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
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
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
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