About Dendo

Built in Nigeria. Engineered for Africa.

Dendo Global Services Limited is a technology-driven solutions company helping governments, businesses, developers and institutions turn complex challenges into measurable outcomes.

Lagos skyline at golden hour
Our story

It started with a question we couldn't ignore.

Walk through Lagos on any weekday and you see it — the ambition, the energy, the people building. You also see the gaps: infrastructure that struggles to keep up, public programmes that lose visibility once they leave the boardroom, data trapped in spreadsheets that should be powering decisions.

Dendo was founded by a group of Nigerian engineers, analysts and technologists who refused to accept that gap as permanent. We believed African organisations deserved the same calibre of software, engineering and decision intelligence used by the world's best — designed for our realities, delivered by our own.

Today, that conviction shows up in every line of code we ship, every dashboard we deploy, and every project we monitor from groundbreaking to handover.

The journey

Milestones along the way.

  1. 2022

    An idea born in Abuja

    A small team of Nigerian engineers and technologists comes together with a single conviction: Africa's biggest problems deserve world-class solutions.

  2. 2023

    Dendo is incorporated

    Dendo Global Services Limited is registered, focusing on software, data analytics and project monitoring for public and private sector clients.

  3. 2025

    Expanding into engineering

    We extend our practice into engineering solutions and GIS — supporting infrastructure, real estate and government delivery programmes.

  4. Today

    Building Nigeria's digital backbone

    A multi-disciplinary team turning technology, engineering and data into measurable outcomes for governments, businesses and communities.

Our Vision

To become Africa's leading technology-driven solutions company.

Our Mission

To solve complex business and societal challenges through innovation, technology, engineering excellence, and data-driven decision making.

What we stand for

Six values. One standard.

They aren't slogans on a wall — they're how we hire, how we decide, and how we deliver.

Innovation

We pursue better ways — questioning defaults and engineering creative solutions to stubborn problems.

Integrity

We do what we said we would do. Honesty and transparency are how we earn long-term trust.

Excellence

World-class craft in every line of code, every report, every site visit — no shortcuts.

Accountability

We own outcomes, not just deliverables. Evidence, not excuses.

Collaboration

We win with our clients and communities — multi-disciplinary teams working as one.

Impact

We measure success by the lives improved and the institutions strengthened.

Dendo leadership team in a Lagos office
Leadership

The people behind the work.

Engineers, analysts, GIS specialists and advisors — united by a shared belief that African problems deserve African leaders delivering global-standard solutions.

Dr. Attahir Murtala Aliyu

Dr. Attahir Murtala Aliyu

Chairman, Board of Directors

A visionary engineer and academic, Dr. Attahir holds an MEng in Electrical Engineering from the University of Nottingham (2012) and a PhD in online health monitoring of power semiconductors (2016). A distinguished research associate at Nottingham and former lead engineer at Dyson, his work in power electronics, machines and high-performance AC drives bridges academia and industry.

Mohammed Awwal Ndayako

Mohammed Awwal Ndayako

Chief Executive Officer

A passionate Mechanical Engineer (University of Nottingham, UK) with a Postgraduate Certificate in Thermal Power & Fluid Engineering from the University of Manchester. Co-founder of Dendo, Mohammed previously spent a decade at PAN Nigeria Limited, rising to Group Head of Technical Training and mentoring over 1,000 Nigerian youth in automotive mechatronics.

Mrs. Elizabeth O. Mordi

Mrs. Elizabeth O. Mordi

Board Member · Principal Consultant

An accomplished administrator and management professional, Elizabeth holds an MBA (2010) and a Postgraduate Diploma in Management Science, with international certifications from the Protocol Center, Miami and City & Guilds, London. A former Director General of PAN Learning Centre, Kaduna, she brings decades of leadership across public and private sectors.

Alh. Hussaini I. Abubakar, FCSI

Alh. Hussaini I. Abubakar, FCSI

Board Member

A seasoned public administrator and scholar, Hussaini holds a Master's in Political Science from ABU Zaria and is a doctoral candidate at the same university. He served as Commissioner across the Ministries of Education, Finance, Higher Education and Science & Technology in Nasarawa State (2011–2015), and is a Fellow of the Institute of Manpower Development and Management.

Abdullahi Gimba Umar

Abdullahi Gimba Umar

Sales & Marketing Executive

Leads Dendo's commercial outreach — building lasting client relationships across government, enterprise and institutional partners while driving the company's market growth across Nigeria.

Ahmad Tanimu Mohammad

Ahmad Tanimu Mohammad

Executive Director

Provides strategic direction and executive oversight at Dendo — guiding cross-functional teams and ensuring every engagement is delivered on time, in scope and to the highest standard.

Why Dendo exists

Because Africa cannot wait.

The next two decades will define the continent. Cities will double. Public spending will multiply. Industries that don't yet exist will employ millions of young Africans. The institutions and businesses that get this right will need partners who understand both the technology and the terrain.

Dendo exists to be that partner — to make sure governments can see their projects, businesses can act on their data, developers can monitor their assets, and institutions can scale with confidence.

We're not building a tech company. We're building the digital and engineering backbone of a continent that's ready to lead.

Nigerian engineers collaborating on a data dashboard