries, transforming them into more competitive and dynamic organizations. Omobola serves on the Board of a number of leading Nigerian and multi-national corporations. She also serves on the Board of the World Wide Web Foundation is the Founding Chairperson and Trustee, Women in Management and Business.Omobola has a Bachelor's in Electrical and Electronic Engineering from the University of Manchester; a Master's in Digital Electronics from King's College, London and a Doctorate in Business Administration from the School of Management of Cranfield University. She is the recipient of the Distinguished Alumna award from Cranfield University and the Lagos Business School.

## Investment focus

### Industry

| Industry | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| FinTech | 2 | 22% |
| Information Technology | 2 | 22% |
| B2B | 1 | 11% |
| Retail | 1 | 11% |
| Banking | 1 | 11% |

17 industries tracked in total.

### Stage

| Stage | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Seed | 2 | 22% |
| Series A | 2 | 22% |
| Pre-Seed | 1 | 11% |
| Series B | 1 | 11% |
| Series C | 1 | 11% |

6 stages tracked in total.

### Country

| Country | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Nigeria | 2 | 22% |
| Switzerland | 1 | 11% |
| South Africa | 1 | 11% |
| United States | 1 | 11% |

## Investments

| Company | Description | Amount | Stage | Date | Website |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| LittleFish | At LittleFish, we exist to inspire commerce being made more accessible, rewarding and always being practically relevant. Our partnerships with banks, insurers, fintechs, and other industry incumbents are key to our approach and delivery - we're the co-creators of a future where better ways of commerce are realised. |  | Seed | Oct 02, 2024 |  |
| LittleFish | At LittleFish, we exist to inspire commerce being made more accessible, rewarding and always being practically relevant. Our partnerships with banks, insurers, fintechs, and other industry incumbents are key to our approach and delivery - we're the co-creators of a future where better ways of commerce are realised. | $2.5M | Seed | Sep 01, 2022 |  |
| uLesson | uLesson has built the technology to deploy curriculum-relevant content via smartphones, that allows learners to use the product without concern for internet limitations and costs. uLesson’s mobile offering rests on three pillars: academics, media & technology and curriculum content is delivered via streaming and SD cards. | $15M | Series B | Dec 09, 2021 |  |
| Okra | Digitizing financial services for Africa. | $3.5M | Seed | Apr 21, 2021 |  |
| Pula Advisors | Pula is an insurance intermediary that implements data driven agricultural insurance. Pula assists hundreds of thousands of small-scale farmers across 6 countries in Africa. Farmers are able to safeguard their crops and invest in their farms through financial tools that take advantage of the rising use of mobile technology. | $6M | Series A | Jan 25, 2021 |  |
| uLesson | uLesson has built the technology to deploy curriculum-relevant content via smartphones, that allows learners to use the product without concern for internet limitations and costs. uLesson’s mobile offering rests on three pillars: academics, media & technology and curriculum content is delivered via streaming and SD cards. | $7.5M | Series A | Jan 19, 2021 |  |
| Okra | Digitizing financial services for Africa. | $1M | Pre-Seed | Apr 27, 2020 |  |
| Andela | Andela operates the world’s largest private marketplace of skilled digital talent. Its adaptive hiring model gives companies greater flexibility to quickly deploy skilled talent based on need. The company’s exclusive AI-powered platform, Andela Talent Cloud, optimizes the process of finding the right talent and getting projects started fast.Clients can select individual roles or engage fully managed teams up to 66% faster at 30-50% less cost than traditional approaches. Andela’s seasoned hiring professionals manage all the groundwork associated with borderless hiring, from compliance and payroll to talent management. Andela’s diverse talent ecosystem spans over 135 countries, including untapped markets like Africa and Latin America, and is highly skilled in advanced technologies to support Application Development,Artificial Intelligence, Cloud & DevOps, Data Engineering, and more. | $100M | Series D | Jan 23, 2019 |  |
| Andela | Andela operates the world’s largest private marketplace of skilled digital talent. Its adaptive hiring model gives companies greater flexibility to quickly deploy skilled talent based on need. The company’s exclusive AI-powered platform, Andela Talent Cloud, optimizes the process of finding the right talent and getting projects started fast.Clients can select individual roles or engage fully managed teams up to 66% faster at 30-50% less cost than traditional approaches. Andela’s seasoned hiring professionals manage all the groundwork associated with borderless hiring, from compliance and payroll to talent management. Andela’s diverse talent ecosystem spans over 135 countries, including untapped markets like Africa and Latin America, and is highly skilled in advanced technologies to support Application Development,Artificial Intelligence, Cloud & DevOps, Data Engineering, and more. | $40M | Series C | Oct 10, 2017 |  |

9 of 9 investments shown.

## Co-investors
- [Aera VC](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/aera-vc) — VC Fund, 2 deals together
- [CRE Venture Capital](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/africa-angels-network) — VC Fund, 2 deals together
- [Amplo](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/amplo) — VC Fund, 2 deals together
- [Chan Zuckerberg Initiative](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/chan-zuckerberg-initiative) — VC Fund, 2 deals together
- [DBL Partners](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/dbl-investors) — VC Fund, 2 deals together
- [Flourish Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/flourish-venture) — VC Fund, 2 deals together

## About TLcom Capital Partners

VC Fund · London, United Kingdom

TLcom Capital, is an Africa focused tech VC, with offices in Lagos, Nairobi and London. TLcom had been investing since 1999 in Tech, Media, Mobil and Internet companies across Europe, US and Africa, which is the exclusive focus of its most recent TLcom TIDE Africa funds. TLcom manages total commitments of approximately 300 million USD in thesesectors via a series of dedicated investment vehicles. Our investment strategy is to identify, back and assist world class entrepreneurs and management teams with disruptive technologies and business models, compelling intellectual property and deep market knowledge. We primarily target companies focused on Africa as a prime market, in the following investment themes: Access to Data Service; Financial Services; eCommerce; B2C applications (including but not limited to: health, education, energy, media and entertainment); and Software solutions to corporates and SMEs.

3 contacts available at TLcom Capital Partners.

| Name | Title | Profile |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Andreata Muforo | Partner | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/andreata-muforo |
| Maurizio Caio | Founder and Managing Partner | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/maurizio-caio |
| Omobola Johnson | Senior Partner | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/omobola-johnson |

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## FAQ

### What does Omobola Johnson invest in?

Omobola Johnson invests primarily in FinTech, Information Technology and B2B startups, most often at Seed and Series A stage. Most of the 9 investments tracked by Shizune back companies in Nigeria. The Investment Focus section breaks down every industry, stage and country in the portfolio.

### When did Omobola Johnson last invest?

The most recent investment recorded for Omobola Johnson closed in Oct 2024. Shizune tracks 9 investments in total for this profile, including round sizes, stages and portfolio companies, all sourced from confirmed public funding rounds and refreshed monthly.

### Is Shizune's investor data accurate?

Yes — every stat on this profile is calculated from confirmed public funding rounds monitored across hundreds of sources since 2020. This profile was last refreshed in Aug 2026 and is updated monthly. Spotted something off? Use the “Suggest an edit” link near the top of the page.

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