{"id":39033,"date":"2017-11-21T10:19:31","date_gmt":"2017-11-21T10:19:31","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/localhost:8888\/cregital\/disha\/2017\/11\/21\/start-up-ecosystem-guide-for-kaduna-state\/"},"modified":"2017-11-21T10:19:31","modified_gmt":"2017-11-21T10:19:31","slug":"start-up-ecosystem-guide-for-kaduna-state","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/msmehub.org\/staging\/6671\/start-up-ecosystem-guide-for-kaduna-state\/","title":{"rendered":"Start-up Ecosystem Guide for Kaduna State"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><em>Click to <a href=\"https:\/\/s3-eu-west-1.amazonaws.com\/production.msme\/articles\/5a2539e5b42631512389093.pdf\" data-file=\"5a2539e5b42631512389093.pdf\">Download Guide<\/a>.<\/em><\/p>\n<p>Kaduna<br \/>\nState is widely famed for its growing entrepreneurial prowess particularly within<br \/>\nNorthern Nigeria. Known for its agricultural focus, the textile mills and<br \/>\nautomobile assembly plants, Kaduna has recently been in the limelight for its<br \/>\nre-focused attention on entrepreneurship as a priority in the State. This Start-up<br \/>\nEcosystem Guide for Kaduna State provides information along key areas for<br \/>\nentrepreneurs within the State:<\/p>\n<p><strong>Where<br \/>\nto Look First:<\/strong>&nbsp;This provides a list of places and\/or sources like <a href=\"http:\/\/kadunastep.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">KADSTEP<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/kadicthub.com\/\">Kaduna ICT Hub<\/a> and <a href=\"http:\/\/icwyi.org.ng\/\">ICWYI<\/a> that entrepreneurs in Kaduna State typically visit or look first when starting a<br \/>\nbusiness or looking for information to scale their businesses. This information<br \/>\napplies to both start-ups and existing businesses.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Business<br \/>\nSupport &#038;&nbsp;Mentoring:&nbsp;<\/strong>If you are in need of business<br \/>\nsupport but not sure of where to look in Kaduna State, your search just got<br \/>\neasier as this resource lists Business Development Service Providers available<br \/>\nacross Kaduna and provides their contact details.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Incubators<br \/>\n&#038; Accelerators:<\/strong>&nbsp;Kaduna State has a couple of incubators and accelerators<br \/>\nwhich you may want to take advantage of.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Co-working<br \/>\nspaces:<\/strong>&nbsp;An alternative to renting an office space in Kaduna State<br \/>\ncould be co-working spaces depending on your business. <a href=\"http:\/\/colab.com.ng\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">CoLab<\/a>, which is the first innnovation hub and co-working space in Kaduna provide benefits that include high speed internet, constant power, conference room access, mail service etc.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Access<br \/>\nto Capital:&nbsp;<\/strong>Your business idea will only become an actual business when you have<br \/>\nfunding to implement your idea. You can find a list of sources to access<br \/>\ncapital in Kaduna State on this resource.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Enterprise<br \/>\nTraining:<\/strong>&nbsp;A great degree of business success is dependent on the business<br \/>\nknowledge you have. This resource lists a couple of enterprise training outfits<br \/>\nyou can access in Kaduna State.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Key<br \/>\nEvents, Meet-ups &#038; Groups:<\/strong>&nbsp;What are the key entrepreneurial events and meet-ups<br \/>\nhappening in Kaduna? Find out more in this resource.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Online<br \/>\nNews Resources &#038; Newsletters:&nbsp;<\/strong>Get information on online news<br \/>\nresources and newsletters for entrepreneurs in Kaduna state in this resource.<\/p>\n<p><em>Click to&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/s3-eu-west-1.amazonaws.com\/production.msme\/articles\/5a2539e5b42631512389093.pdf\" data-file=\"5a2539e5b42631512389093.pdf\">Download Guide<\/a>.<\/em><a href=\"https:\/\/s3-eu-west-1.amazonaws.com\/production.msme\/articles\/59fc6f4e469d01509715790.pdf\"><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Start-up Ecosystem Guide for K&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1008,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"nf_dc_page":"","site-sidebar-layout":"default","site-content-layout":"","ast-site-content-layout":"default","site-content-style":"default","site-sidebar-style":"default","ast-global-header-display":"","ast-banner-title-visibility":"","ast-main-header-display":"","ast-hfb-above-header-display":"","ast-hfb-below-header-display":"","ast-hfb-mobile-header-display":"","site-post-title":"","ast-breadcrumbs-content":"","ast-featured-img":"","footer-sml-layout":"","ast-disable-related-posts":"","theme-transparent-header-meta":"","adv-header-id-meta":"","stick-header-meta":"","header-above-stick-meta":"","header-main-stick-meta":"","header-below-stick-meta":"","astra-migrate-meta-layouts":"default","ast-page-background-enabled":"default","ast-page-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"ast-content-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"footnotes":""},"categories":[374],"tags":[624,647,550,625],"class_list":["post-39033","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-infographics","tag-ecosystem-guide","tag-ecosystem-guide-for-kaduna","tag-entrepreneurship","tag-entrepreneurship-ecosystem-in-nigeria"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.3 - 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