Organisations, working with aspiring founders and students

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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

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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.