UNN makes history with
‘Roar Nigeria Hub’

University of Nigeria university of Nigeria Nsukka (UNN) has scored another first with the opening of
first full-fledged university embedded technology community in West Africa called ‘Roar Nigeria Hub’.
Located at the Nsukka campus, private sector driven initiative by two engineering graduates of the university, Charles Emembolu and Okechi
Igwebuike), Nigeria
CommunicationsWeek gathered will
serve the Institution with a student
population of nearly 40,000 and 12
institutions of higher learning within an
hour drive from Enugu city.
The Hub is on a mission to produce the
next generation of entrepreneurs by
providing an enabling environment,
support systems and relevant skills to
succeed with technology
entrepreneurship, across the South East
region while impacting the IT ecosystem
in Nigeria.
Confirming the establishment of the
Hub, Emem Seudieu, the University
Advancement Centre Executive, said
that Roar Nigeria Hub is a community
that provides professional support to
technology enabled startups,
researchers, entrepreneurs and SME’s.
“Their programs are designed to
develop a new generation of innovators
and creators that will provide local
technology based solutions with a global
perspective. The Hub is destined to be a
hotbed of ideas, invention and market
induced solutions created with the
concept of a triple helix; an interaction
between Academia, Industry and
Government (AIG).
Nigeria CommunicationsWeek gathered
that doors to the Hub opened late 2016
with the first pitching event held on
January 26th, 2017 titled Tech&UNN.At
the event, Professor Benjamin
Chukwuma Ozumba, vice chancellor,
shared his dream of creating an
Ecosystem that will fuel unprecedented
technology growth in Africa.
The official hub launch was held on
February 6th, 2017 which coincided
with a Pitchaton by teams from the
school community and hosted by the
Vice Chancellor.
“We shall be having a public
introduction of the Roar Nigeria on
April 26th, 2017 at the hub in
University of Nigeria Nsukka campus.
“The hub will create employment by
increasing local content in information,
communication and technology sector
and establish the triple helix concept by
improving collaboration between the
Academia, Industry and Government”,
she said.

source http://m.guardian.ng/technology/unn-makes-history-with-roar-nigeria-hub/

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So where's the history