Where nigeria's Toughest Challenges Meet Its Smartest Builders.
Builders Festival is the innovation gateway connecting startups, institutions, investors, and ecosystem leaders to solve real-world problems through scalable technology, strategic collaboration, and deployment-ready solution
Builders Festival is the innovation gateway connecting startups, institutions, investors, and ecosystem leaders to solve real-world problems through scalable technology, strategic collaboration, and deployment-ready solution
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The Challenge Vault
Your organisation has operational bottlenecks, digital gaps, and manual processes that are costing you in naira, in hours, and in missed impact. Submit your challenge and get matched, not pitched, with a startup that already has a product built to solve it.
MDAs
Federal Ministries
Corporates
Development Institutions
NGOs
Beyond the Pitch. A Real Opportunity.
Direct Market Access
Skip the cold emails. Get matched directly with MDAs and corporates that have already declared a need for what you’re building.
The ₦3 Billion Opportunity
Gain access to a massive funding and contract pipeline, including venture capital, angel investment, and government innovation support.
Elite Masterclasses
Beyond the demo, get access to elite facilitators for intensive workshops on Product, Engineering, and GTM strategy.
The Deal Room
At DNICE 2026, You're matched with institutions that have already seen your product. Sit down, negotiate, and leave with a signed pilot agreement or MoU in hand.
The Innovation Speed-Track
Three steps from problem to signed pilot. No guesswork, no wasted time.
1
Submit Your Bottleneck
Use our vault to define the technical or operational hurdle
holding you back.
2
Get Matched, Not Pitched
Our PMO filters 500+ startups to find the 3 that actually
solve your specific problem.
3
Enter the Deal Room
At DNICE 2026, skip the pleasantries and go straight to pilot
negotiations and MoUs.
Applications close on Tuesday, July 21, 2026.
Limited Time
Secure Your Spot at Africa’s Most Digital Transformation Gathering
The Builders Festival culminates in live Deal Room sessions at Nigeria’s premier digital conference. Your matched startup will be ready to negotiate.
11-13
AUGUST , 2026
BAT International Conference Centre
Abuja, Federal Capital Territory, Nigeria