The Nigerian startup ecosystem A public record

Runs programmes, in sector agnostic, in Abuja

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Abuja Enterprise Agency

Abuja
  • 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
Connects to capital Not yet confirmed · checked Sept 2026

AfriLabs

Abuja
  • Funding
  • Policy
  • Programmes

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
Connects to capital Not yet confirmed · checked Sept 2026

Africloud Tech Hub

Abuja
  • Programmes

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
Funding unclear Not yet confirmed · checked Sept 2026

Aiivon Innovation Hub

Abuja
  • 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
Funding unclear Not yet confirmed · checked Sept 2026

Center for Strategic Enterprise Development (CSED) Ltd/GTE

Abuja
  • Policy
  • Programmes

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
Funding unclear Not yet confirmed · checked Sept 2026

Civic Innovation Lab

Abuja
  • 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
Writes cheques Not yet confirmed · checked Sept 2026

DFC Technology Hub

Abuja, Lagos
  • Funding
  • Programmes

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.

For
  • Early-stage founders
Helps with
  • Access to capital
  • Investment readiness
Writes cheques Not yet confirmed · checked Sept 2026

Enovate Lab

Abuja, Kano
  • Programmes
  • Technical

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
Funding unclear Not yet confirmed · checked Sept 2026

Enspire Incubator

Abuja
  • Programmes
  • Workspace

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
Connects to capital Not yet confirmed · checked Sept 2026

Innov8 Hub

Abuja
  • Programmes

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
Funding unclear Not yet confirmed · checked Sept 2026

SENPAI

Abuja
  • 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
No funding Not yet confirmed · checked Sept 2026

SeedBuilders Innovation Hub

Abuja
  • 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
Funding unclear Not yet confirmed · checked Sept 2026

Small and Medium Enterprises Development Agency of Nigeria

Abuja
  • Funding
  • Policy
  • Programmes

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
Connects to capital Not yet confirmed · checked Sept 2026

Startup Abuja

Abuja
  • Talent
  • Media
  • Programmes

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
Connects to capital Not yet confirmed · checked Sept 2026

The CANs

Abuja
  • Funding
  • Programmes

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
Connects to capital Not yet confirmed · checked Sept 2026

Tomruk iHub

Abuja
  • Programmes
  • Workspace

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
Funding unclear Not yet confirmed · checked Sept 2026

Ventures Park

Abuja
  • Programmes
  • Workspace

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
Funding unclear Not yet confirmed · checked Sept 2026

Wennovation Hub

Abuja, Ibadan, Lagos
  • 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
Connects to capital Not yet confirmed · checked Sept 2026

Work and Connect

Abuja
  • Programmes

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
Funding unclear Not yet confirmed · checked Sept 2026

Young Innovation Leaders Fellowship

Abuja
  • Talent
  • Programmes

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