- 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
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
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
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
- 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
- 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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
Access the most comprehensive directory of innovation, technology, and impact hubs in Nigeria. Our network is diverse, but our standards are unified. Catalyzing Nigeria's innovation frontier through a national network of 230+ hubs. Apply to become part of Nigeria's largest innovation hub network.
For - Other organisations in the ecosystem
Helps with - Introductions and network
- Regulation, policy and compliance
- Research and ecosystem data
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
- 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
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
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
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
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
- 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
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 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 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
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
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
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
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