September 29 marked the arrival of Impact Hub in Nigeria with the launch of Impact Hub Lagos. This is the second Impact Hub location in West Africa coming after Impact Hub Accra and number 81 in the world.
Impact Hub Lagos joins a rapidly expanding, diverse, global network of collaborative spaces, vibrant entrepreneurial communities, and capacity building programs that inspire, connect and enable real impact globally.
The first Impact Hub opened in central London in early 2005. An Impact Hub consists of three distinct elements. First, it is a vibrant community of passionate and entrepreneurial people who share an underlying intention to bring about positive change and act as peers to cross-fertilize and develop their ventures. Second, It is a source of inspiration that provides meaningful content through thought-provoking events, innovation labs, learning spaces, incubation, programs and facilitated conversations that support positive impact. Third, an Impact Hub is a physical space that offers a flexible and highly functional infrastructure to work, meet, learn and connect.
Leading the Impact Hub Lagos team is Bolaji Finnih.
Impact Hub Lagos has a mission to help individuals all over Lagos 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 facilitator of essential resources and capital.
Impact Hub Lagos provides a multi dimensional combination of a prototyping lab, a start-up incubator, world class office space, a learning space and a think tank – to create a unique ecosystem for social innovation and global impact.
Though Impact Hub will not begin operations officially till mid October, it has started inviting entrepreneurs across Nigeria.
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