When Denise Ajayi-Williams convinced Nigeria’s Vice President to visit LinkedIn’s campus in 2018, or when Jessica O. Matthews landed Magic Johnson on her renewable energy startup’s board, or when Maya Horgan Famodu began deploying venture capital to African startups from Silicon Valley, they weren’t just building companies. They were constructing bridges. Nigerian-American women occupy a unique position in global tech—they understand both the infrastructure of Silicon Valley and the innovation challenges of Lagos, both the capital networks of California and the market realities of West Africa.