Country guide
Startup credits in Nigeria
A startup registered in Nigeria can apply to 1466 programs we track: 1083 credit programs and 383 accelerators.
African founders are the group most often quietly excluded by credit programs, usually through a country allowlist buried in the terms rather than anything stated up front.
This page separates the two. What a Nigerian company can apply for today, and what is shut to you, so you can spend your time on the first list.
What your entity needs to be
A company registered with the CAC satisfies the entity requirement for the programs that are open. Payment verification is the more common practical hurdle: several providers ask for a card that passes their checks, so a corporate card or a Wise or Payoneer business account saves a round trip.
Open to Nigerian startups
The largest programs with no country restriction blocking you.
- Fund of Funds for Startups (FFS 2.0)$200,000,000,000
SIDBI, India
- SMBC Mirai Cross$135,000,000,000
Sumitomo Mitsui Banking Corp
- NKFIH Startup Factory Programme$5,000,000,000
National Research, Development and Innovation Office, Hungary
- Startup Bangladesh Limited$5,000,000,000
ICT Division, Government of Bangladesh
- Monsha'at Business Accelerators & University Startup Program$3,700,000,000
Monsha'at, Saudi Arabia
- Fonds de Soutien à l’Innovation$3,000,000,000
DER/FJ, Senegal