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Innovation Hotspots are clusters of emerging high growth and competitive businesses.
Lagos Innovation Hotspots are regions or areas within the borders of Lagos State with a growing cluster of new and/or old businesses offering new products/services or old products/services in better or more effective ways.
To provide the business community, development practitioners, researchers and policy makers with data and information for assessing:
Information and communication technology companies which are less than 10 years old and are PRODUCT-focused or DATA/ DEVELOPMENT-driven. The innovative nature of these companies is such that they create/ develop solutions usually from scratch adapting state of the art technologies and science to achieve their goals.
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Cluster of highly creative/innovative companies responsible for the growth in better brand communication and public relations being currently witnessed in Nigeria. This includes creatives, media and PR agencies...both old and start-ups.
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Financial services are economic services provided by the finance industry, which encompasses the management, investment, transfer, and lending of money. In Nigeria, deposit money banks are the most dominant financial services institution. Innovation in financial services in Nigeria is especially evident in deposit money banks that have improved access to financia...
Print service providers up to supply and machine maintenance with state of the art equipments and print jobs. The innovative nature of these companies is such that they keep with trends as regards print quality and turnaround time, as well as proximity and quality of machines and maintenance services.
...Galleries or Institutions which produce or promote art forms such as ceramics, drawing, painting, sculpture, designs, crafts etc...
Hospitality in service industry which includes lodging, restaurants, bars, events, relaxation facilities etc. A new cluster of service providers in this space are changing the game with new and innovative offerings never seen before in Nigeria. ...
Photography labs and studios using improved processes – access to service, delivery and product quality. The innovative nature of these companies is such that they adapt and plug-in new technologies and methods of operations to achieve their goals
...Advancing medical healthcare in Lagos with evolving facilities and qualified medical personnel which improves access within the populace...
Nigerian fashion designers are fast catching the attention of the rest of the world. Young, urbane and daring with a good number of these designers setting the pace, they are fast becoming a force to reckon with in the African fashion scene
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Fashion and dressmaking used to be synonymous with individuals who had difficulty making it through formal education. In recent years, it has attained professional status as an increasing number of well-exposed individuals now go to school to learn about fashion.
Nigerian designers have upped the ante and are now known for creati...
Nigeria's own export of the film industry to the world. Home-grown and with traces back to the 1992 flick by Kenneth Nnebue, Living in Bondage, the Nigerian film industry has grown in leaps and bounds.
Ranked 3rd, only behind Hollywood and Bollywood, Nollywood has with limited resources and with sparsely defined distributio...
The liberalisation of the Telecoms sector in Nigeria provided ample growth opportunity for investors to offer data services to a country desperately in need of it. The firms listed in this cluster have no doubt helped increase the broadband penetration in Nigeria.
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HEIs are established with the primary aim of aiding the growth of intellectual capacity and provide an environment to incubate innate creative and cognitive skills. The incubation of creativity is captured succinctly in the following words, “To contribute to the transformation of society through creativity and innovation.” The localised communities created in these HEIs ...
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The Ikeja computer village has become a melting point of tech hobbyists, hardware enthusiasts, and everyone who is interested in the IT space.
It is home to the largest agglomeration of firms and small shops that sell IT hardware, electronics, mobile phones, accessories and consumables. It is also a central market place for th...
The market is widely regarded as the single largest electronics market in West Africa.
Electrical products ranging from basic home appliances to communications equipment can be purchased freely in this 2km by 1km expanse of land that plays host to this market. The Lagos - Badagry Expressway is a factor that h...
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