Infrastructure
Smart Hubs —
Nigeria's new
social infrastructure
Modular. Solar-powered. Water-secure. AI-enabled. Smart Hubs are permanent community centres designed for Nigeria's most underserved communities — delivering health, education, connectivity and enterprise in a single campus.
01 — WHAT IS A SMART HUB
More than a building. A new foundation for community life.
A Smart Hub is a modular, prefabricated community centre engineered for Nigeria's hardest-to-reach places. Unlike temporary interventions that come and go, a Smart Hub is permanent infrastructure — designed to serve a community for decades.
Each hub runs on solar power with battery backup, taps clean water through solar-powered boreholes, delivers high-speed internet via satellite or fibre — and uses AI tools to assist health workers, teachers and community administrators every single day.
02 — HUB TIERS
Four tiers. One mission.
We scale the hub to what the community needs — and what funding allows. Every tier is a complete, permanent solution. None is a compromise.
Digital Point
First connection for the most remote communities
- Solar power & battery storage
- Community broadband WiFi
- Digital literacy station
- Health screening point
- Emergency communications
Maternity Hub
Safe delivery and smart schooling — under one roof
- Full maternity suite + delivery room
- Antenatal & postnatal clinic
- Digital classroom (40 students)
- Solar power + borehole water
- AI-assisted triage system
Full Community Hub
Complete community infrastructure — our flagship hub
- All 10 CARE AFRICA programmes
- Training centre & enterprise zone
- Community hall (200 capacity)
- Full solar + water infrastructure
- Resident health & education staff
Regional Campus
Multi-community regional infrastructure anchor
- Regional hospital wing
- University outreach centre
- Agricultural processing unit
- Enterprise park (20+ businesses)
- Government partnership model
03 — HUB MAP
37 states. One network.
Our national deployment plan covers all 36 states plus the FCT. We begin in the highest-need LGAs and expand from each active hub outward.
Interactive Nigeria hub map — coming soon
Showing active, under-construction and planned hubs across all 37 states
04 — HOW TO GET A HUB
Any community can request a hub.
The process is simple and open. Community leaders, diaspora representatives, LGA officials and NGOs can all submit a request on behalf of a community.
Community submits a request
Any community leader, LGA official, diaspora representative or NGO can request a hub through our online form. We review every submission.
Needs assessment conducted
Our team visits the community — or works remotely in hard-to-reach areas — to assess infrastructure, population, and priority programmes.
Hub tier matched and funding sourced
We match the right hub tier to the community's needs and begin sourcing funding from corporate partners, diaspora donors, and government grants.
Construction and commissioning
Prefabricated units are delivered and installed within 8–12 weeks of funding confirmation. Local contractors are prioritised in every deployment.
Hub goes live — and stays live
Staff are trained, programmes begin, and our monitoring team tracks outcomes. Every hub reports quarterly to its funders and the wider community.
The scale of the challenge we're solving
Ready to act?
Whether you represent a community that needs a hub, or you have the resources to fund one — the next step starts here.