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Ideate. Innovate. Incubate.

Where the South East learns, builds and grows.

A technology incubator hub for startups and SMEs. We train talent, back founders and take businesses online — bringing prosperity to communities through innovation and technology.

Find your path Visit a hub
  • 2015 first Startup Weekend in Aba
  • 2018 first IGHub BizBoost Incubation Program
Trainees coding on laptops at an IGHub session, in front of the hub Innovation Growth wall
SMEs trained 30,000+ across our business programmes
30 startups incubated
  1. 01Academy
  2. 02Startups
  3. 03Labs
  4. 04Spaces
  5. 05For Businesses

Programmes delivered with

  • Techstars
  • PIND Foundation
  • Meta
  • Google
  • The World Bank
  • Federal Ministry of Education
  • FME IDEAS Project

The IGHub ecosystem

Five ways in. Start where you are.

Since our first Startup Weekend in Aba in 2015, IGHub has grown into a technology incubator hub for every stage: learn a skill, launch a startup, work from our spaces, or take your business online.

  1. 01 Academy Practical digital skills for children, students and working adults, from Kids Code Camp to the six-month Developers & Netpreneurs Fellowship.Explore Academy
  2. 02 Startups We support founders from first idea through incubation: mentors, workspace and programmes that help teams build and grow.Explore Startups
  3. 03 Labs We build products that drive growth in our communities: platforms that make everyday life and local business work better.Explore Labs
  4. 04 Spaces Coworking desks, classrooms, boardrooms and an event hall at Innovation City, Aba, plus our hub at Luzen Plaza, Umuahia.Explore Spaces
  5. 05 For Businesses Digitize Your Business: websites and apps for SMEs, digital marketing, and training and consultancy for your team.For your business

How it works

Ideate. Innovate. Incubate.

Our signature is also the route most people take through the hub. Start at any step; we will meet you there.

  1. Step 01

    Ideate

    Bring an idea, or find one. Meet mentors, peers and future co-founders in an Academy class or at a hub.

    Academy · Community
  2. Step 02

    Innovate

    Build with mentors in the room, on real projects, alongside the team behind products that drive community growth.

    Labs · Spaces
  3. Step 03

    Incubate

    Grow the company or the business: BizBoost incubation, Digitize Your Business, a desk at the hub.

    Startups · For Businesses
Children working on laptops in a Kids Code Camp class
Two children coding together

Ages 5 to adult

01 · Academy

Skills that change what comes next.

  • Developers & Netpreneurs FellowshipSix months: three of training, three of internship
  • Kids Code CampScratch, Python, AI and design for ages 5 to 16
  • Weekend Tech ClassesTwelve weekends in Umuahia for people with day jobs
  • IT training for SIWESThree, six or twelve months, hands-on
  • Tech on WheelsCoding taken into schools
Find the right programme

03 · Labs

Built in Aba. Used every day.

Through Labs and For Businesses we design software, digital marketing and consultancy that help communities and SMEs grow — the same craft behind Payam, Inaaga and Naija247Kitchen.

01 · Everyday services Pay bills, order food, shop and book local help. payam.ng 02 · Mobility Hail a taxi or a tricycle from your phone. inaaga.ng 03 · Food Nigerian meals ordered online and brought to your door. naija247kitchen.ng

What actually happened

Real people. Real results.

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Builders testing hardware prototypes on a workshop tableBusinesses

30,000

SMEs trained across our programmes

Digital skills, tools and support for small businesses that work with us.

IGHub programmes

Founders working on laptops in an IGHub sessionStartups

30

Startups incubated at the hub

Teams we have walked from idea through incubation.

IGHub Startups

Learners in a digital skills class at IGHubSkills

5,000+

Young people trained in digital skills

Academy classes, camps and fellowships over the years.

IGHub Academy

Voices from the hub

Real work. Real change.

“A pacesetter in incubating the next generation of tech stars. It has a hall, co working spaces and classrooms…”

Simon Oyeshola

“IGHub took our business digital…”

Emaka Kalu

“…My company is going to operate from here for our Aba presence definitely.”

David Nzagha

“…best place to be if you want to learn a high-in-demand skill…”

Okoro Hannah Ozioma

04 · Spaces

Two cities. Shared ambition.

A full event hall at IGHub Innovation City, Aba Innovation City

Aba

10 Calabar Street, Off Aba-Owerri Road, Aba, Abia State

Our headquarters campus since 2021, with coworking desks, training rooms and space for community events.

  • Coworking
  • Classrooms
  • Events
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Luzen Plaza, 3rd Floor

Umuahia

No. 6 Ojike Street, Umuahia, Abia State

A hub in the state capital that hosts Weekend Tech classes and Kids Code Camp.

  • Weekend Tech
  • Kids Code Camp
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What’s happening

Open at the hub right now.

Insights

Ideas worth carrying forward.

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Your next step

Growth is in you. Let’s unlock it.

We’re on a mission to disrupt communities — for the better. Tell us what you want to learn, launch or grow, and we’ll point you to the right programme, team or space.

Start a conversation info@ighub.com.ng

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