NITHub Innovation Fair 2026 Set to Showcase UNILAG’s Next Wave of Innovation
2026-07-29 10:00 - 2026-07-31 17:00 (Africa/Lagos) | Jelili Adebisi Omotola Multi-Purpose Hall, UNILAG, Lagos State, 101017, Nigeria
Every breakthrough begins with someone willing to ask, “What if?”
At the University of Lagos (UNILAG), those questions have sparked innovations, startups, technologies, and solutions addressing real-world challenges.
This July, NITHub Innovation Fair 2026 will bring those ideas into the spotlight as the University opens its doors to innovators, entrepreneurs, investors, researchers, industry leaders, and technology enthusiasts for three (3) days of groundbreaking ideas, collaboration, and opportunity.
Organised by the National Information Technology Development Agency (NITDA) Information Technology Hub (NITHub), UNILAG, the Innovation Fair will mark the conclusion of the PAPDIS Project initiatives while celebrating five (5) years of nurturing innovation, entrepreneurship, and technology-driven solutions within and beyond the University community.
Event Details
Date: Wednesday, July 29 to Friday, July 31, 2026
Venue: Jelili Adebisi Omotola Multi-Purpose Hall, UNILAG
Time: 10:00 a.m. daily
Theme: From Vision to Venture: Igniting Ideas, Enabling Solutions that Transform Tomorrow
Since its establishment, NITHub has grown into one of the University’s foremost platforms for digital skills development, startup incubation, entrepreneurship, technology commercialisation, and innovation support. Over the past five years, it has empowered a growing community of students, researchers, startup founders, and innovators, transforming promising ideas into practical solutions with real-world impact.
This year’s Innovation Fair promises to showcase just how far that journey has come and the exciting possibilities that still lie ahead.
Visitors will explore innovative products and technology solutions developed by startups within the NITHub ecosystem, witness live innovation showcases and technology demonstrations by students, researchers, and partner organisations, and experience the excitement of the Startup Demo Day, where selected ventures will pitch their solutions before investors, venture capitalists, angel investors, and other key players in the innovation ecosystem.
The Fair will also create valuable opportunities for networking and strategic partnerships among academia, industry, government, development organisations, and innovation leaders, further strengthening the University’s role as a catalyst for technological advancement.

For aspiring innovators, it is an opportunity to discover what is possible when bold ideas meet the right support.
For entrepreneurs and startup founders, it is a platform to connect with investors, mentors, collaborators, and partners who can help turn promising innovations into thriving enterprises.
For the University community, it is another powerful reminder that innovation is not simply taught at UNILAG. It is cultivated, tested, refined, and launched into the world.

As the University continues to strengthen its position as a leading centre for innovation, entrepreneurship, and technology development in West Africa, NITHub Innovation Fair 2026 reflects its enduring commitment to transforming knowledge into impact and ideas into enterprises.
Students, members of staff, alumni, innovators, entrepreneurs, investors, development partners, industry stakeholders, and the general public are warmly invited to be part of this landmark celebration of creativity, collaboration, and technological excellence.
Tomorrow is already taking shape. Come to NITHub, UNILAG and see those building the next wave of innovation.

DLI, UNILAG Holds Monthly Seminar Series, July 30
2026-07-30 11:00 - 12:30
The Distance Learning Institute, University of Lagos (DLI, UNILAG) will hold its Monthly Seminar Series on Thursday, July 30, 2026, at 11:00 a.m. at the DLI Board Room, Red Brick, UNILAG, Akoka.
Titled: Medicinal Potentials of African Mistletoe in Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus Management, the seminar will be presented by Dr. E. O. Bamigbade.
Members of the University community are warmly encouraged to attend the blended event via Zoom URL: https://us02web.zoom.us/j/88007294846?pwd=[REDACTED] Meeting ID: 880 0729 4846 and Passcode: [REDACTED]

UNILAG Carnival 20+1: Come Celebrate Humanity, Culture, and Creativity in the Age of AI on July 30
2026-07-30 12:00 - 22:00 | Indoor Sports Hall, UNILAG Sports Centre, UNILAG Sports Centre, Akoka, Lagos, Nigeria
Come Thursday, July 30, 2026, students of the Department of Theatre Arts and Film Studies, Faculty of Creative Arts, University of Lagos (UNILAG), will exhibit the efforts of countless hours of designing, months of rehearsals, weeks of building, refining, and performing as they present the UNILAG Carnival 20+1 Edition, a spectacular showcase of culture, performance, and artistic excellence inspired by this year’s theme, “Humanity in the Age of AI.”
Date: Thursday, July 30, 2026
Time: 12:00 noon
Venue: Indoor Sports Hall, Sports Centre, University of Lagos
Presented as part of THA344 (African/Caribbean Theatre Laboratory), the Carnival is far more than an annual tradition. It is a practical academic production through which 300-level students translate classroom learning into immersive public performance, demonstrating their understanding of African and Caribbean theatre, cultural history, cuisine, performance techniques, costume design, music, movement, and storytelling.
Each edition challenges students to think creatively, work collaboratively, and transform ideas into unforgettable experiences, with every stage of the production contributing to their academic assessment.
Celebrating its 20+1 Edition, this year’s Carnival embraces the cultural concept, “One Continent, One Carnival,” bringing together the vibrant traditions of Africa, Brazil, Haiti, Jamaica, The Bahamas, and Trinidad & Tobago in a colourful fusion of music, dance, theatre, fashion, and cultural expression.
Against the backdrop of a world increasingly shaped by artificial intelligence, this year’s performances invite audiences to reflect on the enduring qualities that define humanity: creativity, culture, imagination, empathy, and our ability to tell stories that connect generations.
It is another reminder that some of the most powerful learning happens when knowledge steps beyond the classroom and comes alive before an audience.
Students, members of staff, alumni, and the general public are warmly invited to experience a tradition that has inspired audiences for more than two decades while celebrating the next generation of creative talents emerging from UNILAG.
Come and witness the culmination of months of dedication as our students transform ideas into performance and the classroom theories into a living celebration of culture. Beyond the costumes, music, and spectacle lies the story of young creatives discovering their voices, refining their craft, and sharing with the world what they have spent an entire semester creating.

Change of Date for Faculty of Life Sciences July Seminar
2026-07-30 13:00 - 17:00
The Faculty of Life Sciences, University of Lagos (UNILAG), has announced Thursday, July 30, 2026 as the new date for its July Seminar, earlier scheduled for Thursday, July 23, 2026.
Other details remain unchanged:
Theme: Behavioural Intelligence: From Natural Systems to AI Design
Time: 1:00 p.m.
Venue: LT026, Science Complex, UNILAG
Organised in conjunction with the Department of Zoology, the seminar aims to showcase research excellence, stimulate interdisciplinary conversations, and explore the connections between natural intelligence and AI design. The event will feature an engaging panel discussion on how behavioural intelligence can inspire the development of artificial intelligence models and bio-inspired designs.
All members of the University community are cordially invited.
