
Our Story & Impact
A gap existed. Dada Hub was created in response.
Live at the Hub
The Origin
Where African women build at the frontier.
Dada Hub didn't start with a building. It started with a gap.
Across Africa, women are building businesses, writing code, creating products, exploring emerging technologies, and solving problems that matter. But talent alone is not enough.
We asked ourselves what could happen if the right space, knowledge, tools, networks, and opportunities existed under one roof. That question became Dada Hub, a place where women can work, learn, build, create, and connect.
A place where they can build alongside businesses, organisations, investors, and the wider technology ecosystem.
For us, Dada Hub is more than a physical space; it is the infrastructure around ambition. We are creating an environment where ideas can become products, products can become companies, and companies can become institutions. It is our belief in what African women can build when given the space and support to lead.
Our Purpose
We believe African women should have a defining role in shaping the technologies of tomorrow.
Our Vision
Our vision is an Africa where women are not only participants in technological change, but the architects of it.
The Dada Hub Manifesto
We believe what gets built changes what becomes possible.
We believe African women should not simply consume the technologies shaping the world. They should be building them.
We believe ambitious ideas need more than inspiration. They need space, tools, knowledge, technical capability, networks, and people willing to build alongside them.
We believe Africa has an opportunity to shape the technologies and industries that will define its future, and women must be at the centre of that opportunity.
So we built Dada Hub.
Meet the team
Founder and people behind the hub

Founded by
Lorraine Marcel
CEO & Director, Dada Hub | Founder, Bitcoin Dada
Dada Hub was founded by Lorraine Marcel with a vision to create the spaces, systems, and opportunities that enable African women to build at the frontier of technology and innovation.
Meet the FounderThe people building Dada Hub

Tevin Isaac
Growth Specialist

Mercy Mbao
Software Developer

Lilian Nwamaife
Brand Designer

Joylizza Mwangi
Comms. Manager
The work in practice
A story measured by what people can do next
Our impact is visible in the work people do, the spaces they use and the opportunities created across the Hub and its connected initiatives.

Planning Something Worth Gathering For?
Choose a venue package and tell us how you want the space prepared.

