Nigerian Tech Startups with innovative ideas in the areas of agriculture, commerce, governance and fintech have until May 5 to apply for Startup Nigeria.
Startup Nigeria is a three month incubation programme of the National Social Investment Programme under the Vice President’s office. It opened application on 7 April with deadline set for 21 April but was extended.
Startup offers equity funding of up to to ($7000) in equity free funding for the best startup.
Startup Nigeria is being powered by IT company Emerging Platforms, business support organisation the Ventures Platform Foundation and the Genesys Tech Hub.
The aim of the three month incubation programme is to help Nigerians with innovative ideas to create viable products, go to market and gain traction.
For applicants from the country’s North-Central region (from the states of FCT, Benue, Plateau, Kwara, Kogi, Nasarawa or Niger), Startup Nigeria is looking for agriculture and governance solutions.
In the South-Eastern region (from Enugu, Imo, Anambra, Abia or Ebony) the programme is seeking solutions around fintech or commerce from applicants.
As part of benefits of the 3 month incubation Programme, there will be training and mentorship with a specially curated curriculum designed specifically to help idea and early stage entrepreneurs.
According to posts on Startup Nigeria’s website, startups that don’t get accepted into the incubation programme will also be able to access support in business model generation, customer acquisition and other business engineering skills – from representatives located in every state in the North Central and South Eastern zones of the country.
Interested Startups can visit Startup Nigeria website for applications.
