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SENPAI

Abuja
Also listed as Senpai Futures, SENPAI FUTURES LTD, Think Senpai

How they can help

Technical skills training · Building the product · Visibility and media

For Aspiring founders and students, Early-stage founders, Other organisations in the ecosystem

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Sources checked 16 September 2026. Entry confirmed by the organisation.

In their own words

We design, build, and pilot the digital systems Africa needs.

senpaifutures.com (opens in a new tab)

What they do
Supplies talent Runs programmes Builds the technology
What they help with
Technical skills trainingBuilding the productVisibility and media
Who they serve
Aspiring founders and studentsEarly-stage foundersOther organisations in the ecosystem
Do they fund
No funding involved
How you engage
You apply, they select
Sectors they work in
Works across sectors

Works across sectors We work with institutions, government agencies, startups and NGOs to improve how people move, learn, get power, get care and access public services. senpaifutures.com (opens in a new tab)

What stands behind each
  • You can see it yourself
  • Something dated backs it
  • Their word for it
How to reach them

Confirmed by them.

Henry Ikoh · Founder

What we know, and when we knew it

2 checks

The newest thing we know they did is dated 14 September 2026.

View sources and evidence history (2)
  1. A dated post

    Homepage lists numbered field notes; the two newest, "What we found building the Nigerian ecosystem record" and "The Nigerian startup ecosystem map", are both printed "Field note 06 · 14 Sept 2026" and "Field note 05 · 14 Sept 2026", with note 04 dated 30 Aug 2026. (opens in a new tab)

    Happened 14 September 2026  ·  Checked 16 September 2026  ·  our research

  2. Site live, no dates on it

    Their own site lists Programs as a service line: 'Training, fellowships and accelerators. We design them, run them, and build the software underneath that shows what they actually produced.' Publishes dated field notes on its own work, the most recent on 14 September 2026, and built and published this record (opens in a new tab)

    Checked 14 September 2026  ·  our research

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