The National Information Technology Development Agency is working to ensure that every Nigerian state has at least two functioning innovation hubs, as the agency expands support for technology startups and seeks to widen access to digital entrepreneurship opportunities.
NITDA Director-General, Kashifu Abdullahi, disclosed the plan at the recent foundation-laying ceremony for the Renewed Hope Startup Hub in Abuja, a project backed by a $10.4m grant from the Japanese government through the Japan International Cooperation Agency.
The proposed expansion is intended to give entrepreneurs outside major technology centres greater access to incubation programmes, equipment and other resources needed to develop ideas into market-ready products and businesses.
“Today, we are laying the foundation, not just for an innovation hub, but for new enterprises, new opportunities, new partnerships, and a future where our youth ideas can be turned and used to solve our national problems and global challenges,” Abdullahi said.
The initiative comes
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