FEDERAL GOVERNMENT EMPOWERMENT AND INNOVATION
I-STARTUP SOUTHWEST
-STARTUP SOUTHWEST
I-startup Southwest is a Federal Government intervention of the National Social Investment Program (NSIP) under the office the Vice President Of the Federal Republic of Nigeria. It is established to fast track industrialization in Nigeria by providing training and mentorship for a wide range of technology-related skills while empowering the Nigerian Youths for entrepreneurship and employments.
Premier Hub Innovation Center, the implementing and hosting partner of i-Startup Southwest program, is a regional innovation center located in Ondo state.
The aim of this program is to impact the Nigerian Economy to become a knowledgeable driven/smart economy, capable of rapidly accelerating industrialization by training and serving talent acceleration points for young Nigerians in technology driven sectors of the economy.
This program focused on idea and early stage startups with innovative solutions, in Manufacturing, Agriculture, ICT and Digital Oil field. The program is designed to help early stage START-UPS transform their ideas into to create viable solutions/products, gain traction and become successful commercial ventures.
The program curriculum included trainings (bootcamps in Lagos, Oyo and Ondo), Incubation, mentorship and equity free funding
ABOUT PREMIER HUB
Premier Hub is South West regional innovation hub located in Ondo state, Nigeria. We are a collection of brilliant and tech innovative minds across Nigeria.
We are aimed at fast tracking industrialization in Nigeria by providing training and mentorship for a wide range of technology-related skills while empowering the Nigerian Youths for entrepreneurship and employments.
CAPACITY BUILDING/SKILL ACQUISITION
We have realized that there is a significant gap between Nigerians and job opportunities as well as businesses they can start. This gap is the lack of requisite skills without which it is extremely difficult to take advantage of the opportunities that abound.
Our trainings are designed to provide a platform to train and educate individuals on skills that can help create wealth, taking into cognizance the broad framework of the UNDP’s Millennium Development Goals (MDG’s) – e.g. eradication of poverty.
Participants will be trained to foster better-informed skill acquisition and produce more creative and well-thought-out services that result in better offerings to the consumer.
The courses include:
⦁ Computer Graphics & Desktop Publishing
⦁ E-commerce Development & Management
⦁ 3D design & printing
⦁ Website & Transactional Web Portal Design
⦁ Data Science and Artificial Intelligence
⦁ Mobile Application Design
⦁ Digital Marketing
At the end of the training, participants are assessed and certified.
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