How We Built Ekehi: Engineering a Women's Business Intelligence Platform in One Sprint

I want to tell you about one of the most satisfying weeks I've had as an engineer. Okay, maybe the title was click bait, since we only built the landing page, but it is still a platform, nevertheless. Twelve contributors. Three tracks. One sprint. Zero frameworks. A fully structured, token-based, responsive landing page — shipped for International Women's Day 2026. This is the engineering story of Ekehi — what we built, how we coordinated it across three tracks (frontend, UI/UX, and backend), the architectural decisions I made as Engineering Lead, and what I learned from running a synchronised multi-track team build at this pace. What Is Ekehi? Ekehi is a business intelligence platform built for women entrepreneurs and women-led SMEs across Nigeria and Africa. It aggregates funding opportunities — grants, VCs, loans, government schemes, accelerators — alongside training programmes, mentorship networks, and business resources into a single searchable, filterable hub. The platform was cr