About #StartupSouth

StartupSouth is social enterprise and a Startup (Innovation driven Entrpreneurship) ecosystem development organization. We believe in the power of entrepreneurship for development and for the last five years have supported founders across South-South/South-East, Nigeria to build scalable ventures.

We are inspiring a generation of young founders building innovative and scalable solutions in the nation’s emerging commercial cities. We are supported by organizations that include (but not limited to) Google (through Google Developers), Facebook, The Ford Foundation, Sterling Bank, MainOne, Bank of Industry and others to reach thousands of founders annually through our conference, events and programming.

With over 60 Million People in 11 States, 13+ Cities and 120,000+Km2, we represent a market big enough to support a thriving Startup culture. And
for us, Innovation and Entrepreneurs democratize opportunities, empower young people, engender a safe/saner society and fastrack infrastructure development.

Our mission is to eradicate unemployment, promote wealth creation & prosperity by encouraging the high-scale innovation driven ventures (especially by young people) in Nigeria starting from the South-South/South-East.

Our immediate community is 5000+ strong (and growing) – made up of passionate innovators, researchers, investors and professionals building and supporting the next big ventures out of South-South/South-East, Nigeria and beyond.

Join us as we support more young founders to live their dreams.

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latest updates

#StartupSouth8: Call for Session Hosts

Today, as we march towards #StartupSouth8 Conference with the theme Deep & Bold: 5IR, Emerging Realities, Regional Economic Imperatives & The Role of INnovation We’re excited to announce the Call for Session Hosts.  For the first time, #StartupSouth Conference will be a Hybrid event to accommodate interests from our growing International partners.  Through the Session […]

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#StartupSouth set to host South-South/South-East Business Leaders in Port Harcourt at Digital Transformation & Investors Summit

Port Harcourt, the Rivers State Capital City will play host to over one hundred elite business leaders from within (and beyond) the South-South and South-East regions of Nigeria on Friday, April 21, 2023 for the Digital Transformation & Investors’ Summit. The Summit which is being organised by #StartupSouth in partnership with BusinessDay Newspapers will highlight […]

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HouseAfrica Unveil Fraud Proof Land & Real Estate Transactions Tool – Announce $400,000 Raise

#StartupSouth Community member and proptech Startup, HouseAfrica providing Real Estate digitalization and transparency tools recently announced the unveiling of Sytemap.com – a product which enhances confidence and eliminates fraud in Land and Real Estate transactions across Africa. 

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