Who We Are?
About Us
We have been at the forefront of Business Support Development, Digital innovation and capacity building for startups in Nigeria for the past 5+ years. SGIH has over the years through our structure supported over 60 startups through its focus areas such as; Grant Advisory, Commercial Fund Facilitation, research & development; business support & consultancy; incubation program & Pre-acceleration; capacity development training; Mentorship; professional consultancy, access to funding opportunities, and lots more to commercialize for our start-ups building sustainable & innovative cutting-edge solutions, that has been real concrete value in improving the social and economic development of Africa. Through our partnership with DAS Group, Astound Hub, Respectech Hub and other reputable organizations, we are directly influencing the lives of many Africans and Nigerians who are aspiring to become successful entrepreneurs especially in the creative and civic technology industries.
Our Mission
To develop the skilled workforce and products required to create a Sustainable Africa.
Our Vision
The Smart Gate Innovation Hub (SGIH) creates an exciting digital innovative space where business and education interact to harness skills in innovation and technology. Small and early-stage, high-growth businesses will be able to access advisory services, trainings, mentorship and business incubation.
The vision for the hub is to provide a meeting point for learning, innovation, business creation, networking and incubation. The centre will be a hub for business-to-business interaction, knowledge exchange and access to apprenticeship and higher skills development, all of which will help to attract and retain talent in the state and its environs.
The hub also has a design capability, enabling businesses to undertake research, develop prototypes and proofs of concept.
Our facility is used to inspire the region’s school children and those in further education to consider digital careers.
Software development is one of the fastest growing and in-demand careers, with the potential to yield huge business opportunities, particularly for small digital freelancers looking to develop innovative new products and services.
The hub aims to help drive the adoption of emerging technologies across the State’s corporates, public sector and academia. The Smart Gate Innovation Hub is aimed at furthering digital transformation in Nigeria by raising awareness about the impact of emerging technologies such as Civic Technologies, Artificial Intelligence (AI) and Social Challenges to help drive economic growth and support the delivery of innovative and transparent services to citizens and communities.
In summary, the hub is an idea incubator and an environment that birth new Social Impact project and businesses; it will be an integrated business and education facility. Entrepreneurs and business people will work alongside each other in a professional environment with facilities to enhance business and study.
Our Vision
To be the foremost Social and Civic Innovation enablers from Africa, leading global transformation.
Extraordinary Experiences
CivicTech to INCUBATION
Our incubator/accelerator program is for start-ups and budding entrepreneurs with genius Civic Tech driven business and social entrepreneurship ideas. We provide business mentorship and infrastructural support (office spaces) that will help the entrepreneurs scale.
AutomationLab to ROBOTICS
Our Robotics lab fosters education, training, research & development of robots that are applicable in solving real-life problems.
IdeationLab to TRAINING
We offer tech training as short courses, intermediary courses and professional curricular courses. Our courses cut across Programming (websites, webapps, apps etc), Graphic Design, Video Editing, Digital Marketing.
We organize events and meetups aimed at engaging the different communities, startups, entrepreneurs and students around us. We provide them with resources to help them grow in different areas like technology, programming, finance/business, health etc. We gather smaller, interest-driven groups, to share, learn and grow together and this is to help people especially.
Our Core Values
- Safety and Security
- Intergrity and Ethnics
- Respect
- Innovation
- Drive