About DD Hub
We didn't start as a training provider.And we were never only one.
DD Hub is a Kano-based institution working at the intersection of technology, enterprise and development, with a track record spanning skills, innovation, agriculture, civic technology and donor-funded implementation since 2012.
Where we stand today
Fourteen years of building.One programme at a time.
15,000+
young people trained since 2012
15+
startups incubated
5
states in our delivery footprint
4
national innovation networks we helped found
What drives us
Vision and mission.
- Our vision
Northern Nigeria's leading builder of digital and creative talent
A commercially self-sustaining enterprise whose graduates are employed, whose clients return, and whose profits fund opportunity for people who could not otherwise access it.
- Our mission
Build, certify and deploy talent
We build, certify and deploy digital and creative talent from Northern Nigeria, supplying capability to employers, expertise to institutions, and sustainable livelihoods to people the market has overlooked.
Our story
From a civic-tech subgrantto one institution.
We built outward from civic technology into social impact, agriculture, innovation and policy. Each phase still runs today. What changed in 2026 is that we began running it as one commercially sustainable institution.
2012
DD Hub begins as a community technology initiative.
2014
Major operations and projects begin in Kano.
2016
Registered with the Corporate Affairs Commission; E-Green Nigeria's #1student1tree campaign launched at Bayero University Kano.
2017
Incubation begins; NERI M&E and ICT backstopping; Animators Nigeria founded.
2018
First Conference of Crazy Ideas held in Kano, themed "Rethinking the Thought".
2019
Founding member of the Innovation Support Network.
2022
Peace Promoters Fellowship; CVE hackathon; NASENI and Decapolis partnership.
2024
Innovation Fund policy brief; Uyo policy dialogue.
2025
GIZ MSME programme; Tech Bridge Women; AFIN co-founded; DD Hub's CEO chairs the Organising Committee of the ISN Annual Gathering, held in Kano.
2026
IDEAS TVET completed; Kano SAPZ data consultancy; GIZ smallholder project; DD Hub Academy launched.
What we are
Five ways to work with us.
Enterprise Support Organisation
Incubation, mentorship and market access that carries an idea from prototype to registered, revenue-generating business.
Learn more →Development Partner
A decade-long implementation track record with the World Bank, GIZ, USAID-linked programmes, UK DFID and AfDB.
Learn more →Social Impact Organisation
Peacebuilding, civic technology and community development work reaching youth across Northern Nigeria's most underserved communities.
Learn more →Innovation Hub
Founding and co-founding roles across four national innovation ecosystem networks, and convenor of Kano's own Conference of Crazy Ideas. Our CEO chaired the Organising Committee of the ISN Annual Gathering 2025, held in Kano.
Learn more →Consulting Partner
M&E, digital transformation advisory and policy engagement for institutions that need evidence, not just delivery.
Learn more →
Where we work
We build where the gap is widest,not where it is easiest.
Core presence · North West
Kano
Headquarters and training hub: IDEAS TVET, farmer data, GIZ programmes, DD Hub Academy
Kaduna
Training delivery, and Kaduna Peace Connect for the State Peace Commission
Katsina
Digital and creative-media skills under the IDEAS programme
Jigawa
Training delivery
Extended reach · North East
Borno, Yobe, Adamawa, Bauchi, Gombe and Taraba
M&E and ICT backstopping, data gathering and an IVR hotline (NERI programme)
Digital agriculture pilot sites
Lafia, Nasarawa
Digital food-traceability pilot site
Calabar, Cross River
Digital food-traceability pilot site
Corporate & commercial
Abuja (FCT)
Corporate presence; policy, partner and investor engagement
Lagos
Commercial and corporate presence
Across the North and beyond
19 northern states
Peace Promoters Fellowship and CVE hackathon participants (2022)
Jordan
Technology partnerships, including Decapolis and the Embassy of Nigeria in Amman
How we are financed
Three income streams.One mission.
A defined 10–20% of net commercial profit goes each year into the DD Hub Impact Fund, for scholarships, inclusion programmes and community work that would never survive a purely commercial test.
Grants and donor funding
International development organisations, development banks and bilateral partners, funding programmes aligned with our focus areas.
Private sector partnerships
Technology, e-governance, fintech and agriculture-sector companies, particularly around talent development and outsourcing.
Earned commercial revenue
Consultancy fees, training programmes and incubation support delivered directly to businesses and institutions.
Read more in our Corporate Profile, or meet the team and board.
Build with us.There is a place for you here.
Whether you are a funder, an employer, a government partner or a young person ready to build.