Enugu State Tech Hub
Organization Profile
No 2 Upper Presidential Road, Independence Layout, Enugu.
Website: https://enugutechhub.en.gov.ng/
Phone No: 234 706 177 4965
Email: infodesk@enugutechhub.en.gov.ng
About us
Let me introduce the latest Tech revolution initiative in the South East of
Nigeria- The Enugu State Technology Hub and Youth Innovation Centre. We
are a newly established Information Technology hub by the Enugu State
Government, focused on offering Next Generation Technology learning,
mentorship, innovation, and acceleration for start-ups at different stages of
their formation and evolution.
Our vision is to be the foremost Technology hub and Innovation Centre in the
south East of Nigeria within the next 2 years and to revolutionize the future of
Enugu State.
Allow me to share our short to medium term objectives:
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To build a tech hub with a culture that fosters creativity
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Focus on socio-economic tech space improvement and problem
resolution
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Priority
Focus
will
be
on
ACCELERATION,
but
our
Phase-1
transformative
digital
skill
INNOVATION,
roll-out
development,
INCUBATION
will
FIRSTLY,
empowerment,
and
drive
and
enhancement amongst women, Youth and startups, literally altering the
socio-economic standards and opportunities in Enugu.
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ENUGU STATE TECH HUB will focus on strategic collaborations of varied
sorts and at different stages of the roll out of the road map.
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Our focus is not only to determine the objectives; but how they will be
efficiently and sustainably accomplished.
Vision
To be the foremost Technology hub and Innovation Centre with an unequalled
Equity Diversity and Inclusion culture and repository of Talents, and an
unmatchable array of tech innovations that will impact indispensably in Enugu
State, Nigeria, and indeed West Africa over the next sixteen (16) Months
Mission Statement
To offer an innovative ecosystem with office spaces, technology training and
Incubation spaces for start-ups while creating efficient technological solutions.
Objectives
 The first thing to bear in mind is that Technology hubs and Innovation
labs are defined less by the physical space they occupy, but rather by
the culture which permeates all the activities taking place there. It's not
enough just to have an extra space. Building a true Technology hub and
innovation center requires intense development of an inventive, cuttingedge atmosphere.
 Focus will be what on what problems the initiative hopes to resolve or
what business segments, socio-economic, environmental or
technological constants can be improved.
 We will Focus on strategic collaborations of varied sorts and at different
stages of the roll out of the road map.
 Our Focus is not only to determine the objectives; but how they will be
efficiently and sustainably accomplished.
Meet The Team
Chidubem Uchenna Anowor (PMP. CSCA, PHRI)
GM/CEO, Enugu State Tech Hub
Summary
My name is Mr. Chidubem Anowor, and by the grace of the almighty God, I am
the General Manager/Chief Executive Officer of the Enugu State Tech Hub.
I have spent over 17 years handling projects across multi-industries practices
in technology, Tele communications, banking, Fast Moving Consumable
goods, Pharmaceuticals, and Consulting spheres.
In my quest to quench a shadow that begun haunting me recently, I spent the
last 7 years realigning my affinity and competence into the tech and
innovation space, looking for ways to share my experiences and help young
adults seeking to migrate to Tech, because I understood better than anyone
how difficult, scary, and discouraging it is to not get it right the first time. After
going back and forth along my career path, volunteering, participating, and
even sponsoring various programs, I can truly say that I have found my give
back space in this Job role.
My background in Project and Portfolio Management plus my newly found
passion in Tech, continued to draw me closer to a waiting and hibernating
Tech Eco-system up until, Governor Ifeanyi Ugwuanyi gave me the opportunity
to lead this youth Infusion and innovation campaign as the GM/Chief
Executive Enugu State Tech Hub, where together with an amazing team of
disrupting thinking interns we birthed Innovative Tech Programs like
Grassroot Infusion Program In September 2021, where 200 Youth we upskilled
in Multimedia applications Tech Skills, Blow-your-mind- Software Infusion
Program of November 2021, a three(3) month long program, in partnership
with Microsoft and Tech4Dev, that saw the upskilling of 600 youth in Product
Design and Data Science Volunteer-To- Tech Program, and for this year 2022,
Digi-Marketize Infusion Program, Migrate-To-Tech Program, and now, the ADA
software Engineering Program.
One thing stood out distinctly over the last 6 months of my resumption as GM:
The Women in Tech ration for every event that I attended, co-sponsored,
participated as guest, or ran as a Tech Hub, was almost always about 10:1. So in
our designing our road map for 2021, We became deliberate about two things:
First was to refocus on incubating Tech startups through a systematic upskill
and unlock innovation potentials, thereby compelling the talents to start
building innovations, and secondly, Upscale the women in Tech.
