The Federal Government has launch the Startup Support and Engagement Portal, a key requirement for the implementation of the Nigeria Startup Act.
The Nigeria Startup Act 2022 provides incentives, structures and programmes for Nigerian startups to catalyse growth, create value and build a foundation to export tech enabled services. The Act also creates the National Council for Digital Innovation and Entrepreneurship whose primary mandate is to align national policies for the development of startups and establish programmes to support tech-enabled startups in Nigeria.
The startup portal will drive the identification and aggregation of Nigerian startups, venture capital companies, hubs and innovation centres in order to facilitate engagement and support for ecosystem players.
The launch of the portal will allow the Federal Government to initiate the process of setting up the startup consultative forums to select representatives to the National Council for Digital Innovation and Entrepreneurship, in order to facilitate discourse and consensus among Nigerian ecosystem players.
In line with this, the Minister of Communications, Innovation and Digital Economy Dr Bosun Tijani is inviting all Nigerian startups venture capital companies, hubs and innovation centres to register at the portal https://startup.gov.ng/#users-section and look look forward to working with all industry stakeholders to ensure that we fully implement the Startup Act for the benefit of our innovation ecosystem.
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