Northern nigeria have alot of startup technological companies which people are not aware of mostly in Abuja, kano and kaduna. These startups engage in different programming, software development etc. Here are a few of these exciting startup companies in the northern part of the country.

Enspire Hub:
Since inception in 2009, Enspire Hub’s value proposition is centred around fostering business growth and success and offering complete business support services that can be accessed by every innovative company or individual admitted into its incubator program.

With a base in Abuja, it is easy to see why it is amongst the drivers of the burgeoning ecosystem in the capital city. Also, Enspire Hub is playing a crucial role in launching the Abuja Technology Village Free Zone Company (ATV), which seeks to stimulate economic growth and sustainable job creation in Nigeria through innovation.

Services include an incubation and pre-incubation program, acceleration program and business clinics.


Blue hub:
As part of efforts to drive and foster ICT enhancement, local content drive and “game-changing” innovation in the city of Kano, an indigenous young lady, by the name Maryam Lawan Gwadabe, went all out in bringing her dreams to reality. Her unrelenting optimism birthed what could possibly be the first tech hub in Kano State.The Blue Hub is a ‘tech-preneurship’ hub aimed at catering for services that have to do with technology and business incubation.
It debuted on the 23rd of February 2017, featuring a program dubbed ‘Young Minds Ideation’ — a seminar to enlighten participants about idea generation (ideation), business modelling, and entrepreneurship.
Blue Hub’s services include incubation, workspaces, workshops, seminars and ICT consultancy.

Technology Development for Poverty Alleviation Initiative (TD4PAI):
Located in the Kuje district of Abuja, TD4PAI is a non-governmental, non-profit technology incubator, accelerator, training and research and development hub that fosters innovative ideas.Founded by Dr. Agu Collins in 2014, TD4PAI has a primary focus on embedded systems and hardware programming.
The aim is to increase the socio-economic welfare of the society by creating opportunities for gainful employment via empowerment of youths from vulnerable backgrounds by making technological education accessible — particularly in rural communities — and developing life skills through innovation, incubation of startups and sustained programmes such as ICT, creative arts, sports, mentoring.

KAD ICT Hub:
It’s mission to serve as a hub for entrepreneurs, computer engineering, software development, as well as allowing software testing and IT training has seen KAD ICT Hub emerge in Kaduna. In partnership with CODERS4AFRICA, KAD ICT Hub offers a training program for beginners and advanced trainees with cutting-edge technological trends and tools. KAD ICT Hub is created by the Kaduna State government.


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StoneBricks Hub:
StoneBricks Hub was conceived by two young and successful entrepreneurs, who felt the need to support the vibrant community in Abuja by impacting on young businesses.

StoneBricks Hub’s primary goal is to empower a new crop of innovative and creative young men and women, who will add technological value to every sector of the economy and solve real problems. This immediate support stems from incubating tech-preneurs, placing them in an inspiring, and creative workspace and then, providing mentoring.

The state-of-the-art facility provides an aura that gives every incubated company full independence of their business unit and workstation while also allowing room for collaborative growth.

StartPreneurs:
StartPreneurs is a seed fund and accelerator for startups founded by Jennifer Chizua in January 2016. Having found a gap in the entrepreneurial support for startups in Abuja, the zealous entrepreneur lent herself to help.

StartPreneurs invests and accelerates innovative Nigerian startups, positioning them to be globally competitive. The focus, however, is on Machine learning, artificial intelligence, and Augmented Reality startups. The 3 month-long accelerator program covers the Model Phase, Validation Phase and Expansion phase.

Currently, startups in their accelerator program include; Tiro, Saduwa, WeMuzik and Mobidoc.

COLAB:
Located in Kaduna, CoLab arguably presents a new narrative for a state that has been marred by series of inter-tribal conflicts and insurgency attacks.
The tech hub was launched in October, 2016 by Ismaila Sanusi to provide renewed hope for entrepreneurs, developers and coders alike within Kaduna to launch their innovative ideas.
Although its incubation program is yet to kick off properly, CoLab remains home to about 8 startups, receiving mentoring and resources to nurture their ideas into businesses.

nHUB:
Asides being the first technology hub to emerge in the Northern region of Nigeria, the Jos-based nHub is almost in a class of its own with what appears to be a system that enables developers, software engineers and anyone with interest in hardcore technology to converge.

