360Creative Innovation Hub is a fashion business accelerator working to help emerging fashion designers grow through strategic business support and expansion opportunities.
For - Early-stage founders
- Designers and creatives
Helps with - Business and operating skills
- Access to customers and markets
8thGear is a for-profit [Edu-Tech] Social Enterprise with a soft spot for Culture, Creativity, Technology and Small & Growing Businesses (SGBs) Support. Their obsession is job placements, capability/Skills development, and enterprise development for youths in Nigeria and their growing businesses.
For - Early-stage founders
- Growth-stage founders
- Young people
Helps with - Technical skills training
- Business and operating skills
- Finding a team
- Policy
- Programmes
- Workspace
We focus on the development of micro, small and medium enterprises and aims to assist new and existing entrepreneurs to overcome obstacles to growth through access to finance, proper business planning and developing entrepreneurship skills. We have developed a wide range of programmes covering Entrepreneurship Training and Curriculum Development, Business Advisory etc. We provide excellent support services by developing relevant programs and activities to start and nurture businesses.
For - Aspiring founders and students
- Early-stage founders
Helps with - Access to capital
- Business and operating skills
- Workspace
The Ado Business Incubation Centre was constituted under the Onitsha Advancement Foundation (OnAF) to support businesses in Onitsha providing innovative solutions to economic, environmental, and social challenges through an incubator, accelerator and mentorship programme focused on social impact, job creation and innovation.
For - Aspiring founders and students
- Early-stage founders
Helps with - Business and operating skills
- Mentorship
- Community and peer support
AfriLabs is the beating heart of Africa's startup ecosystem, uniting 500+ innovation hubs across 53 African countries to empower entrepreneurs with the skills, funding, and networks they need to scale. Through programs and initiatives with our global partners, we provide critical resources that turn groundbreaking ideas into market-ready solutions. By fostering policy advocacy, cross-border collaboration, and investor engagement, AfriLabs is unlocking Africa's innovation potential and shaping the next generation of tech-driven businesses. AfriLabs is a network organisation supporting Innovation Centers across African countries since 2011, founded upon the mission of building a community around the rapidly emerging technology hubs in Africa.
For - Early-stage founders
- Investors and funders
- Other organisations in the ecosystem
Helps with - Access to capital
- Introductions and network
- Regulation, policy and compliance
The African Center for Enterprise & Capacity Development (Center-ECD) is a hub for entrepreneurship, social enterprise, and human capital development. Operating as an innovation hub and co-working space, Center-ECD fosters an ecosystem where human capital is optimized for social impact and global good through excellence in education and entrepreneurship. Center-ECD offers exclusive, customized programs tailored to the specific needs of entrepreneurs and businesses in leadership and management. Through these initiatives, it systematically enhances the practice of entrepreneurial leadership and management across the African continent.
For - Aspiring founders and students
- Early-stage founders
Helps with - Business and operating skills
- Workspace
Africloud Tech Hub serves as a catalyst for African technological growth with the main goal of building an innovative and inclusive culture, assisting and accelerating the growth of innovators, encouraging knowledge sharing, and promoting entrepreneurship in the digital sector. They are committed to promoting innovation by empowering brains, sparking ideas, and cultivating tech-driven solutions.
For - Aspiring founders and students
- Early-stage founders
Helps with - Business and operating skills
- Community and peer support
- Talent
- Programmes
- Workspace
Aiivon innovation hub has directly supported hundreds of businesses and trained thousands of people in digital and business development skills. Aiivon has has 9 years experience in delivering excellent training programs and post training support to the beneficiaries. Through our incubation, acceleration and other startup support programs we have been helping startups establish profitable ventures.
For - Aspiring founders and students
- Early-stage founders
- Young people
Helps with - Technical skills training
- Business and operating skills
- Mentorship
AlphaZone Tech Hub is a dynamic, forward-thinking hub dedicated to transforming how technology talent is developed, tech services are delivered, and careers are built. It equips entrepreneurs and individuals with the skills and knowledge needed to succeed in the digital age, fostering profitability and growth in their careers. The hub also focuses on cultivating a vibrant community of tech enthusiasts, professionals, and experts who are shaping the future of the tech-driven landscape.
For - Aspiring founders and students
- Developers and engineers
Helps with - Technical skills training
- Finding a team
Description: Artificial Intelligence Hub (AI Hub) is a subsidiary of Ogba Educational Clinic with a vision to train people to code and as well as domesticating artificial intelligence (AI) in Africa. AI Hub is for training people to be future-ready for the fourth Industrial revolution by teaching them the various requirements of computer programming such as HTML, CSS, JavaScript (JS), Python, Machine Learning and Artificial Intelligence.
For - Aspiring founders and students
- Developers and engineers
- Young people
Helps with - Technical skills training
Ashpot as a hub is dedicated to catalyzing innovation, fostering entrepreneurship, and advancing technology-driven solutions for societal challenges. And with the vision to be the epicenter of innovation in the region, where ideas transform into thriving tech ventures that create lasting impact.
