Deadline: 10 May 2025
Apply for iHatch’s intensive incubation programme designed to help Nigerian innovators incubate their business venture.
Objectives
- Support entrepreneurs that use creative commercial services and products to address social challenges.
- Assist entrepreneurs in developing viable and scalable business models through a 5-month intensive incubation program involving coaching, lectures, and boot camps.
- Focus support on key IT sectors such as FinTech, AgriTech, HealthTech, EdTech, and GovTech to enhance Nigeria’s digital innovation landscape.
- Create opportunities for startups to network with peers, industry experts, and potential partners through the program’s events and coworking spaces, building a supportive entrepreneurial community.
Benefits
- Free offline/online interactive trainings
- Free coworking space
- Mentorship sessions with tech specialists
- Funding opportunities
Eligibility Criteria
- These are the factors to be considered in other for you and your startup to be eligible to apply:
- Startup Stage
- Startups can be at either the idea stage or have an existing Minimum Viable Product (MVP). Both stages are welcome to apply.
- Legal Entity Registration
- Startups do not need to be registered at the time of application but must commit to registering with the Corporate Affairs Commission (CAC) during the programme.
- Location
- Operating in Nigeria, Registered with CAC
- Innovation
- Technology Driven Solution to a Pressing Problem
- Age Requirement
- Applicants must be 18 years or older to participate in the programme.
- Team Composition
- At Least One Full Time Founder
- Business model
- Demonstrated Path to Revenue (Evidence of Customer Discovery)
- Startup Stage
For more information, visit NITDA.