Daser David, founder of nHub, once hinted that nHub will be the one to build technology solutions from within Jos to the rest of Nigeria and even beyond.

nHub developers build products for health care, agricultural and other economic needs in Nigeria. The fellowship program, which spans a period of 8 months will see developers work on a host of projects, as each developer is subjected to a particular coding standard when handling projects.

Even after completing the program, a host of the developers are still retained while some will be hired out on to companies on temporary bases. Interestingly, the number of developers has grown tremendously since launch.

Ventures Platform:
While it’s not the first technology hub to emerge within the federal capital territory, Ventures Platform, nonetheless, has become a standard for setting up a technology incubation facility.

Ventures Platform was founded by Kola Aina on the 3rd of June to serve as a launchpad for technology innovators solving Africa’s biggest challenges. Since commencing operations, Ventures Platform has played a critical role not just in the development of the Abuja technology ecosystem but in Nigeria at large.
UPDATE [7th March, 2017]: We just got informed that Venture’s Platform’s hybrid incubation program has been converted into an accelerator program, and it now lasts 16 weeks.

Civic Innovation Lab:
The Civic Innovation Lab officially opened its doors to Abuja residents on Friday, June 9th, 2017.

While it operates no differently from most tech hubs, offering co-working facilities and event space, Civic Innovation Lab has a unique style of play; with a focus on harnessing innovation, and technology to provide effective solutions to pressing social and environmental issues.

Pioneering the Civic Innovation Lab initiative is a group of people who are passionate about technology. But it is Mosope Olaosebikan that sits as the programme’s adviser. The decision to play around social and civic impact, according to him, has a lot to do with connecting the government with the startup community. Hence, Civic Innovation Lab will be proactive in providing engagement between social innovators, the government and the tech community; in order to create sustainable solutions to solve social challenges in Nigeria.

BD Hub:
Founded by Isaac Balami, BD Hub is a social enterprise dedicated to finding and enabling world-changing businesses of tomorrow.

At its core, BD Hub provides strategic guidance and mentoring support for young companies to thrive. BD Hub is in fact setting itself up to become the ‘largest innovation Hub from Northern Nigeria’ with several works still in the pipeline and a state-of-the-art facility in Wuse, Abuja.

Other management team members are Mohammed Jega, Job Oboro Chief and Daniel Steeves.

The Tangent Eco-Innovation Hub:
The Tangent Eco-Innovation Hub is a non-profit initiative of G&P (Ghraizi & Partners Limited) focused on improving capacity in research and development of ICT applications, agriculture research, environmental management and renewable energy technologies.

With based in Abuja, the Tangent Eco-Innovation Hub provides employment opportunities and networking access to an exclusive community of researchers, renewable energy experts and venture capital partners that offer optimal opportunities towards the development of Science, Technology and Innovation (STI) in Africa.

The initiative is led by Rosaline Rosaline G. Agiamoh, Country Director Tangent Eco-Innovation Hub and co-founder & Group Head Strategy of G&P Ltd.

As of the time of curating the list, Rosaline assures that the platform will be online before the end of March, 2017.

Founders Hub:
First emerging as a haven for developers and techpreneurs in Ilorin, Kwara state, Founders Hub has transited into a tech entrepreneurship development centre providing co-working space and incubation services to young businesses within the state.
The hybrid incubator has since taken on the mantra to “revolutionise the way people work and build businesses” around the Northern region.
Founded by Adeyinka Adekeye, Founders Hub has about 5 startups, which are in their early stage of product development, currently incubated in its facility.
Incubated startups undergo a 1-year incubation session where they are offered business development training, mentorship, and seed fund through an unnamed Angel investor.

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