About Us

Halcore is building the infrastructure powering the future of ethical and Shariah-compliant finance across Africa.

We are on a mission to make ethical financial services accessible to everyone. From stock screening to cooperative digitization, we are creating the foundational tools that drive trust, transparency, and inclusion in the non-interest financial ecosystem.

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Our Impact

3+

Ethical finance infrastructure across Takaful, Islamic Cooperatives, and the Non-Interest Capital Market

3+

Non-interest financial institutions partners

1000+

Targeted knowledge-sharing sessions via the Safir Series to drive awareness and adoption

Vision Statement

To be the leading shariah compliant infrastructure enabling a better and efficient way for Non-Interest Financial Institutions to operate.

Mission Statement

Empowering ethical financial institutions with the right infrastructure and digital solutions to streamline their operations, digitize their offerings, and drive sustainable growth.

Our Core Values

The principles that govern how we build, how we serve, and how we show up for the market.

01

Integrity

We say what we mean and build what we promise. Every product we ship, every standard we set, and every claim we make is traceable, documented, and defensible. In the markets we serve, there is no room for ambiguity between what is declared and what is true.

02

Trust

Halcore exists because investors, institutions, and markets deserve infrastructure they can rely on without question. We earn that trust through rigorous governance, transparent processes, and the discipline to never compromise our standards regardless of the pressure to move fast

03

Innovation

Many of the problems we are solving have gone unaddressed for too long — not because they are unsolvable, but because no one built for this market with the seriousness it deserves. We apply technology and deep domain expertise to close those gaps and build what has never existed here before.

04

Inclusion

The right financial tools should not be reserved for the wealthy, the well-connected, or those in the right geography. We build products that work for every player in the market — from the first-time retail investor to the institutional fund manager — because participation should be a right, not a privilege

05

Access

Good decisions require good information. We are committed to putting accurate, real-time, and actionable data directly in the hands of the people who need it — removing the barriers that have historically kept Nigerian and African investors from participating with confidence.

06

Impact

We measure our success by what changes in the markets we touch. Every investor who gains clarity, every institution that operates with greater confidence, every product that raises the standard — that is what Halcore is here to create. We are not just building products. We are building infrastructure for a better financial system.

Why Halcore?

Deep understanding of Islamic financial principles

Rooted in integrity, inclusion, and impact

Customizable solutions for local markets

Scalable, secure cloud infrastructure

Agile, tech-first product team

Our Team

We are a multidisciplinary team of builders, operators, and problem-solvers with deep experience across product, engineering, and financial services.

Leadership
Sodiq Idowu

Sodiq Idowu

Co-founder & CEO

Jubril Isa

Jubril Isa

Co-founder & CTO

Product & Engineering
Al-Amin Ajao

Al-Amin Ajao

Engineering

Abdulyaqeen Abdulquddus

Abdulyaqeen Abdulquddus

Product & Design

Shodunke Wasiu

Shodunke Wasiu

Product & Marketing

FE

Adebayo Abdulmalik

Engineering

Mujeedah Ashiru

Mujeedah Ashiru

Product & Design

Isiaq Abdulhameed

Isiaq Abdulhameed

Business & Finance

Shariah Advisory

Our solutions are guided by experienced scholars to ensure alignment with established Islamic finance principles.

Ibraheem Ahmad

Ibraheem Ahmad

Shariah Advisor

Lukman Seriki (PhD)

Lukman Seriki (PhD)

Shariah Advisor

Eleshin Sofiyyah (CSAA)

Eleshin Sofiyyah (CSAA)

Internal Shariah Officer

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