Two things decide a coworking space in Lagos, and neither of them is the coffee. The first is power: does the building run inverter and generator seamlessly, or do you lose ten minutes every time the grid drops? The second is internet: is there redundant fibre from two providers, or one line that dies in the rain? Everything else — the desk, the view, the plants — is negotiable.
The third thing, which nobody advertises, is community. Lagos coworking is genuinely the best professional-network entry point in the city, better than any conference. The tech scene here is small, dense and WhatsApp-based, and a hot desk at the right space in Yaba or on the Island puts you inside it within a fortnight. CcHub in particular functions less as an office and more as the front door to Nigerian tech.
Geographically the scene splits: Yaba — Yabacon Valley — is the startup and engineering cluster, cheaper and grittier. Victoria Island and Ikoyi are corporate, expensive and polished. Lekki sits in between and is where most remote workers actually live.