‘It changed my life’: How Techub Spaces supports digital natives in Ikeja
“The environment is conducive enough for work.”
Olumide Oyeleye wanted to get into tech, but he wasn’t sure how to go about it. In 2019, he was a 20-year-old graphic designer just out of vocational school. Then, a client invited him to Techub Spaces, a co-working centre in Agidingbi, Ikeja, after a struggle at home with power cuts and slow Internet.
He liked the amenities at the co-working space, but he couldn’t afford it. “I was just starting my career at the time,” Oyeleye told Ikeja Record in a recent interview.
But he was able to negotiate a discount, up to half of the monthly subscription for using the space. And a few months down the line, he was hired to run operations for the centre.
“The pay wasn’t great (a transport allowance of N15,000) but I had a place to come to, get access to resources and use the Internet,” Oyeleye said. “I also met people and was able to get new leads for my work.”
