Axiom

Introducing Axiom

Axiom backs Nigerian students thinking about what comes next.

The Program

2026 Fellowship

For our inaugural program, Axiom will support up to 6 postgraduate students working across agriculture, health, and education to develop their research projects into real, deployed systems in under six months.

Fellows will receive:

  • Up to N15m in funding for project development
  • Technical support to scope, design, and build systems
  • Deployment support to get real-world usage
  • Mentorship from operators, researchers, and builders

Full program details

01Agriculture

Agriculture

We're interested in systems that improve agricultural yield, scale food production, improve nutrition, or reduce costs.

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02Health

Health

We're looking for projects that organise care or improve health outcomes for large groups — from tech that brings quality care closer to communities, to platforms that coordinate health resources at scale.

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03Education

Education

We're interested in projects that expand access to knowledge and learning, or help preserve and share our languages and cultural heritage, broadening reach and inclusion across Nigeria.

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Our Story

Over the next 25 years, Nigeria's population will grow by more than half. The demands on food, health and learning infrastructure will require a generation of people who grew up in the systems they're trying to fix.

Axiom exists to find those people and give them what they need.

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