Nnaji Ifeoma Jennifer
Head of HR
EST Hub
Summary:
Ifeoma Nnaji is a graduate with a degree in Political Science. She joined the
Enugu State Civil Service in the year 2005 where she rose to the rank of Chief
Admin Officer. She has served in different Ministries like the Ministry of
Chieftaincy Matters, Enugu State Internal Revenue Service but also the
Ministry of Commerce and Industry. Nonetheless, currently, she is serving as
the Head of Human Resources, Enugu State Tech Hub, Enugu.
Sophia Ahuoyiza Abubakar
Programs Manager, ADA software engineering program
Summary:
Sophia Abubakar is a Software Engineer who strongly believes in the strength
of togetherness.
She currently works in Daabo Inc, where she builds services to handle tech
insurance operations and leads the engineering team. She is the founder of
learnWithYiza; a virtual hub for avid learners in tech and a programs manager
at Enugu state tech hub, Tech Women Support and Dreams & Degrees.
Sophia is passionate about learning and helping others learn.
Adibe Chinonyelum Ngozi
Business Collaboration Executive
Summary
Chinonyelum is currently rounding Up her Degree Program in Biochemistry at
ESUT. Furthermore, she is also a copywriter and an aspiring web developer. She
lives by my motto “Be yourself” Chinonyelum is a diligent, loyal, reliable and an
ambitious person. She takes up every learning opportunity available to
enhance her skills and know-how to cope up with failures. She likes
challenging herself to find creative solutions.
Adibe Oluomachukwu Eberechukwu
Head IT Administration
Summary:
Oluoma is a proud graduate of the University of Nigeria, Nsukka. She’s a
Volunteer Intern at the Enugu State Tech Hub. She is a detail-oriented Content
Writer with special emphasis on the technical aspects of Content Writing.
Furthermore, she’s is a Product Designer aiming to scale at every level
imaginable.
Nmalada Chukuyenumugo G.
Program Manager Design Lab / Graphics Designer
Summary:
Ugo is a Volunteer to tech Intern at the Enugu State Tech Hub, He’s currently
a graphics designer and he has vested interests in learning more about
Product Design and Front-end Web Development. His Hobbies are Gaming,
Drumming and playing football.
Dioka Ejionueme
Program Manager, Migrate-To-Tech and
Head of Integration.
Summary:
Dioka Ejionueme is a front-end and and back-end developer at the Enugu
State Tech Hub. He is currently the Program Manager for Migrate-To-Tech
Program. He’s currently expanding his skill-set in the Web domain with the
aim of eventually being an awesome Web3.0 developer.
Chukwuma Ikechuwu Henry
Program Manager, Digi-Marketize
Summary
Chukwuma Ikechukwu Henry is a Volunteer Intern at the Enugu State Tech
Hub and a undergraduate student of the University of Nigeria, Nsukka. He’s
currently the Program Manager for Digi-Marketize while also learning FrontEnd Web Development.
Nmesoma Ogbonna
IT Quality Assurance
Summary
Nmesoma Ogbonna is currently a Volunteer Intern at the Tech Hub.
She’s currently learning Front-End Web Development.
Emmanuel Bola Tolulope
Finance Officer
Summary:
Emmanuel Bola Tolulope is a Volunteer to Tech Intern at Enugu State Tech
Hub. She’s also a graphics design looking to scale herself in product Design
and 3D Animation.
Uguwanyi Chinecherem
Program Manager
Volunteer to Tech
Summary:
Chinecherem is a staff at Enugu State Tech Hub. She is also an advanced
Android Developer, currently learning front End Development. Her Hobbies
including coding and watching thrilling movies.
Our Services
The ENUGU STATE TECH HUB AND YOUTH INNOVATION CENTRE or the
ENUGU STATE TECH HUB for short, will be upscaling tech innovation and IT
skill infusion of core IT skills and para-it skills, driven by 4 unique programs:
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Tech Start-up incubator
Tech Start-up accelerator
Tech innovator
Trainings/international certifications in IT and Para IT Skills.
Between August 2021 and January 2022, The Enugu State Tech Hub has
implemented two tech Programs upskilling a total of over 600 persons under
the following Program sub heads:
The Enugu State Tech Hub Grassroot Infusion Program: 200 Participants
across the 17 LGAs in Enugu state where targeted to scale them in the
following Learning tracks: Online Collaboration, Data Analytics using Excel,
Graphics and Design, Video Editing and 3D- Animation and web development.
The Program was colossally successful, with the graduands upskilled in these
learning tracks over a 6-week period, in collaboration with Circle Africa, a
Software development company in the United Kingdom.
2) The Arise Women and Blow your mind for men Software Infusion training
Program: This Program targeted 400 women and 200 men, to be trained in
Product Design and Data Science and visualization, over a 3-month Period.
