Nigeria’s Federal Government has launched the “YouWiN” initiative for budding entrepreneurs. To apply for the campaign, applicants have been invited to fill up the form at www.youwin.org.ng. The campaign is aimed at aspiring and very resolute young entrepreneurs in Nigeria, which is in line with Nigeria’s Federal Government drive to conceive more occupations for Nigerian youth and reduce the unemployment rate.

The YOUWIN Application 2013 will be executed in tight joint venture with Nigeria’s private Sectorate industry, who will be admonished to provide adequate funding support.

The main and centre target of the YouWiN! programme is to generate and maximize occupations by encouraging and carrying aspiring entrepreneurial youths in Nigeria to evolve and execute business ideas that will lead to job creation throughout the 36 states of the Federation.

The events will furthermore provide youths with an open platform to display their business insights, abilities and other aspirations to high business leaders,top investors in Nigeria.

Objectives of the campaign include:

1. To attract great concepts and innovations from juvenile entrepreneurial aspirants from either Universities, Polytechnics, Mechanical/Technical schools, and other post-Secondary organisations in Nigeria.
2. To provide a one time equity allocation for the selected 1,200 aspiring and very resolute Nigerianentrepreneurs to either start or el(expand already existing business) aborate their enterprise notion and reduse start up risks;-To Generate 80,000 to 110,000 new occupations for the actually unemployed Nigerian youths all through the three years throughout which these 3 circuits will be performed and implemented.
3. To provide ample enterprise teaching for up to 6,000 aspiring youth entrepreneurs who are disperse over all the Nigeria geo-political zones across the federation.
4. To encourage the expansion, specialization and spin-offs of living businesses in Nigeria.
5. To endow the juvenile entrepreneurs to get and acquire access to a broad variety of enterprise expert systems and advance their visibility in the proposed fields.

This YouWiN campaign is an equity creation and assistance to your enterprise. It should be thus seen NOT As a LOAN but a grant from the FederalGovernment.The accolade recipients will be paid according to the specified desires of the enterprise and specific mile-stones stated in the business design.

The accolade recipients should furthermore be registered with the CAC before the disbursement of capital even though it is not necessary to be listed before you apply for the YouWin.

The recipients must duly signal a grant affirmation with the managers of YouWiN! events before disbursement of capital.

Step 1
Ascertain For Your Eligibility-ascertain completely if you are actually trained to apply for YouWin. See the section “Who can apply?” underneath.

Step 2
Register here https://apply.youwin.org.ng/registerp.php
You will obtain a confirmation internet message from YouWIN! with all the minutia you will need to be adept to log in.

Step 3
Complete The New enterprise Application pattern: After you have effectively registered, you will need to Log in and click the New enterprise Application icon/button on the right hand-side. You can save your application form as you proceed advance, and arrive back to it later. And once you are satisfied with your application, click on the Submit button to drive and send it to us. You can submit only ONE application.

Who can request and apply for Youwin Application Form 2013?

• You must be a verified citizen of Nigeria and not older than 40 years (proof of persona: worldwide identification or a Drivers permit or a nationwide ID/Voters business card needed)
• You should have also a post-secondary school requirement.
• Your suggested enterprise venture should be within the nationwide boundaries of Nigeria, and with the aim of employing Nigerian people.
• Please, your suggested venture should not comprise any form of output or distribution of tools for fighting, alcohol-dependent beverages, tobacco or/and wagering, or any activities in contradiction with the Nigerian constitution.
• You must amply prepare an innovative enterprise notion summary.

You must endeavor to select in order to take part in one award pool. There are six local award pools on the cornerstone of geo-political zone in the country as recognised by the market in which you want to do the business.

The closing date for application is January 21st 2014 by 12:00 a.m.