Clintonel Innovation Centre (CIC) is a solar powered TVET Centre, STEM Centre, Nigeria’s first Makerspace (Hardware Tech Hub) and Hardware Startup Incubator. We provide training, mentoring and equipment for young people to create indigenous technology solutions, products and businesses. Clintonel Innovation Centre (CIC) was founded on 27th October 2017.

Vision:    To transform Africa into a technology producer

Mission: To build capacity in Africa for engineering innovation, indigenous products development, and manufacturing

What We Do

§  TVET Education

Through Skill Up Abia, our TVET Program, we equip young people with digital, technical, vocational, and soft skills necessary to secure employment, become self-employed or start up new businesses. Highlights: https://youtu.be/9j3gTHJoZ1E

§  STEM Education

We introduce young people early to the practical skills and application of Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics (STEM) while spurring interest in STEM careers.. Highlights of our STEM Training: https://bit.ly/ClintonelSTEM

§  Technology and Startup Incubation

We provide training, guidance and support to inventors and innovators helping them develop their ideas into market-ready products and businesses.

§  Engineering Education

We provide capacity building for engineering lecturers, students, and graduates. Highlights of UNN Career Fair: https://bit.ly/UNNCareerFair  

We organise an annual engineering competition called the Nigerian Genius. Highlights: https://bit.ly/OverviewNigerianGenius2022

§  Ecosystem Development

CIC founded Hardware Nigeria Community (a national network of Nigerian inventors, makers, engineers, investors) and coordinated the mapping of this ecosystem       (http://ecosystemmap.hardwarenigeria.com.ng/)                            

We also founded and hosted Annual Nigeria Hardware Convention 2021

Training courses

§  Computer Aided Design (CAD)

§  Computer Aided Manufacturing (CAM)

§  Embedded Systems (Microchips, Firmware, IoT, etc.)

§  Robotics

§  Renewable energy

§  Entrepreneurship

    We are Autodesk Authorized Learning Partner (ALP) in Nigeria.