Shell LiveWire Application 2024/2025 for Young Nigerians
Interested and eligible young Nigerians with innovative business ideas are hereby invited to submit their application for the 2024 Shell LiveWire grant program. See program details and how to apply below.
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About Shell Livewire
The Shell Petroleum Development Company of Nigeria Limited (SPDC), operator of the NNPC/ Shell/Total Energies/Agip Joint Venture (SPDC JV), announces the commencement of the SPDC JV Regional LiveWIRE Programme.
LiveWIRE is a youth enterprise development program supported by the SPDC JV. The program aims to inspire, encourage, and support young people aged 18-35 with training and finance to start their own businesses.
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The objective of the Program
- Enable youths to establish businesses by exposing them to business planning and management skills through the Become a successful business owner course
- Provide business startup grants for candidates with the best business plans
- Link successful candidates to third parties like; financial institutions and non-governmental organizations.
- Provide a volunteer mentoring program for successful candidates.
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Program Content
- Pre-start up: – Value and Organize Yourself(VOY)
- Bright Ideas workshop(BI)
- Become a successful business owner(business planning and management)
- Value chain workshop
- Business startup – how to access finance and technology
- Post start-up – mentoring and market linkage
Eligibility Criteria
- Male and female applicants from Rivers, Bayelsa, Imo, Abia, Delta, Akwa Ibom, Cross River, and Edo can apply
- Must possess a University degree or HND in any discipline
- You must be resident in your state of origin
- You must not have a paid employment
- You must have an innovative business idea
- You must desire to own or manage a business
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How to Apply for Shell LiveWire
Interested and eligible candidates are to submit their application form online via the Shell LiveWire application portal here before the deadline stated below.
Application Deadline
Application is open annually.
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