Lagos , Nigeria ( CNN ) -- Fingers tickle keyboards fastidiously , bright-colored walls boast signs reading `` We Code Hard , '' and an idle foosball table waits for its next contenders . These are all signs you 've entered a place for passionate tech enthusiasts . But if 'Bosun Tijani has his way , this is where Nigeria 's next great idea will be born . Tijani is co-founder of the Co-Creation Hub -- or CcHub -- in Lagos , part of a 21st-century technology movement sweeping the African continent . Similar to Kenya 's iHub and the newly opened Jozi Hub in South Africa , Nigeria 's version also creates a state-of-the-art space for like-minded people to collaborate and innovate . The CcHub , though , aims to stand out from the pack with its focus on social responsibility . Read more : 'Africa 's tallest building ' set for $ 10 billion tech city . New smartphones and tablet computers may be trendy , says Tijani , but they 're more powerful when harnessed in a way that improves healthcare , increases voter registration or `` bridges the gap between citizens and government . '' Tackling that last concept is Oluseun Onigbinde , an original paying member of this innovation space and creator of the data-visualization site YourBudgIT.com . Onigbinde and his team have built colorful infographics explaining the highly complex , and some might say boring , Nigerian federal financial system . In one area , users can click through an animated display showing tiles sized relative to each and every government expense . If you click on a tile , like the Ministry of Education for example , additional breakdowns emerge showing how its money is divided . All of the information is current , some is displayed as maps or pie charts , and one section even allows users to experiment with increasing and decreasing specific funds . `` Most people never went to school to do public finance or economics , '' says Onigbinde , `` so you 're [ helping ] people understand these things '' that are important to everyday life . Read more : Why tech innovators are Africa 's future . Other developers , like Sola Ajayi , have their sights set on mobile phone applications . Ajayi created Efiko ( which means bookworm ) -- a multi-platform app of timed quizzes with shareable results aimed at secondary school students . Even young filmmakers enjoy coming to the CcHub to network with tech-savvy developers who might be able to help with movie editing or special effects software . The seemingly limitless potential of the CcHub made it a popular pillar of Nigeria 's first ever Social Media Week . The global conference , which last month took place simultaneously in 10 cities stretching from New York to Tokyo , attracted entrepreneurs , investors , academics and government officials . Nigeria was the only African country to host an SMW event , and according to its global organizers , Lagos was the third `` most social '' city out of the entire bunch . Tijani 's excitement , and exhaustion , during the event was evident as dozens of eager outsiders walked through the CcHub 's workspace and filled its rooftop lounge . Understandable when you consider he and his team also squeezed in an hours-long meeting with Intel executives interested in what these young Nigerians are doing . Read more : Lagos Social Media Week : A local 's guide to the city . CcHub 's founders chose a central location for the hub because of a well thought out long-term strategy . It sits near the University of Lagos , so Nigerian students can easily visit , close to a design school so creative artists feel welcome , and down the street from more than a dozen tech startup companies so they can connect physically with like-minded entrepreneurs . Tijani says the next step is to convince the regional government to install fiber optic cables on surrounding streets and free Wi-Fi access to anyone within the hub 's vicinity . He 's confident it will happen , feeling optimistic as he looks over Lagos . `` Building solutions , '' he says , `` that 's what this is about . ''
Lagos 's CC Hub is an open space where tech - savvy people share ideas . Founder Bosun Tijani wants the city to be the birthplace of Nigeria 's next big innovation . Those involved work together to find tech solutions to community problems . CC Hub will host a Social Media Week last year .