CLINTONEL INNOVATION CENTRE,CIC ABA- NIGERIA’S FIRST MAKERSPACE

Start-up Incubation.
At Clintonel Innovation Centre, the activities and progress of the 5 startup teams were reviewed. Valuable inputs were made on the following;
-Market Penetration
-Developing a Unique Selling Proposition
-Strategies for Customer Acquisition
-Pricing

Solar Inverter, Proudly made in Aba.
Trainees in Renewable Energy were introduced to Inverter Construction. They are currently being trained on Inverter Assemble and Transformer Coiling.

Computer Aided Manufacturing- Subtractive Manufacturing Technique.
At Clintonel Innovation Centre, Trainees in computer aided design and manufacturing (CAD &CAM), were introduced to the following:
-CNC Programming
-Programming Language Structure using G and M codes
-CNC Operation Setup in the Fusion360 environment.

Beautiful design made at Clinonel Innovation Centre.
A Shoe-Sole Mold.
This beautiful design is used for mass producing shoe soles. Designed by trainees in Computer Aided Design.

ACTIVITIES AT CLINTONEL_MAKERSPACE

This week at Clintonel Innovation Centre, the following activities took place;

“Start-up Incubation”

From the synthesis of business ideas to its implementation undergoes a series of development or incubation.
Yesterday, a team of business consultants together with the CEO of Clintonel Innovation Centre- Mr. Tochukwu Clinton Chukwueke gave the 5 startup teams undergoing incubation insights on the following;
-Minimum Viable Product.
-Customers / Sales
-Pricing
-Business Evaluation

Digital Fabrication- Computer Aided Manufacturing(CAM)
Computer Numerical Control (CNC) machining is a subtractive manufacturing technique where parts are created by removing materials from a work piece using a variety of cutting tools controlled by code generated by models.
CNC machining is one of the tools of digital fabrication which creates prototypes through subtractive manufacturing.
Trainees in Computer Aided Manufacturing(CAM) were introduced to CNC machining.

A Team from PUBLIC AND PRIVATE DEVELOPMENT CENTRE (PPDC) visits CIC_Aba.
A group of Google Fellows from the Public and Private Development Centre (PPDC) visited Clintonel Innovation Centre (CIC_Makerspace) Aba.

Renewable Energy
An Inverter is a device that converts Direct Current (DC) into Alternating Current (AC).
The Solar Trainees were introduced to an Inverter Topology using the different types of Transformer as a case study.

SET OF BEAUTIFUL DESIGNS MADE BY TRAINEES IN COMPUTER AIDED DESIGN
Book Shelf -Mini Library
Made of plastic, mobile, durable and affordable especially for students.

Motor Rim:
This is a design of Wolf Wagon Motor Rim plated with gold.

Clintonel Technology_Nigeria first Makerspace.

This week at Clintonel Innovation Centre, we had the following activities:

 

 Startups in Clintonel Innovation Centre (CIC) Business Incubation had a session with Femi Omotayo to review and improve their value proposition to schools.

 

Two of the startups are building products for schools: FLI Tech builds hardware devices for effective time management and content delivery while LED Tech builds Science-in-a-Box kits to give students easy, fast and deep knowledge of sciences.

 

Femi is an education consultant, teacher and convener of Rethinking Education Summit as well as TEDx Abayi.He gave the startups valuable insider insights for building school products that will sell.

“Father of Nigerian Internet” visits CIC

 

We were honoured to host Chief Chima Onyekwere (OON) at Clintonel Innovation Center (CIC) Aba.

As a born innovator, Chima as fondly called by close allies, championed the Internet Revolution in Nigeria by establishing the first Internet Service Provider (ISP) company Linkserve Limited, which earned him the sobriquet _“Father of Nigerian Internet”_ by the Federal Government of Nigeria, as cited during his conferment in 2008 as the Officer of the Order of Niger (OON). He also received the Pathfinder Award in ICT, ICT personality of the year, Titan of Technology and so many other industry awards over a 30-year career.

Introduction to Basic Electronics Concepts in Renewable Energy-for the Trainees in Solar

 

 Setting up a solar system requires some knowledge of basic electronics, hence our solar trainees were introduced to Basic Electronics Concepts.

 The areas covered include;

-Transistors

-Capacitors

-Inductors

-Fuse

-Integrated Circuits.

“Computer Aided Manufacturing”

 

3D printing is one of the equipment in Computer Aided Manufacturing (CAM)

A 3D printer directly transforms computer drawings(images) into real physical products.

This process turns a whole object into thousands of tiny little slices, then builds it from the bottom-upwards, slice by slice. Those tiny layers stick together to form a solid object.

At CIC, trainees in Computer Aided Manufacturing were introduced to the components and mechanism of 3D printing.

Here at Clintonel Innovation Centre, we offer 3D printing services and train young people to become experts in Computer Aided Manufacturing.

 

“3D printing in various Application”

 

3D printing technology has advanced over the years. It now has application in diverse industries including:

Manufacturing

Architecture

Medicine

Custom art and design

Fashion

3D printers are even used to create more 3D printers

 

Materials used for Industrial 3D printing

 

3D printing machines are designed to print different products using diverse materials. Choice of material is dependent on the features of the desired product.

Top on the list of materials to choose from are:

1. Nylon

2. Acrylonitrile Butadiene Styrene

3. Resin

4. Polylactic Acid

5. Ceramics

6. High Impact Polystyrene 

 

It was indeed a productive week at CIC_Aba