This Program was also successfully completed this year, and the graduation
held. The participants have been pouring in testimonies of new jobs with Tech
companies and startups across different areas of expertise.
For the year 2022, we articulated 4 Program for roll-out
1. ADA SOFTWARE ENGINEERING INTERNSHIP PROGRAM
The ADA Software Engineering Internship Program (ADSEIP) is an All-women
Tech incubator program designed to drive gender specific tech talent training
and startup Incubation in Select Software engineering tracks for women in the
South East of Nigeria and beyond. The learning tracks will feature premium
talent tracks like Front -end Dev, Back End Dev, Mobile App Dev, Product
Design, Product management to Blockchain Dev, Augmented Reality (AR)Mixed Reality (VR), Machine Learning, IOT/embedded Systems, Cybersecurity
and SCRUM. We chose the codename ADA because of its significance in the
Ndi-igbo society. An Ada is not just the first-born girl child, but a woman of high
status, respected, industrious, and community-driven. We want to create the
‘Umu-Ada’ of tech; an elite group of software engineering experts. The ADA
program will upskill and upscale 400 women in Software Engineering learning
tracks, over a Six (6)-Nine (9)-month period, after which the 80% talents output
will be groomed into ventures and innovations creation and will merge into
startups, while 20% will be exported as tech talents to already waiting
companies or firms that will sign them on.
2. THE MIGRATE-TO-TECH SOFTWARE TRAINING PROGRAM
This program is designed to help ease the migration of Professionals from any
other discipline, like medicine Pharmacy, Banking and Finance, to Tech. The
software learning and training tracks are targeted at providing the landing
ground into the intermediate skill Level of each track chosen. however, the
Program will go a step further to energize the candidate into ventures
building. There will be over 12 learning tracks including, Block Chain
Development, Cybersecurity, IOT/Embedded Systems, Product management,
SCRUM, Gaming Development and Animation, AI and ML, and lastly, Digital
Marketing. The training will span over 4 Months. Classes will be predominantly
Virtual for the length of the Program. This program registration has on now as
we speak and the Classes will resume by 30th April 2022. To register now,
please click on https://enugutechhub.en.gov.ng/product/migrate-to-techtraining-program/
3. HARDWAREPROGRAM.
MEETS-SOFTWARE
TECH
STARTTUP
INCUBATOR
This Tech Startup Incubator Program is a very unique and specialized program
as it will structure, framework and implementation will throughout the
lifecycle of the program, feature synergy, overlap and overlay between
hardware and software. This program is designed to birth a new level of Tech
Innovations and innovation initiatives, by bringing hardware to meet software.
The participants will be subjected to an intensive training phase, Ideation,
Innovation, product development and mentorship phases. They be merged
into startups, cohorts created to foster innovation, and hackathons, pitch decks
and exhibitions promoted to measure scalable innovation and products
development performance. The Program is Designed to commence in May,
2022, and will span for over 7 months. A Software accelerator in the USA,
Startup Kai, and a hardware accelerator in Enugu State, Hardware Garage,
owned by Greenage Technologies limited has partnered with the Hub to
achieve this.
4. VOLUNTEER -TO – TECH EXPERIENCE INTERSHIP PROGRAM
This Program is workplace experience program for enthusiasts who want to
enhance their experience level in working in a core Tech environment, and
score a direct opportunity for a permanent Job role in a Tech Firm. The
Volunteers will work on Specialized Tech Programs in the Hub for a maximum
period of 6 months. The Volunteers must have some background tech skills, as
people with background knowledge of website development, front end dev,
back-end dev, Product Design or Management will be prioritized. Benefits to
the Volunteers will include access to all the Hub resources, access to in-house
training and mentorships free of charge, and access to a permanent job
placement at the end of the Volunteer placement period.
Testimonials
Ufio Kosisochukwu
Arise Women Dev Participant
Summary
My name is Kosisochukwu Ufio, I was part of the Tech for Dev Arise women and
men innovative program for product design, it was really an interesting and
educative experience. I was able to learn product design i.e UI/UX. This
program has help me to learn a lot especially for me that will love to proceed
with design career. I want to use this opportunity to thank Enugu state tech
Hub and Enugu state government for this great opportunity.
Ogechukwu Nnamani Emmanuel
Arise Women Dev Participant
Summary
My name is Ogechukwu Nnamani Emmanuel, I was part of the Arise women
and men Enugu state innovative program, and I followed the track of data
science, the program was very exposing and enlightening, the program helped
me a lot to learn some aspects of the computer that I didn’t even know it was
so deep, I want to use this opportunity to thank the Enugu state Government
for being able to create this wonderful opportunity for the youth of Enugu state
and beyond and I also want to thank the general manager of Enugu state tech
for being able to accommodate us making the environment serene for us. This
program has really helped me and others. Thank you.