The Federal Government of Nigeria has launched a Startup Support and Engagement portal to register startups in the country as part of implementing the Nigeria Startup Act.
This was announced by the Minister of Communications, Innovation, and Digital Economy, Dr Bosun Tijani, on Tuesday night on ‘X’. The portal will also be used to engage with Venture Capital companies, hubs, and innovation centres, according to the Minister.
This development comes a year after the Startup Act was signed into law by immediate past President Muhammadu Buhari.
His ‘X’ post reads,
- We are pleased to announce the launch of the Startup Support and Engagement Portal, https://startup.gov.ng, a key requirement for the implementation of the Nigeria Startup Act.
- 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 us 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.
- We invite all Nigerian startups venture capital companies, hubs and innovation centres to register at the portal https://startup.gov.ng and look forward to working with all industry stakeholders to ensure that we fully implement the Startup Act for the benefit of our innovation ecosystem.