Context over checklists
A control that works in a Lagos data centre may fail in a rural clinic. We design for how your organisation actually operates.
About WaleTech
Nigerian institutions deserve
Nigerian accountability.
We are a cybersecurity consultancy headquartered in Abuja, built to serve the organisations that keep Nigeria running — and to answer to Nigerian law, Nigerian time zones, and Nigerian realities.
Our purpose
Raise the cost of attacking Nigeria's critical systems.
Too many institutions discover their weaknesses only after an attacker does. We exist to reverse that order — to make security a deliberate, funded, and measurable capability rather than a reactive scramble.
We work across the public and private sectors because the threats cross those lines freely. A compromised ministry, bank, or utility is a national problem, and defending them demands the same rigour everywhere.
why clients engage us
- Local presence, local law, local accountability
- Senior practitioners on every engagement — not juniors with a tool
- Reports written for boards, auditors, and regulators
- Confidentiality and conflict-of-interest controls by default
Principles
What we hold to.
Evidence, not theatre
Every finding is reproducible, every recommendation is defensible. Our reports are written to survive scrutiny from auditors, boards, and regulators.
Sovereign capability
We build local skills and local accountability. Nigerian institutions deserve expertise that answers to Nigerian law and time zones.
Discretion by default
We operate under strict confidentiality, secure handling of your data, and conflict-of-interest policies that protect your interests.
Trajectory
Built deliberately.
- Founded
Established in Abuja to serve Nigerian institutions with locally accountable security expertise.
- Growth
Expanded from assessment work into monitoring, incident response, and compliance programmes.
- Today
A trusted partner to public agencies and private enterprises across multiple regulated sectors.
40+ Engagements delivered
6 Core service lines
24/7 Incident response cover
100% Nigerian-owned & operated
Leadership
The people accountable for your engagement.
Our practice leads are directly involved in delivery. You meet them in the first conversation and they remain accountable through to the final report.
Adewale Olalekan
Founder & Managing Principal
Risk governance, executive advisory, and incident command across financial and public-sector systems in West Africa.
Ngozi Okafor
Head of Offensive Security
Leads penetration testing and red-team engagements, with deep experience in application, cloud, and Active Directory attack paths.
Ibrahim Suleiman
Head of Defensive Operations
Runs our monitoring and response practice, designing SOC capability and leading ransomware investigations.
Standards & obligations
We speak the language your regulator uses.
Our work is mapped to the frameworks and instruments that govern Nigerian institutions — so the evidence we produce is the evidence you need.
- NDPA 2023 Nigeria Data Protection Act
- NDPC Nigeria Data Protection Commission
- NITDA Guidelines & frameworks
- CBN Cybersecurity Framework
- ISO/IEC 27001 Information security management
- NIST CSF Cybersecurity Framework
- CIS Controls Prioritised safeguards
- OWASP Application security standards
Work with us
Let's discuss your environment.
Tell us what you're responsible for and what keeps you up at night. We'll tell you honestly whether we can help.