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The Organisations
Powering SYDP 2026

Nineteen partners and collaborators bring capital, expertise, industry access and creative infrastructure to the 2026 University of Lagos Pilot Cohort — running 3 to 30 July 2026, fully virtual.

Programme Dates3 – 30 July 2026
Format100% Virtual
Partners19 Organisations
Facilitators8 Experts
Programme Leadership

Lead & Strategic Partners

The organisations providing strategic direction, governance and co-delivery across the programme.

Programme Lead

Auxilium Max Company LTD

Pan-African Business Venture Studio. Conceived and developed SYDP and the TEND Fund, providing strategic leadership, governance, quality assurance and ecosystem coordination.

Strategic Partner & Co-Delivery Lead

BlackBelt Global Consulting Limited

Investment readiness and investor matchmaking, co-delivering the Investment Readiness Business Clinic and Demo Day facilitation.

Strategic Implementing Partner

PALMS Africa

Leadership excellence, project management and programme delivery, leading the alternative incubation track for participants.

Meet Our Partners & Collaborators

One Ecosystem. Nineteen Organisations.

Each partner contributes specialist capability across incubation, creative industries, technology, impact and enterprise development.

Auxilium Max Company Ltd

Business Venture Studio

BlackBelt Global Consulting

Investment Readiness

PALMS Africa

Leadership & Management

Enhancing Human Potential

Human Capital Development

LCPA Federation

Social Impact Investment

Monoprime Hub

Event Management

Lin Sara Studio

Illustration & Animation

NexaHaus

Creative Talent Management

Association for Students' Social Welfare Nigeria

Youth Empowerment

Divaswrld Academy

Digital Branding & Social Media

SAB Studios NG

AI Filmmaking & Content

Taskmaster Africa

Human Capital & Recruitment

My Sweet Stories

Creative Arts Incubation

Africa Business Intelligence

Market & Business Intelligence

SAICA — SAB AI Creators Academy

AI Filmmaking Talent Development

Project Blue World

Social Impact Measurement

BlackBeltCEO

Venture Studio

BlackBeltCEO Business Clinic

Lead · Build · Impact

University of Lagos

Host Institution
Meet Our Facilitators

Eight Experts Delivering the Curriculum

Practitioners drawn from venture building, law, technology, leadership and academia.

PU

Ms. Perpetual-Love Uduma NBDSP

Principal Consultant, Auxilium Max Company LTD — Business Venture Studio
EB

Emine Yilmaz Bütün MSc. CPA

International Strategy & Investment Advisor · Chair, ITT Nexus
OO

Mr. Oluwashina Oliyide

CEO, Gnovia Limited
RL

Rebecca Lilley LLB, MSc

Chartered Legal Executive · AML Auditor · Founder, Poise2Passage
VH

Dr. Valentino Heavens

NA

Dr. Nath Aghraghra

Executive Principal, PALMS Africa
DA

Dr. (Arc.) David Adio-Moses

Senior Lecturer, University of Lagos
VA

Amb. Victor Adetolaju MITPN

Founder, Association for Students' Social Welfare · Chairman, Students Chamber of Commerce
Join the Ecosystem

Partner With SYDP

Bring your organisation into a collaborative venture development ecosystem discovering and building Africa's next generation of entrepreneurs.