Sponsor-facing opportunity | Lagos | Date + venue TBC

Nexus Summit Sponsorship

Partner with a business growth and leadership summit where SMEs and young professionals are actively choosing tools, finance, networks, employers, and trusted brands.

Audience
SMEs + young professionals
Range
₦1m - ₦5m
Format
Bootcamp, summit, pitch final
300 attendees
240 professionals
60 students
95% event rating

Why sponsors should care

Access, trust, and business outcomes in one room.

Nexus is not positioned as a logo-placement event. The sponsorship case is a structured environment where business owners and ambitious professionals are learning, pitching, networking, and deciding what support they need next.

01

SME Market Access

Reach business owners who need capital, payments, tools, advisory support, connectivity, visibility, and operational partners.

02

Trust Through Education

Demonstrate products and expertise through sessions, booths, demos, and direct conversations tied to practical business growth.

03

Long-Term Affinity

Build familiarity with young professionals who are becoming future operators, managers, founders, customers, and decision-makers.

Programme model

A growth pathway sponsors can activate around.

The summit connects pre-event preparation, public pitching, leadership content, sponsor engagement, and structured networking into a single sponsor-relevant journey.

  1. SME Bootcamp Selected businesses receive structured preparation before the summit.
  2. Pitch Readiness Finalists refine their story, market, numbers, and investor ask.
  3. Pitch Competition SME finalists present live to leaders, sponsors, and potential investors.
  4. Prize + Visibility The winner receives non-dilutive support and finalists gain exposure.
  5. Sponsor Activation Partners can support booths, demos, conversations, content, and reporting.

Sponsor fit

Best-fit partners for the Nexus audience.

The clearest angle is SME market access, supported by professional audience affinity and practical business enablement.

Banks + Fintechs

SME accounts, payments, savings, credit, financial education, and trust-building.

Telcos, Cloud + Tools

Connectivity, software adoption, productivity, digital operations, and SME enablement.

Consumer Brands

Affinity with upwardly mobile Nigerians and business-minded communities.

Employers + Recruiters

Access to ambitious professionals, future operators, and early-career talent.

Sponsorship packages

Choose the level of visibility and activation you need.

Packages are sponsor-accessible while final delivery inventory is confirmed around venue, booth capacity, media plan, and programme details.

Gold Sponsor

₦3m
  • Prominent sponsor visibility
  • Booth and product demo
  • Social media posts
  • Event recognition
  • Post-event report

Silver Sponsor

₦1m
  • Supporting logo presence
  • Booth or table presence
  • Social media mention
  • Event recognition
  • Optional reporting to confirm

Proof from Nexus 1.0

An existing base to build from.

Last year's summit provides early proof of attendance, professional participation, speaker participation, pitch competition format, and attendee satisfaction.

7 speakers
5 pitch finalists
₦500k pitch awards

Sponsor brief

Download the prospectus for the full package detail.

The PDF includes the sponsor thesis, programme model, recommended sponsor categories, package table, and the Nexus 1.0 proof points.

Cover preview of the Nexus Summit sponsorship prospectus
Sponsor-facing prospectus preview