For - Aspiring founders and students
- Early-stage founders
Helps with - Business and operating skills
- Community and peer support
Axia Technology and Innovation Hub is an incubator with the goal to trigger innovation and create an enabling environment for the development of solutions to global challenges. They have the ambition to position and prepare the next generation of technologists for global relevance in the technology sectors. They are also providing a conducive and innovative environment that facilitates learning, peer review, and skill development.
For - Early-stage founders
- Young people
Helps with - Technical skills training
- Business and operating skills
- Talent
- Programmes
- Workspace
The Bayelsa Tech Hub, is a technology and enterprise development establishment providing a wide range of support services such as Co-work spaces, Incubation, Trainings and Robotics to help the Bayelsa community build livelihood through technology, innovation and diverse enterprises.
For - Aspiring founders and students
- Early-stage founders
- Young people
Helps with - Technical skills training
- Business and operating skills
- Workspace
- Talent
- Programmes
- Workspace
Benjamin Family initiative is an organization that is dedicated to providing an ultra-modern tech hub for women, girls, and youth empowerment in Nigeria. They run incubation programs that include Tech career enhancement, and tech training which provides equal access to tech equipping women, girls, and youth with the digital skills needed to excel in the digital economy.
For - Women in tech
- Young people
Helps with - Technical skills training
- Workspace
Black Innovations Africa is a business and technology company focused on providing home-grown innovative solutions to business, sectorial and institutional problems across diverse industries of the African economy. Their mission is to empower people, businesses and organisations to leverage on technology for productivity, growth and social change, while building the capacity of budding entrepreneurs to start, grow and scale sustainable ventures.
For - Growth-stage founders
- Other organisations in the ecosystem
Blue Sapphire Hub focuses on providing incubation programs for early stage startups and product development for corporate clients.
Helps with - Building the product
- Business and operating skills
Our community comes together to develop their capacity to build innovation and deploy their skills in building technology solutions. We provide workspace and physical infrastructure for startups and young organizations
For - Early-stage founders
- Developers and engineers
Helps with - Technical skills training
- Workspace
- Community and peer support
CeedCap is a startup studio on a mission to build great companies. We combine financial capital, human capital and analytical rigour to de-risk the process of building new ventures. As an innovation-driven startup studio, we operate on a mix of cash and equity for founders building digital products of the future.
Helps with - Access to capital
- Building the product
- Finding a team
CSED is a center that promotes sustainable poverty reduction by empowering enterprises to create sustainable jobs through research, training and education, engagement of enterprises, building bridges between regulatory agencies, enterprises and development partners, and developing innovative technologies and tools for enterprises and policy makers.
For - Early-stage founders
- Researchers and academics
Helps with - Business and operating skills
- Regulation, policy and compliance
- Research and ecosystem data
Civichive was set up to improve the capacity of existing NGOs and media organizations, thereby making a huge impact within the Nigerian space. Their mission is to build a community of active citizens and civil society organizations that find the intersection between data, design & technology.
For - Early-stage founders
- Other organisations in the ecosystem
Helps with - Business and operating skills
- Visibility and media
- Community and peer support
- Funding
- Programmes
- Workspace
At Civic Innovation Lab, we are at the frontline of supporting indigenous start-ups through seed funding, business support and provision of premium work spaces. Innovation is the blood that drives our very existence as a community. We see possibilities in every impossibility, solution in every challenge and success in every failure. Our role as an impact driven hub is to act as an intermediary, initiating conversation between the government and the start-up/tech ecosystem.
For - Early-stage founders
- Developers and engineers
- Women in tech
Helps with - Access to capital
- Workspace
- Community and peer support
- Talent
- Programmes
- Workspace
Clintonel Innovation Centre (CIC) is a solar-powered STEM Centre, Makerspace and Hardware Business Incubator. As Nigeria’s first makerspace and hardware business, we provide training, mentoring and equipment for young people to create different products and businesses.
For - Aspiring founders and students
- Developers and engineers
- Young people
Helps with - Technical skills training
- Building the product
- Mentorship
- Funding
- Programmes
- Technical
We are the leading pan-African creative and innovation ecosystem enabler. Our mission is to accelerate the application of social capital and technology for economic prosperity across Africa.
For - Early-stage founders
- Growth-stage founders
- Designers and creatives
Helps with - Access to capital
- Building the product
- Business and operating skills
- Talent
- Programmes
- Workspace
CoLab do have an independent body that oversees management and run a hybrid business model. They are a co-creation space, incubator/accelerator and an innovation space that focuses on skill acquisition, social impact and innovation.
For - Early-stage founders
- Developers and engineers
- Young people
Helps with - Technical skills training
- Workspace
- Community and peer support
The Collective Lab (also known as the Entrepreneurship & Innovation Hub) is a unit in the Student Services department with the mission of developing an innovative entrepreneurial spirit among Nile University's students. The Collective Lab provides a dedicated space for students to meet, learn, connect, create, share, and inspire, as well as the requisite guidance and support to start their own businesses.
For - Aspiring founders and students
Helps with - Workspace
- Mentorship
- Community and peer support
The Collective Lab (also known as the Entrepreneurship & Innovation Hub) is a unit in the Student Services department with the mission of developing an innovative entrepreneurial spirit among Nile University’s students. The Collective Lab provides a dedicated space for students to meet, learn, connect, create, share, and inspire, as well as the requisite guidance and support to start their own businesses.
