Startup: FG unveils portal for registration
NIGERIA, Nov. 22 – The Nigerian Federal Government as part of its moves to support startups in the country has announced the unveiling of a portal for the Startup Support and Engagement.
As part of the implementation of the country’s Startup Act, the portal is a key requirement, and it’s intended to drive the identification and collection of startups information in the country.
Dr Bosun Tijani, Nigeria’s Minister of Communications, Innovation and Digital Economy, made this known on his verified X (formerly twitter) handle on Tuesday night.
The Minister tweeted, “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 to facilitate engagement and support for ecosystem players.”
Tijani highlighted that the unveiling of the portal will enable the government to start the process of getting ready startup consultative forums to nominate representatives to the National Council for Digital Innovation and Entrepreneurship, to speed up discourse and consensus among players in the sector.
“We invite all Nigerian startup 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. Cc: NITDA Nigeria.” the Ministeer added.
Making a bold step like this towards executing important sections of the Startup Act is coming almost a year after the Bill was signed to law by the former President, Muhammadu Buhari.
On his part, the former Senior Special Assistant to President Buhari (Digital Transformation) and lead, Nigeria Start Up Bill, Oswald Osaretin Guobadia, twitted in support of the move, “The work is ahead. This announcement by the government is an indication that collaboration is key to sustainable policy development. Beneficiaries must remain engaged.”
This move will revitalized startups in the country and give it the needed attention if it is given the needed attention. The Challenges of most startups in Nigeria is funding, however, experts believes that Startups needs more than just funding to enable them start and stay in the Business.
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