FOR MENTORS

Help founders make better decisions—and build stronger businesses.

Share your experience with entrepreneurs solving real problems. Tubali Innovation Hub is building a network of mentors who can provide practical guidance, challenge assumptions, help founders navigate growth and, where appropriate, open relevant professional connections.

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Who we recruit as mentors

We welcome practitioners, operators, subject-matter experts, and experienced entrepreneurs across product, technology, sales, finance, agribusiness, operations, legal, and fundraising readiness.

Mentor participation is based on fit, availability, the needs of founders, and the Hub's operating model.

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STANDARDS & CONDUCT

Mentor expectations and responsibilities

To maintain a high-trust environment for founders in our programmes, all mentors commit to clear ethical and confidentiality standards.

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Offer constructive, practical and respectful guidance.

Agree on goals and meeting cadence with the Hub and matched founder.

Keep founder and business information confidential, subject to applicable law and any agreed exceptions.

Disclose conflicts of interest and do not misuse introductions or confidential information.

Avoid promising investment, contracts or outcomes on behalf of the Hub.

Report concerns about safeguarding, misconduct or misuse of information through the designated Hub contact.

Proposed Mentoring Cadence: Our standard mentoring structure centres on a defined three-month mentoring cycle with a structured check-in approximately every two weeks (remote, in-person in Kano, or hybrid). Specific matching and scheduling are confirmed with each mentor prior to a cycle starting.

READY TO CONTRIBUTE?

Submit your Mentor Application

Click below to open the dedicated mentor application form and share your experience, areas of expertise, and monthly availability. No account registration is required.

Become a Mentor

ECOSYSTEM PATHWAYS

Other ways to get involved with Tubali Hub

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FOR FOUNDERS

Apply as a Founder

Turn your idea into a venture built to grow with structured incubation, mentorship, and ecosystem support.

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FOR INVESTORS

Register as an Investor

Connect with the Tubali ecosystem to discover ventures building solutions for real markets in the North and beyond.

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FOR PARTNERS

Partner with the Hub

Collaborate on programmes, research, infrastructure, market access, or ecosystem initiatives.

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