Our Story

Care for the
mother, first.
Always.

Omugwo was built from a simple truth: Nigerian mothers deserve the village.

Lagos, Nigeria Founded 2024 1,200+ mothers supported
Live in Lagos
58%
of Nigerian mothers receive
no postnatal care
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Founded 2026 Lagos, Nigeria

The village broke down.
We're rebuilding it.

In Igbo tradition, "omugwo" is the sacred period when a new mother is surrounded by family, her mother, aunts, sisters, who cook, clean, care for the baby, and hold the mother as she heals. It is not optional. It is how the community says: you matter.

But modern Nigeria has fractured this system. Families are spread across cities. Working parents can't leave for weeks. Hiring help feels uncertain, expensive, risky. Millions of mothers go home with no support, no guidance, no village.

We built Omugwo to change that, not by replacing tradition, but by making it available to every family, everywhere in Nigeria.

58% without postnatal care
7M+ births per year
82k preventable deaths

Ready to experience
OmugwoApp?

Join thousands of Nigerian mothers who have already joined our waitlist. The village is being rebuilt, into one family at a time.