For - Aspiring founders and students
Helps with - Business and operating skills
- Community and peer support
CorestreamNG is a software development venture and a pioneer in AI software in Nigeria. The company supports innovators by providing solutions that include hospital management and automation software, learning management systems, telemedicine applications, and real estate apps.
For - Early-stage founders
- Other organisations in the ecosystem
Coriftech Solutions is a technology incubation center that carries out training for the Employability, Empowerment, and Entrepreneurship growth of youths in Africa. With the vision of building a stronger Tech community through Industry-led training and mentoring, they have been able to develop a training strategy that has seen trainees develop over 5 Startups and over 370 Jobs in the last 5 years.
For - Developers and engineers
- Young people
Helps with - Technical skills training
- Finding a team
CAVIC is a creative hub that provides artists with access to facilities to enable them to pick up new skills, make them more visible and help them generate wealth in the creative ecosystem of Africa, whether they are visual artists, photographers, performers, designers, musicians, curators, or consumers of creative works. The Creative Arts and Visual Imagery Centre’s (CAVIC) mission is to advance artistic excellence, innovation, and creativity for the benefit of individuals.
Helps with - Technical skills training
- Workspace
- Visibility and media
Creative Space Startups focuses on how to continually fuel, support and grow a start-up community that helps aspiring entrepreneurs to start and scale their enterprises, hopefully creating jobs that Nigeria & Africa need so dearly. They are an open space focused on social impact, skill acquisition and innovation.
For - Aspiring founders and students
- Early-stage founders
Helps with - Business and operating skills
- Workspace
- Community and peer support
DFC Technology Hub Limited is a Technology Accelerator, Startup Incubator, and technology-focused venture capital company with a strategic initiative to accelerate the pace of technology development in Africa.
Helps with - Access to capital
- Investment readiness
Data Science Nigeria is a non-profit registered as Data Scientists Network Foundation. Their vision is to develop Nigeria’s AI ecosystem and position the country as a world-class AI skill, research and outsourcing destination. The AI Hub is the first-of-its-kind to create a dedicated Artificial Intelligence-specific workspace and research centre for young Nigerians with AI-centric ideas to develop, incubate and scale up their innovation.
For - Developers and engineers
- Young people
- Researchers and academics
Helps with - Technical skills training
- Research and ecosystem data
Devamplify hub is a Tech innovation community focused on providing support for individuals that are interested in tackling some of our biggest challenges in the southeastern part of Nigeria, Nigeria, and Africa using innovative technology.
For - Aspiring founders and students
- Developers and engineers
Helps with - Technical skills training
- Community and peer support
EarlyFounders is a coding school for entrepreneurs and children, that intends to redefine learning, entrepreneurship, and creativity in Africa. The goal is to make opportunities accessible for every entrepreneur and child of African origin to achieve their potential by acquiring the necessary skills to express their innovative ideas, regardless of their location on the continent. They envision a future where African entrepreneurs and children lead the way, driving positive change in Africa through technology and entrepreneurship.
For - Aspiring founders and students
- Young people
Helps with - Technical skills training
Edufun Technik STEM Hub is an innovative, open-source research, business incubation, entrepreneurship learning and development Hub, for individuals, entrepreneurs, and educational organisations, with the focus on using technology to improve education, start-ups, and SMEs. Their mission is to provide free resources to those of the STEM and Maker community and to also promote open-source collaboration for educational and technological achievement.
For - Aspiring founders and students
- Early-stage founders
- Young people
Helps with - Technical skills training
- Business and operating skills
Eko Innovation Centre focuses on accelerating enterprises by leveraging innovation and technology at the core of their business. Their goal is to be the leading driver for economic growth through enterprise development and scaling enterprise employability.
For - Early-stage founders
- Growth-stage founders
Helps with - Building the product
- Business and operating skills
Engausa Global Technology is a citadel of digital innovations that seek to change digital narratives in Northern Nigeria through STEM and skill-based teaching process of the new emerging technologies. While there is a need for inclusivenes and gender balance of digital technology in Nigeria, the mission of Engausa is to change technology narratives by using the mother tongue as an instrument of teaching technological skills and balancing technological gender gaps in Kano.
For - Aspiring founders and students
- Young people
Helps with - Technical skills training
Ennovate Lab is an innovation centre focused on social impact, innovation and education. It is an enterprise and innovation hub where creative minds meet to systematically develop and transform communities through technology, creativity, and social enterprise.
For - Aspiring founders and students
- Designers and creatives
- Young people
Helps with - Technical skills training
- Community and peer support
Enovate Lab is a company of creatives and problem solvers who are tackling local challenges in Africa using an innovative approach. They help enterprises, startups and entrepreneurs navigate hurdles by providing them with services such as acceleration, business development, software development, digital marketing and custom service solutions by leveraging on technology.
For - Early-stage founders
- Growth-stage founders
Helps with - Building the product
- Business and operating skills
enspire is a technology centric incubation program for early-stage startups focused on building viable businesses. The program commenced in 2013 and has supported more than 200 startups and individuals in various economic sectors in Nigeria. We run a quarterly ideation program for a maximum of 20 startups where they are mentored, advised and put on the path for minimum viable product development. enspire is amongst the major initiatives of Abuja Technology Village Free Zone Company (ATV). It seeks to stimulate economic growth and sustainable job creation through innovation, entrepreneurship, enterprise development and technology commercialization by providing training, mentoring, networking opportunities and access to investors.
