Adaptive Atelier, a startup based in Lagos and London, is building tools to help businesses find and fix accessibility problems in their websites and apps, and then prove the fixes work for real disabled users. The company was founded in 2024 by Toyosi Badejo-Okusanya, Disrupt Africa reported.
Three products
- AdaptiveTest: an AI-powered scanner that checks websites and apps against the WCAG accessibility standards.
- AdaptiveWiz: an accessibility toolkit, already integrated with Shopify and WordPress, that lets disabled users personalise how a site looks and works.
- AdaptiveAlly: a marketplace connecting businesses with vetted disabled professionals who test whether the fixes hold up in practice.
“AdaptiveTest identifies the problem, AdaptiveWiz helps fix the experience, and AdaptiveAlly validates whether the fix actually holds up for a real disabled user.”
Toyosi Badejo-Okusanya, founder
Traction
The company says it has a community of more than 13,000 disabled professionals and advocates, and about 50,000 organic website visits a month. It has begun signing paying customers among cinemas, government institutions and retailers, and lists L’Oréal, SignHealth, Channel 4 and Phonak among organisations it works with. It earns money from AdaptiveWiz subscriptions, audits and marketplace commission.
Self-funded so far, Adaptive Atelier is raising a $250,000 institutional round for technical hiring and sales. It is currently in the Synergies Work Igniting Ideas accelerator in the US.
Why it matters
New laws such as the European Accessibility Act and US ADA requirements are pushing large companies to make their digital services usable for everyone. For Nigerian developers and businesses, accessibility is still often an afterthought. Simple steps such as descriptive image text, good colour contrast and full keyboard navigation help disabled users, and they also improve search rankings and usability for all visitors.
Source: Disrupt Africa.
