Startup Incubation

Clintonel Innovation Centre (CIC) is poised to ensure that the startups which emerged from the Skill Up Abia project are successful.

Today in their incubation class, Mr Daniel Chinagozi, Founder, Innovation Growth Hub, took the teams through extensive lessons on ‘Understanding a Business’.

The entrepreneurs learnt the importance of understanding a business and the significance it holds when choosing the type of service/product to render.

Emphasis was placed on the various:

• Business Model Canvas
• Types of Business Models
• Lean startup model: How to find a gap in the market in the most efficient way possible in terms of time and money spent.

The five Startup teams participating in the incubation include:

• LED Tech which provide STEM practical kits for schools.
• Mac Designs create footwear designs and shoe soles for the footwear industry.
• Uvik offers solar charging stations and renewable energy alternatives for rural areas.
• FLI Tech builds electronic displays and alarms for schools.
• Tuzar ventures offers product design and digital fabrication for customers.

In our capacity as Nigeria’s first Makerspace and hardware business incubator, CIC seeks to provide training, mentoring and equipment to entrepreneurs to create and maintain sustainable businesses.

Skill Up Abia Graduation

Skill Up Abia Graduation was a Huge Success!
93 people trained by Clintonel Innovation Centre – CIC Aba in CAD, CAM and Solar: 
12 startups emerged, 30 new products developed, 24 internship placements, 39 self-employed, etc.
CIC is effectively addressing youth unemployment in Nigeria.

10 amazing business startups shortlisted for Skill Up Abia Startup Pitch:
 Grace House
 Serve & Smile
 Fli-Tech
 Printables
 Mac Designs
 Air-Klipps
 Led Tech
 Uvik Tech
 Tuzar Ventures
 FG Engravers
These startups pitched before a seasoned team of judges who selected three winners to join CIC Hardware Business Incubator.
The startups will be supported to start and grow successful businesses.

#SkillUpAbia is supported by Foundation for Partnership Initiatives in the Niger Delta – PIND

Foot and Footwear Designs by Computer Aided Design (CAD) Trainees

Computer Aided Design (CAD) students learning to dissect, analyse and design human foot and different kinds of footwears at SkillUpAbia2018, a project of Clintonel Innovation Centre – CIC supported by Foundation for Partnership Initiatives in the Niger Delta – PIND

Invitation to SKILL UP ABIA Graduation

We are pleased to invite you to Skill Up Abia Graduation.

Date: Sunday, 3rd February 2019

Venue: CIC Makerspace
7 Factory Road, Aba.

Time: 2:00 pm

Highlights:
There will be a Startup Pitch Competition for 10 shortlisted startups emerging from Skill Up Abia. Three winners will be selected to participate in CIC Business Incubation program.

Skill Up Abia (SUPA) is a youth employment program of Clintonel Innovation Centre (CIC) Aba supported by Foundation for Partnership Initiatives in the Niger Delta (PIND).

Clintonel Innovation Centre is Nigeria’s first indigenous Markerspace and Hardware Incubator, Proudly Made in Aba.

Our Vision is to transform Nigeria into a technology producer, creating millions of employment for young Nigerians. We develop capacity in Nigeria for technology development and manufacturing.

Participants in Skill Up Abia are equipped with Market Ready Skills in Emerging Markets including: Computer Aided Design (CAD), Computer Aided Manufacturing (CAM) and Renewable Energy. Some of the trainees graduate and start up new businesses, some secure jobs in existing companies while the rest become self-employed freelancers.

Thank you for the honour of your presence.

Soft Skills Training

Today at Clintonel Innovation Centre – CIC, #SkillUpAbia graduating class was taught soft skills to complement their technical skills. They were equipped with tools for strategic thinking, personal effectiveness, competent leadership, and right orientation to work.
The training was facilitated by Wider Perspectives Ltd, a top management consulting firm.

Skill Up Abia is supported by Foundation for Partnership Initiatives in the Niger Delta – PIND.

SKILL UP ABIA IN VIDEO

Skill Up Abia is a youth employment project to equip unemployed young persons with market ready skills of Computer Aided Design (CAD), Computer Aided Manufacturing (CAM) and Renewable (Solar) Energy.

Video Link: https://youtu.be/lOzVyCCCEbE

Through Skill Up Abia hundreds of thousands of jobs will be created in Nigeria.

Skill Up Abia is a Project of Clintonel Innovation Centre – CICAba (cic.clintonel.biz) supported by Foundation for Partnership Initiatives in the Niger Delta – PIND

Funding Workshop

To ensure funding does not inhibit #SkillUpAbia graduating trainees, Clintonel Innovation Centre (CIC) organised a 2-day funding workshop, anchored by Tochukwu Emelone who has won several national and international awards.Watch out for these stars, Proudly Made in Aba! Skill Up Abia is supported by PIND.

2nd Product Design Challenge

In their second project defence, the CAM trainees created designs of the following products:
*Book Shelve
*Drink dispenser
*Stationery rack
*Workshop organiser
*Reading stand

Very soon, Nigeria will begin to produce the goods she consumes, creating abundance of jobs for our youth.

#SkillUpAbia is a Project of Clintonel Innovation Centre – CIC Aba supported by Foundation for Partnership Initiatives in the Niger Delta – PIND

Solar Panel Installation Class @ Skill Up Abia

Trainees at Skill Up Abia had a first-hand experience installing solar panels on different types of roofs.

Solar Panel Installation Class (Field experience)

Inadequate power supply is a very serious problem in Nigeria inhibiting industrial and economic growth. Through Skill Up Abia, Clintonel Innovation Centre – CIC Aba is training an army of young people to solve this problem harnessing renewable (solar) energy.

At a field work, trainees installed 1500Watts of solar energy in an office complex.

Skill Up Abia is supported by Foundation for Partnership Initiatives in the Niger Delta – PIND.