For - Aspiring founders and students
- Early-stage founders
Helps with - Investment readiness
- Workspace
- Mentorship
Equilibrium zone is an innovation hub creating, innovating, nurturing, supporting and enabling early-stage promising companies that are solving social problems and creating economic value in Africa. We incubate and invest in innovative start-ups and enterprises by providing them with the adequate structure, strategy, data, tools, support and competent workforce to accelerate their growth and enable them to scale.
Helps with - Access to capital
- Investment readiness
- Business and operating skills
Eridan Group is a venture builder promoting entrepreneurs to build enterprises that transform the world. They connect with, train, and empower startups to become accomplished leaders to advance, accelerate, and scale impact enterprises in collaboration with purposeful investors and organizations.
For - Early-stage founders
- Growth-stage founders
Helps with - Building the product
- Business and operating skills
- Mentorship
Exponential Hub is an arm of Simply Exponential Consult Limited and is oriented around entrepreneurship and employability. They have had one incubation cohort since inception.
For - Early-stage founders
- Young people
Helps with - Business and operating skills
- Finding a team
Founders Hub serves as the meeting point for enterpreneurs to meet, brain-storm, share ideas and collaborate. This is achieved through knowledge partnership events, meet-ups, focus groups, hackathons, competitions, workshops. They are an innovation hub that is focused on skill acquisition, youth engagement and innovation and get most of their funds from Africa.
For - Aspiring founders and students
- Early-stage founders
Helps with - Introductions and network
- Community and peer support
The Genesys Technology Hub is an idea, creativity and knowledge-based platform. It is a people and business capacity-development initiative designed to drive innovation, productivity and economic output in Nigeria.
For - Early-stage founders
- Developers and engineers
Helps with - Technical skills training
- Business and operating skills
Grand Africa Initiative (GAIN) is a Pan-African Non-governmental organization helping African young men and women, between 15 and 35 years, develop and harness their unique ideas, talents and abilities for success in education, entrepreneurship, innovation and employment. We train, mentor and empower African youth with digital, leadership, employability and entrepreneurial skills for self-sustenance and professional growth. To provide a platform for all round sustainable youth development as catalysts for a safer, competitive and empowered Africa.
For - Aspiring founders and students
- Young people
Helps with - Technical skills training
- Business and operating skills
- Mentorship
Hamplus Technologies Int’l is a hub that encourages and advances digital knowledge through technology locally tailored to fit environmental needs.
Helps with - Technical skills training
Heartland Incubation Hub main goal is to attract, train and retain top talents in technological innovation and enterprise development in Nigeria. They are an incubator and accelerator focused on social impact, skill acquisition and innovation and get most of their funds from Africa.
For - Early-stage founders
- Developers and engineers
Helps with - Technical skills training
- Finding a team
Hebron Start-up Lab is one of the research clusters at Covenant University. It operates as a Start-up Accelerator to take ideas from Concept to Product to Market. Through the Lab, the Hebron Start-Up Lab (HSL) strives to stir the culture of innovation, facilitate the commercialization of research output, and transform concepts into market-ready products.
For - Aspiring founders and students
- Early-stage founders
Helps with - Investment readiness
- Building the product
- Business and operating skills
Iba Ajie is a custodian of knowledge, a cultural and art centre, which celebrates their legacy in the promotion of education, technology, and innovation.
For - Designers and creatives
- Young people
Helps with - Technical skills training
- Visibility and media
ICE HUB is a technology innovation hub based in Nigeria, dedicated to empowering young people through comprehensive digital skills training and advanced software development initiatives. By fostering innovation, creativity, and technical excellence, ICE HUB is committed to equipping the next generation with the tools and knowledge needed to thrive in the digital economy.
For - Developers and engineers
- Young people
Helps with - Technical skills training
- Building the product
Ihifix Innovation Hub is a Technology organization that delivers digital-enabled business solutions efficiently. They are innovation hubs that unite researchers, creators, and innovators to nurture ideas into industry-changing products and services. They also provide co-working space that their customers and clients can simply access.
For - Developers and engineers
- Researchers and academics
The vision of Ilorin Innovation Hub is to transform Kwara into an economically viable and self-sustainable state via digital literacy, youth empowerment, innovation and technology. The Ilorin Innovation Hub is one of several efforts to drive adoption of technology across the state, which will in turn drive development.
For - Aspiring founders and students
- Young people
Helps with - Technical skills training
Impact Hub Lagos aims to help individuals all over the world move from intention to impact by serving as a springboard for exploring ideas and sharing knowledge; a curator of innovation through labs, learning spaces, incubation and acceleration programs and as facilitators of essential resources and capital.
For - Aspiring founders and students
- Early-stage founders
Helps with - Business and operating skills
- Workspace
- Community and peer support
Innov8 Hub is a not-for-profit, non-governmental organization, with a mandate to groom Innovators, Investors, Researchers, Creatives, Entrepreneurs and Venture creators; as well as inculcate the culture of Innovation, Creativity and Entrepreunership in Nigerians. They strategically aid and collaborate with organizations and individuals seeking to transform their ideas into inventions, inventions into solutions, solutions into enterprise.
