Youth Empowerment

APPLY for UN Youth Volunteer Programme in Germany 2015

The United Nations Volunteers (UNV) programmme is awarded to young people from the UN member States interested in contributing to peace and development through volunteerism worldwide. UNV contributes to peace and development by advocating for recognition of volunteers, working with partners to integrate volunteerism into development programming, and mobilizing an increasing number and diversity of … Read more

Nigeria’s Growing Youth Unemployment: Entrepreneurship to the Rescue

Unemployment in Nigeria - Entrepreneurship

Ever dreamt of graduating from the University and living a financially secured life ever after? Chances are high you do – it’s a common dream these days. It’s not unusual to hear students proclaim that they would have a financially viable life as soon as they graduate and get employed by Chevron, Dangote, Microsoft Corporation, … Read more

Nigeria: Out of 449 Candidates, 100 will qualify for the Presidential Scholarship Award

449 candidates met the criteria for selection for the Presidential Special Scholarship Scheme for Innovation and Development, according to the Executive director, National Universities Commission (NUC), Julius Okojie, on Monday. He made this know in Abuja when he visited Chams centre where the candidates wrote the Presidential Special Scholarship Aptitude Test. Of the 449 candidates … Read more

How I won in the YouWIN Business Plan Competition – Interview with Utibe Etim

YouWIN Nigeria Young Entrepreneur Business Plan Competition

The YouWIN Nigeria program was transparent. Because for someone like me to be among the winners, then I would say it’s really transparent. Because I don’t know anyone who would have helped me. The FG of Nigeria introduced the Youth Enterprise with Innovation in Nigeria –YouWIN programme in 2011 www.youwin.org.ng; a collaboration of the Ministry … Read more

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