Nigerian Startup Pewbeam Secures Funding From Resilience17 To Build AI For Churches

Pewbeam, a church-technology startup founded by Dára Sobaloju, has secured investment from Resilience17 (R17) to develop its AI-powered platform for church services.

Based in Nigeria, Pewbeam is building technology that helps churches manage live services in real time, including automatically surfacing relevant scriptures and presentation slides. The company is also developing AI-powered lyrics and Pewnote, expanding its tools for both service teams and congregants.

R17 says it is backing Pewbeam as part of its focus on African technology startups. The investment comes as Pewbeam looks to deepen its AI capabilities and build technology around the operational and presentation needs of modern church services.