For - Aspiring founders and students
- Early-stage founders
- Designers and creatives
- Investors and funders
Helps with - Business and operating skills
- Community and peer support
Aba, Asaba, Onitsha, Umuahia Innovation Growth Hub is contributing to fulfilling sustainable development goals four and eight which stands for promoting lifelong learning opportunities for all and promoting sustainable economic growth & decent work for all respectively. They are an innovation hub that is focused on job creation, skill acquisition and innovation and get most of their funds from Africa.
For - Early-stage founders
- Young people
Helps with - Technical skills training
- Business and operating skills
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For - Other organisations in the ecosystem
Helps with - Introductions and network
- Regulation, policy and compliance
- Research and ecosystem data
Innovia Labs is a deep-tech and digital manufacturing technology company that integrates cutting-edge enabling technologies with operational creativity in additive and subtractive manufacturing. Their expertise spans multiple industries, including clean tech, robotics, artificial intelligence, machine learning, aerospace, health tech, industrial equipment and manufacturing, lifestyle technologies, agritech, mobility, and electronics. Innovia Labs support individuals, entrepreneurs, and dynamic startups by providing a spacious and versatile workspace designed to be a catalyst for innovation.
For - Growth-stage founders
- Developers and engineers
JD Lab is a technology and innovation hub with years of experience in building capacity, solutions, and developing products majorly around improving the educational sector.
For - Developers and engineers
- Young people
Helps with - Technical skills training
- Building the product
Kristina Jade Center is a co-creation space that supports a community of entrepreneurs and professionals through connections, creativity, and collaboration. The center aims to provide a productive and innovative environment where entrepreneurs can learn, work, and grow their businesses.
For - Early-stage founders
- Designers and creatives
Helps with - Workspace
- Introductions and network
- Community and peer support
The KV hub is a catalyst for growth and creativity, fostering an ecosystem of support and opportunity for entrepreneurs across the continent. the hub serves as a dynamic and engaging environment for the development of innovative ideas and the nurturing of emerging talent.
Helps with - Introductions and network
- Community and peer support
LearnFactory Nigeria is the first full-stack software development training and technology hub in South-East Nigeria. We are passionate about grooming Craftsmen and Software Engineers; as well as education and how we can enhance its outcomes using technology. We fervently believe that for our children to maximize their learning experience, they must transition from being just consumers of information to become creators of information.
For - Aspiring founders and students
- Developers and engineers
Helps with - Technical skills training
- Building the product
Lhaude Africa is a leading creative design institution that fosters opportunities for fashion entrepreneurs and talents to grow and thrive. With a vision to establish a vibrant fashion community where talents, ideas, and creativity can flourish, Lhaude Africa invests in fashion education, capacity development, mentorship, and community support while facilitating funding opportunities. In 2020, they launched “The Creative Haven,” a digital community designed as a space for fashion entrepreneurs and talents to connect, collaborate, and create.
For - Early-stage founders
- Designers and creatives
Helps with - Technical skills training
- Community and peer support
- Talent
- Programmes
- Workspace
Mehub is an accelerator with a co-working space that nurtures and help entrepreneur leverage technology. Their mission is to integrate their community with ICT digital skills and even beyond, by introducing them to skills through software application solutions to people and businesses and to empower their incubators to learn, grow & make a difference in their communities with agile software development skills acquired
For - Early-stage founders
- Young people
Helps with - Technical skills training
- Business and operating skills
- Workspace
Description: Mustapha Akanbi Library Hub is an open, serene and beautiful shared workspace for startups and entrepreneurs at lower cost than they would spend on space of their own. The hub gives small businesses and ambitious entrepreneurs the platform to work and pursue their goals in a revolutionary smart way.
For - Aspiring founders and students
- Early-stage founders
Mentors Innovation Hub aims to foster innovation and collaboration amongst startups, entrepreneurs and solution developer’s, to enhance the understanding of information technology and aid development of innovative solutions in business management by leveraging on technology. The Innovation Hub’s operation is structured around three core themes; Entrepreneurship, Innovation, and Leadership.
For - Early-stage founders
- Developers and engineers
Helps with - Technical skills training
- Community and peer support
Midtown Tech Hub is an innovation centre for technology talent development, Software & Hardware Developers, tech enthusiasts, tech companies, entrepreneurs, STEM, educators, and technology investors with a focus to support technology disruptors, software developers, and entrepreneurs to achieve their goals and vision from ideation to deployment; to create a community of skilled people with a zeal for innovation and creativity; to enable Start-ups to navigate exponential growth, to optimize established businesses and innovate in response to emerging threats.
For - Early-stage founders
- Developers and engineers
- Investors and funders
Helps with - Technical skills training
- Workspace
- Community and peer support
Mswitch is a dynamic multimedia firm that offers world-class media services that include; creative spaces for live recordings, content creation and dissemination, storytelling, podcast recordings, filmmaking, and a wide range of creative services.
