01 / Start here
Join the Movement
Bring a problem, your skills or your institution, and help build ESICON Innovation from the start.
About ESICON Innovation
We're building the bridge Nigeria needs.
A platform connecting Nigerian talent with the companies, researchers and institutions that have real problems to solve.
Our mission
Nigeria has no shortage of capable young people, and no shortage of problems worth solving. Too often the two never meet. A student in Kano may never hear about the company in Lagos that needs exactly what they're learning to do.
ESICON Innovation exists to close that distance. We want a student, corps member or graduate to be able to find real work, do it well and leave with payment and proof, and a company to find the people who can help, wherever they happen to be.
The problem we're solving
Nigeria's headline unemployment rate was 4.3% in Q2 2024, which hides the harder question: what kind of work is there, and is anyone ready for it? Each year brings a large new wave of students into a job market where formal roles are scarce.
93%
of employment in Nigeria was informal in Q2 2024.
National Bureau of Statistics, Labour Force Report, Q2 2024 (opens in a new tab)12.5%
of young people aged 15 to 24 were not in education, employment or training in Q2 2024.
National Bureau of Statistics, Labour Force Report, Q2 2024 (opens in a new tab)1,009,044
candidates were admitted to tertiary institutions in the 2025 cycle, out of 2,007,312 who sat the UTME.
JAMB figures, reported by Legit.ng, May 2026 (opens in a new tab)
These figures describe the labour market and tertiary admissions. They don't directly measure skills, and they are the latest we could check against a source.
Our approach
We're building a platform where solving a problem is how people learn, prove themselves and get noticed.
Start from real problems
Companies, NGOs and institutions post work they actually need done.
Open the door by skill
People can show what they can do, whichever campus or state they come from.
Learn by delivering
Mixed teams work with mentors and finish with paid, evidenced work.
The team
Team profiles are coming soon.
Who we are
A solution by Basmalat Nass Integrated Services Limited
ESICON Innovation isn't an independent organisation. It's built and run by Basmalat Nass Integrated Services Limited, which provides the platform as its solution for connecting Nigerian talent, institutions and industry.
Join the Movement
02 / I have a problem
Companies, NGOs and government
Got a problem worth solving?
Post it as a challenge with a budget in naira, and choose from teams who want to solve it.