Bisina SomtoThe Federal Government unveiled the Startup Support and Engagement Portal on Tuesday. This development marks a crucial step in implementing the Nigeria Startup Act, aiming to bolster the nation’s burgeoning start-up ecosystem.
Bosun Tijani, the Minister of Communications Innovation and Digital Economy, made the announcement via his official account, emphasizing the portal’s role in identifying and aggregating Nigerian startups, venture capital firms, hubs, and innovation centres.
Join our WhatsApp ChannelThe platform is designed to facilitate meaningful engagement and support for all ecosystem stakeholders.
Tijani highlighted the portal’s pivotal role in establishing startup consultative forums, essential for selecting representatives to the National Council for Digital Innovation and Entrepreneurship.
This, he noted, would foster constructive discourse and consensus-building among Nigerian ecosystem players.
All Nigerian startups, venture capital firms, hubs, and innovation centers are invited to register on the portal, signaling a collective effort to strengthen the country’s digital innovation landscape.
The National Information Technology Development Agency echoed this sentiment, urging entities across the startup spectrum—startups, venture capital firms, angel investors, hubs, and innovation centres—to embrace the initiative.
Below is the registration process for startups:
Visit http://startup.gov.ng
Scroll down the page to reveal the options for Startups, Angel Investors, Venture Capitalists or Accelerators, Innovation Hubs & Incubators.
Select Startups
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Criteria to enroll:
Be a limited liability company registered under the Companies and Allied Matters Act (CAMA).
Be a company existing for less than 10 years from the date of incorporation.
Have objects that are focused on innovation, development, production, improvement, and commercialization of a digital technology innovative product or process.
Be a holder or repository of a product or process of digital technology or the owner or author of a registered software.
Have at least one-third of local shareholding held by one or more Nigerians as founder or co-founder of the startup.
Satisfy the conditions set out in the Act, in the case of a sole proprietorship or partnership.
Be a tech-enabled business that uses existing tools, platforms, libraries, and frameworks to make a company or a solution more efficient or effective.
Needed Information
RC Number (Unique CAC identification number)
Company Name
Year of Incorporation
Industry (type)
Media
Start Up description
Company Email
Company Address
Company website
Founder’s Full Name
First Name + Last Name
Founder’s Email Address
Founder’s Phone Number
Founder’s means of Identification (BVN or NIN)
Then Submit
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