Helps with - Workspace
- Visibility and media
MusterPoint offers diverse options to providing productivity focus, well curated workplaces that encourage collaboration, innovation, a balanced lifestyle and experience for Entrepreneurs, Creators, Start-Ups, Small Businesses, and Large Corporations as well, through our products and services.
For - Early-stage founders
- Designers and creatives
Helps with - Workspace
- Community and peer support
The NASENI Innovation Hub is a vibrant ecosystem designed to bridge support gaps for innovators and startups, providing critical infrastructure, mentorship, and resources to accelerate Nigeria’s journey toward industrialization and self-reliance. With NASENI’s mission to drive technological development, the Hub nurtures young innovators and businesses, fosters collaboration, and supports the commercialization of new technologies, ultimately boosting competitiveness, creating market-ready products, and enhancing Nigeria’s economic productivity.
For - Aspiring founders and students
- Early-stage founders
Helps with - Building the product
- Business and operating skills
- Mentorship
Nebiant Analytics is a tech data lab dedicated to empowering women, entrepreneurs, and professionals by providing training programs and courses in technology, data, and AI skills.
For - Early-stage founders
- Developers and engineers
- Women in tech
Helps with - Technical skills training
Nicademia Hub is an innovation centre for creatives and techies, designed for African talents with the aim of providing the necessary infrastructure needed to leapfrog local African talents to global standards.
For - Developers and engineers
- Designers and creatives
Helps with - Technical skills training
- Workspace
Thescathcompanies Ltd is a tech enabled holding company that provides early stage private equity funding & business development advisory service for businesses and companies across various sectors. They focus on assisting businesses scale & accelerate startup growth in Africa.
For - Early-stage founders
- Growth-stage founders
Helps with - Access to capital
- Investment readiness
- Business and operating skills
Olotu Square is an innovation hub interested in the chain of youth capacity building in business and innovative technologies to promote entrepreneurship in order to achieve the best Startup and Technology success stories in Africa. They are an innovation center focused on social impact, youth engagement and innovation.
For - Early-stage founders
- Young people
Helps with - Technical skills training
- Business and operating skills
Online Hub Educational Services, also known as @OnlineHubNG, is Nigeria’s foremost digital education provider. It serves as Nigeria’s leading digital content platform, empowering learners and educators with courses and workshops to educate and encourage professionals in the tech-based industry. The organization is passionate about identifying talented minds, guiding them through innovative training, deploying tech talent, and developing sustainable solutions in Ogun State, Nigeria. Online Hub Educational Services collaborates with small, medium, and large organizations, as well as autonomous product groups within larger organizations. Their projects encompass strategy development and execution, digital content development, digital skills consultation, training, and mentoring.
For - Aspiring founders and students
- Young people
Helps with - Technical skills training
Ile-Ife, Lagos, Osogbo, Port Harcourt Opolo Global Innovation Hub is focused on developing viable solutions to local challenges by utilizing innovation from their inventive workspaces and inspiring creativity, advancing effectiveness and encouraging coordinated efforts among members. Their mission is to accelerate growth of ideas that create opportunities through innovation, design-thinking, and a robust global network of partners.
For - Early-stage founders
- Designers and creatives
Helps with - Business and operating skills
- Workspace
- Community and peer support
Plus Innovation Hub is a community of vibrant startups and tech enthusiasts in Lagos. We offer services like Annual Incubation Programme, Code Camp, Digital Skills Training, Hack SDG, Business Clinics and Masterclasses for startups, as well as organize tech meetups for incubatees. We are a founding member of ISN Nigeria.
For - Early-stage founders
- Developers and engineers
Helps with - Technical skills training
- Business and operating skills
- Community and peer support
RAD5 Tech Hub is a thriving community for developers, creatives and startup founders in Southeast Nigeria. the hub supports the growth of over 1,000 software engineers, designers and technology entrepreneurs through beginner, intermediate and advanced levels.
For - Early-stage founders
- Developers and engineers
- Designers and creatives
Helps with - Technical skills training
- Community and peer support
RLabs is a social enterprise that has impacted more than 7.5 million individuals globally in 22 countries reconstructing communities through training, innovation, and entrepreneurship.
Helps with - Technical skills training
- Business and operating skills
RIL facilitates technology experiments from ideation to formation of business units, and translates solutions to enterprise.
Roar Hub is an incubator and accelerator focused on social impact, youth engagement, and innovation. They currently have an incubation program that runs for a period of 3 months and partner with the Science Park in Nsukka for the acceleration of their startups.
For - Early-stage founders
- Young people
Helps with - Business and operating skills
- Community and peer support
Abakaliki, Calabar, Ibadan, Lagos, Port Harcourt, Uyo Roothub incubates, accelerates and supports business ideas to increase the number of self-sufficient Businesses. They are a co-creation space that is focused on social impact, job creation and innovation.
For - Aspiring founders and students
- Early-stage founders
Helps with - Business and operating skills
- Workspace
- Community and peer support
SAIL Innovation Lab is a dedicated Innovation and tech lab that is providing relevant technology, business and digital skills to tech enthusiasts and young entrepreneurs across the Lagos East Senatorial District.
For - Aspiring founders and students
- Young people
Helps with - Technical skills training
- Business and operating skills
- Talent
- Programmes
- Technical
We design, build and pilot the digital systems Africa needs. We work with institutions, government agencies, startups and NGOs to improve how people move, learn, get power, get care and access public services. We turn those problems into working technology, then test and improve it with the people who depend on it.
