Future Studio · Est. 2024 · Benin
Where Ideas
Become
Impact
A story of builders, dreamers, and the relentless belief that Africa's next chapter begins in a community, a hackathon room, a startup lab.
The Beginning
Before the name,
there was a flame
Operating as the Innovation & Entrepreneurship Hub of EPITECH Benin, it cultivated a thriving tech community, organized hackathons, and led impactful entrepreneurial initiatives across the ecosystem.
Future Studio didn't start with a mandate — it started with a course and a passion. Operating as the Innovation & Entrepreneurship Hub of EPITECH Benin, it cultivated a thriving tech community, organized hackathons, and led impactful entrepreneurial initiatives across the ecosystem.
Every initiative laid another brick — quietly, deliberately — building the credibility, network, and culture needed for a platform of this ambition.
When Africa Innovation & Education Group formally established Future Studio in 2024, it wasn't a beginning. It was the moment the flame finally received a name.
PRE-2024 · EPITECH BENIN
Animating a tech hub. Running hackathons. Planting entrepreneurship at the heart of education. The groundwork was being laid before anyone called it Future Studio.
2024 · OFFICIAL LAUNCH
AEIG formally establishes Future Studio as a structured innovation and startup support platform — giving identity to what was already a force.
West Africa is building differently
"Every cohort is a bet on the future. Every founder we touch is proof that West Africa is building differently — from the inside out.Future Studio
The Journey
Milestones that
shaped us
From a first hackathon to national recognition — every moment added a layer to what Future Studio is becoming.
2023
AGRIHACK
Agriculture feeds the continent — and technology can transform it. AGRIHACK mobilized young talent to tackle real challenges in farming, food systems, and rural economies through 72 hours of collaborative, high-stakes problem-solving.
OCT – NOV 2023
Fiscathon
A national hackathon at the intersection of technology and public finance. Developers, entrepreneurs, and public-sector stakeholders gathered to reimagine tax administration for a digital era — one of our first proofs that tech can change institutions.
2024
OFFICIAL LAUNCH
AEIG formally establishes Future Studio as a structured innovation and startup support platform — giving identity to what was a force.
2024
Discovery & EIP Program
We brought entrepreneurship into the classroom — not as a lecture, but as lived experience. Discovery opened students' eyes to coding and innovation. EIP threw them into the deep end: build a startup, face real challenges, find your resilience.
2024
Design Thinking with Société Générale
Innovation doesn't stop at the startup. In collaboration with EPITECH Benin, we led an executive-level Design Thinking workshop for directors across Benin and Togo — bringing human-centered thinking to the boardroom and reshaping how institutions approach change.
JANUARY 2025
MTN Innovation Lab Launch
A corporate-backed white-label incubation program launched in partnership with MTN Benin. Early-stage ventures gained access to product coaching, market validation frameworks, and a network built for scale. The lab became a launchpad for digital entrepreneurs.
2025
Hackathon with AFG — OREMI Platform
Insurance meets innovation. We partnered with AFG to build the use cases behind OREMI — a digital insurance platform — by unleashing the creative energy of a new generation of fintech thinkers on the challenge.
2025
Certified Entrepreneurship Support Organization
The national OAE Label from ADPME and Sèmè City is more than a certificate — it is confirmation. Confirmation that Future Studio's approach to supporting startups and SMEs — from ideation to growth — meets the highest standards of quality and impact.
2025
We.Code Hackathon — Regional Expansion
Our reach crossed borders. The We.Code Hackathon brought together young developers and innovators from Côte d'Ivoire, signaling that Future Studio's model of tech-driven community building has a continental dimension.
JANUARY 2026
MTN Innovation Lab — Cohort 2
The renewal of the MTN Innovation Lab is not just a second cohort — it is validation. The program earned its place, and a new generation of founders is now moving through it, armed with better frameworks, sharper mentors, and a stronger network.
2025 · ADPME & Sèmè City