Briefly won the Business Innovation Trailblazer Award at Saturday’s National Enterprise Leadership Forum for its work addressing a problem most Nigerian businesses know well: paperwork that never moves fast enough.
Vendor contracts waiting for signatures. Compliance documents stacking up. Approval processes that take weeks instead of days. The legal technology platform built by co-founder Ifunanya Ejimofor automates these workflows through digital contract execution, e-signatures, and document management.
The National Enterprise Leadership Forum’s award committee recognized Briefly for reducing operational friction in legal processes. Panelists described it as making legal services more practical for business operations, though specific efficiency metrics weren’t provided.
“Our goal at Briefly has always been to support business growth by removing the small but costly obstacles that slow teams down,” Ejimofor said. “This award reinforces our commitment to building tools that help companies move smarter, faster, and with a lot more clarity.”
The platform targets SMEs and growth-stage companies dealing with documentation bottlenecks. Instead of manual processing, Briefly automates routine tasks—contract generation, signature collection, file organization—freeing up time businesses typically lose to paperwork.
Beyond the software, Briefly runs workshops with incubators and startup accelerators teaching documentation basics and compliance requirements. The programs help entrepreneurs formalize operations, though participation numbers remain undisclosed.
What sets Briefly apart in a crowded tech market is its focus on immediate, practical problems rather than sweeping industry transformation. Missing signatures, scattered files, slow approvals—these daily headaches are what the platform addresses.
That pragmatic approach resonates in a business environment where many companies still rely on manual systems. Whether it drives widespread adoption depends on convincing traditional businesses to abandon familiar workflows.
Adoption figures and revenue data aren’t public. The company hasn’t released market penetration statistics.
The recognition comes as Nigerian businesses face growing documentation demands from investors, regulators, and partners requiring formalized processes and digital records.