For - Aspiring founders and students
- Early-stage founders
- Other organisations in the ecosystem
Helps with - Technical skills training
- Building the product
- Visibility and media
- Talent
- Programmes
- Workspace
Sabi Hub provides training, idea incubation, start-up space, mentorship, and access to funding. Their mission is to build the capacity of youths in technology, employability, entrepreneurship and personal development skills.
For - Aspiring founders and students
- Young people
Helps with - Access to capital
- Technical skills training
- Workspace
- Mentorship
- Talent
- Programmes
- Workspace
Seedbuilders Innovation is an innovation, technology and research hub and a coworking community that supports startups. We operate as an incubation hub and launchpad for startups and social projects. At Seed builders, our vision is to be Africa's leading Advisory destination and incubator for start-ups and high growth organizations across all industries. We provide startups and entrepreneurs the tools, coworking community, business advisory, guidance, mentorship, connections and funding to make their businesses run more efficiently and become scalable through highly innovative methodologies.
For - Aspiring founders and students
- Early-stage founders
- Women in tech
Helps with - Technical skills training
- Workspace
- Research and ecosystem data
We are committed to helping Nigerian SMEs G.R.O.W. fast and sustainably. Providing them with the right amount of Guidance, Resources, Opportunities, and Workforce Support. From first spark to full scale, get the tools, training, and guidance to bring your entrepreneurial journey to life.
For - Early-stage founders
- Growth-stage founders
- Women in tech
Helps with - Access to capital
- Business and operating skills
- Access to customers and markets
Start Innovation Hub is a platform for people to live their tech dreams with the deliberate intention of stimulating economic growth in the technology community by providing access to business expertise.
For - Early-stage founders
- Developers and engineers
Helps with - Business and operating skills
- Community and peer support
Startup Abuja is a social enterprise and accelerator platform dedicated to empowering founders, innovators, and small businesses across the NIgeria and Africa. We exist to strengthen the startup ecosystem by providing access to training, mentorship, expert guidance, ecosystem events, and investor exposure. We bridge the gap between ideas and opportunities-helping founders build, scale, and grow sustainably. Startup Abuja does not directly fund startups but prepares and positions you for global and local investment pathways.
For - Aspiring founders and students
- Early-stage founders
- Investors and funders
Helps with - Investment readiness
- Business and operating skills
- Introductions and network
TVC Labs is an incubator, a profit making venture desired to implement strategic technology solutions for startups,post-revenue company or even for a mature organization. the vision is to achieve both innovation and independence for new ideas and others within the African continent, especially West Africa. They have currently invested in 8 startups which are at seed stage and 2 growth stage.
For - Early-stage founders
- Growth-stage founders
Helps with - Investment readiness
- Building the product
TechQuest is a non-profit STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics) Education Provider. We empower individuals, schools and organizations with content, resources, and tools needed to impact young Africans in STEM for the development of Africa and Africans.
For - Aspiring founders and students
- Young people
Helps with - Technical skills training
The Bulb Africa is a platform for Africans leveraging technology. They support entrepreneurs and startups with their incubation and acceleration programs, which allows them to help turn ideas into business realities.
For - Early-stage founders
- Developers and engineers
Helps with - Technical skills training
- Business and operating skills
The core of our business is enabling social innovation. When we make innovation possible, we improve the quality of life, income level, access to basic services and societal growth. We link promising developmental projects with impact investors and government agencies. We connect foreign agencies and investors with local initiatives and provide technical support to accelerate their impact.
For - Early-stage founders
- Investors and funders
Helps with - Access to capital
- Introductions and network
The Hague Institute for Innovation of Law Innovation Hubs is HilL’s flagship innovation programme that funds, trains, and scales a global cohort of justice startups each year. They provide grant funding, business acceleration services, access to free technical tools, connections to local and global mentors, and promotional opportunities.
Helps with - Access to capital
- Investment readiness
- Regulation, policy and compliance
The Hive Incubator is a startup hub dedicated to empowering local entrepreneurs by providing a supportive ecosystem that fosters innovation, collaboration, and business growth. Through mentorship, resources, and strategic networks. They support and helps entrepreneurs and innovators transform bold ideas into impactful, scalable solutions for a better future.
For - Aspiring founders and students
- Early-stage founders
Helps with - Business and operating skills
- Introductions and network
- Mentorship
The Incubator Hubs aim to promote digital education in line with Goal 4 of the UN Sustainable Development Goals, ensuring inclusive and equitable quality education and fostering lifelong learning opportunities for all. They strive to provide an optimal collaborative environment within their community. Their mission also focuses on developing the next generation of innovators and entrepreneurs who will drive national development through technological and educational advancements key tools for addressing social and economic challenges in line with the UN Sustainable Development Goals and other future international collaborative agendas.
For - Aspiring founders and students
- Young people
Helps with - Technical skills training
The Nest seeks to take the lead in continuous education and provide an enabling environment for startups and businesses to grow and to drive the human capacity development of the youth towards productivity through training, funding, mentoring and collaboration.
