Nigerian Startup Launches Affordable Cybersecurity Tool

Most African businesses know they need better cybersecurity, but the tools to investigate threats and protect their data have always been too expensive or too complicated to use.

Suleiman Farouk saw this problem firsthand while running his cybersecurity consulting firm in Nigeria. Companies would ask for help investigating breaches, checking potential hires, or monitoring their digital exposure, but the international tools designed for these tasks cost more than most African organizations could afford.

So Sulfman Consulting Limited built their own solution. In September 2025, they launched Eagle Watch, an AI-powered platform that searches publicly available online information to help businesses investigate digital threats, conduct background checks, and understand their vulnerabilities.

The platform works on a simple token system where users pay only for the searches they need. No expensive subscriptions. No enterprise contracts that require months of budget approval.

Founded in 2015, Sulfman Consulting spent a decade providing penetration testing and cybersecurity training across Africa. That experience revealed a consistent pattern: businesses wanted to protect themselves, but lacked access to affordable intelligence tools that could help them spot problems before they became disasters.

Eagle Watch focuses strictly on public information, not surveillance or hacking. It analyzes data that's already available online to identify patterns and potential risks, making it useful for everything from vetting job candidates to monitoring how much information about your company is exposed on the internet.

The Ripple Effect

Beyond individual businesses, Farouk hopes Eagle Watch will change how African organizations share information about cyber threats. Right now, when one company gets attacked, they rarely share what they learned with others. That silence leaves everyone else vulnerable to the same tactics.

By making investigation tools more accessible, Sulfman is betting that more organizations will be able to identify threats, understand attack patterns, and eventually contribute to a stronger collective defense. Knowledge sharing improves when more people have the tools to gather and analyze information in the first place.

The platform represents something bigger than just another cybersecurity product. It's proof that African tech companies can build sophisticated tools that compete with international alternatives while actually serving the needs and budgets of local organizations.

Eagle Watch is now helping businesses across the continent protect themselves without breaking the bank.