Clintonel Advanced Engineering Centre honored as the Most Outstanding MSME in Nigeria for 2022
Clintonel Advanced Engineering Centre (AEC) Aba has received the prestigious national award as the Most Outstanding MSME in Nigeria 2022, from the Vice President of Nigeria who described the company and its works as “The building block for a true industrial revolution in Nigeria”_
In 2017, Clintonel Advanced Engineering Centre (AEC) Aba started Clintonel Innovation Centre (CIC) Nigeria’s first Makerspace (Engineering-Focused Tech Hub) out of passion to support indigenous innovations and technology development in Nigeria. Through CIC, the company has trained over 1,000 secondary school students in STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics), over 600 school leavers in Computer Aided Design and Manufacturing, 870 engineering students, lecturers and graduates on essential industry skills.
It has organized national competitions and events to promote innovation and technology development.
Nigeria imports up to 80% of the goods consumed in the country resulting to high unemployment, poverty, insecurity, high inflation and naira devaluation. To address these challenges AEC started Clintonel Advanced Engineering Centre (AEC) Aba with the mission to facilitate the transition from a consuming to a producing nation. AEC builds high precision moulds, tools, parts and machines for Nigerian industries to boost local production and reduce importation.
This National Honour from the Vice President recognises the critical role Clintonel is playing towards industrial and national development in Nigeria.