For - Aspiring founders and students
- Early-stage founders
Helps with - Business and operating skills
- Workspace
- Mentorship
Tomruk iHub is a community center that nurtures disruptive innovators through a culture of collaboration and co-creation to become catalysts of progressive change in their communities. They are an innovation centre with focus on social impact, skill acquisition, youth engagement, and innovation and get most of their funds from Africa.
For - Early-stage founders
- Young people
Helps with - Workspace
- Community and peer support
Uplift Hub is a creative and innovation hub upskilling members of the community for competitiveness and employability while creating a sustainable tech ecosystem, also focused on social impact, job creation, skill acquisition, youth engagement and innovation and get most of their funds from Africa.
For - Aspiring founders and students
- Young people
Helps with - Technical skills training
- Community and peer support
Vortex is a creative entrepreneurship and entertainment venture that exports African culture through visual artistry. They blend various forms of creative expression, offering high-quality entertainment across multiple media platforms, including comics, cartoons, art, and film. By harnessing digital media, Vortex Corp. bridges the gap between art and technology, showcasing African stories to a global audience.
- Talent
- Programmes
- Workspace
The Vatebra tech-hub creates an exciting digital innovative space where business and education interact to harness skills in innovation and technology. At the core of our work is to provide relevant digital skills for teeming youths. This includes training in software development, data science, product design, software testing and more. We provide STEM ( Science Technology Engineering Mathematics )education through our fully equipped robotics Labs for Kids & Young Adults. Their startup Incubation programmes includes, hackathons, pitch events, and investment readiness sessions to help businesses in our ecosystem grow and connect them to relevant opportunities and funding.
For - Developers and engineers
- Young people
Helps with - Technical skills training
We Support Entrepreneurs Building The Future Of Africa. Join our dynamic community of innovators and entrepreneurs who are building solutions to democratize wealth in Africa. From private offices to dedicated desks and hot desks, we offer a range of coworking spaces designed to inspire productivity, creativity, and innovation.
For - Early-stage founders
- Developers and engineers
- Designers and creatives
Helps with - Workspace
- Mentorship
- Community and peer support
We back founders building the future of Africa. We invest in companies that solve for non-consumption, plug infrastructural gaps and democratise prosperity in Africa, by eliminating the barriers to access and reducing the costs of delivering goods and services. We invest in founders building market-creating innovations.
For - Early-stage founders
- Growth-stage founders
Helps with - Access to capital
- Investment readiness
- Introductions and network
VIH’s Mission is to build a community that inspires growth by incubating, nurturing and scaling ideas leveraging technology, innovation and creativity. They target MSME’s and Entrepreneurs in the South Eastern Part of Nigeria at the pilot phase with the scalability plan being to provide support to businesses across Nigeria. We leverage on technology, innovation and creativity to help our target incubate, nurture, sustain and scale their businesses.
For - Early-stage founders
- Growth-stage founders
Helps with - Business and operating skills
- Community and peer support
- Funding
- Programmes
- Workspace
Wennovation Hub is a venture development company that supports early stage startups and growing teams across emerging sectors, giving them access to incubation, acceleration, investment opportunities, market access and mentorship to build thriving startups. We are Empowering African Entrepreneurs and building commercially viable businesses. As the pioneer innovation hub in Nigeria, we have propelled numerous startups to success and continue to do so across various sectors.
For - Early-stage founders
- Growth-stage founders
- Women in tech
Helps with - Investment readiness
- Mentorship
- Access to customers and markets
Wootlab Innovations Limited is a software engineering and talent outsourcing organisation that addresses the major societal challenges by leveraging technology to advance human capital development.
For - Developers and engineers
- Other organisations in the ecosystem
Helps with - Building the product
- Finding a team
Work and Connect is a hybrid model enterprise support organization that holistically builds capacity, supports the growth of youth-led businesses, innovation-driven entrepreneurs, and acceleration of MSMEs.
For - Early-stage founders
- Young people
Helps with - Investment readiness
- Business and operating skills
YIL Fellowship is a platform dedicated towards equipping young professionals with the soft skills they need to become innovation leaders and to rightly position themselves for the future of work. Focus: Incubator, Innovation Centre
For - Aspiring founders and students
- Young people
Helps with - Business and operating skills
- Mentorship
Darey.io is committed to advancing tech careers worldwide. Their innovative contextual e-hub platform integrates social learning, real-world projects, cybersecurity, and ongoing support, all aimed at propelling the careers of tech professionals and entrepreneurs forward.
For - Developers and engineers
- Young people
Helps with - Technical skills training
- Finding a team
iBridge Hub is a collaborative space for people to connect, learn and work together, is the tech heartbeat of Ibadan, they leverage technology to design and implement creative solutions and partnerships.It is also a co-creation hub that focuses on skill acquisition, social impact and innovation.
For - Early-stage founders
- Developers and engineers
Helps with - Building the product
- Workspace
- Community and peer support
nHub is focused on empowering entrepreneurs on their journey to build great ideas out of little or nothing, they work with start-ups at every stage of maturity to provide the tools, resources, knowledge and expertise they need to succeed.
For - Aspiring founders and students
- Early-stage founders
- Growth-stage founders
Helps with - Technical skills training
- Business and operating skills
- Mentorship