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Build the Infrastructure That Makes Nigeria a Global Remote Work Hub
Nigeria produces 680,000 graduates a year. Many of them could work for international companies remotely. The infrastructure gaps that stop them are solvable. Design the solution.
Closes 10 Sept 2026
The brief
Remote work with international employers offers Nigerian young professionals the possibility of earning in dollars or pounds while living in Nigeria — dramatically improving their purchasing power and quality of life without emigrating. But the barriers are real: unreliable electricity, expensive internet, lack of professional addresses for international contracts, and limited access to international payment accounts. These are solvable engineering and financial problems, not immutable facts.
Your challenge is to design a remote work infrastructure service that bundles everything a Nigerian professional needs to work reliably for international employers: stable power, reliable fast internet, a professional mailing address, international payment receipt, and contract templates. It must be accessible outside Lagos, affordable at under ₦40,000 per month total, and scalable to serve 50,000 professionals within 24 months.
Submit a service design and business model document (max 12 pages) including: the infrastructure bundle, how power and connectivity are provided cost-effectively, the international payment solution, the professional address model, geographic expansion strategy, unit economics per user, and a 24-month growth plan.
Judging criteria: 35% infrastructure bundle design and reliability, 30% unit economics at ₦40,000 per month, 20% geographic expansion beyond Lagos, 15% international payment solution.