2017 Shell Joint Venture Regional LiveWIRE Programme for young Nigerians

Application Deadline: Monday August 21, 2017

The Shell Petroleum Development Company of Nigeria Limited (SPDC), operator of the NNPC/Shell/Total/Agip Joint Venture (SPDC JV) announces the commencement of the 2017 SPDC JV Regional LiveWIRE Programme.

Livewire is a youth enterprise development programme supported by the SPDC JV.  The programme aims to inspire, encourage and support young people aged 18-35 with training and finance to start their own businesses.

The LiveWIRE programme objectives are:

• Enable youths to establish businesses by exposing them to business planning and management skills through the ‘Become a Successful Business Owner Course’.
• Provide business start-up grants for candidates with the best business plans.
• Link successful candidates to third parties like financial institutions and non-government organisations (NGOs).
• Provide a volunteer mentoring programme for successful candidates.

Programme content:   

• Pre-start up: – Value and Organise Yourself (VOY)
• Bright Ideas workshop (BI)
• Become a Successful Business Owner (Business Planning & Management)
• Value Chain workshop
• Business Start-up (How to access finance & technology)
• Post start up (Mentoring and Market linkages)

Applications eligibility:

• Male and female applicants from the region (South-South).
• Must possess a University degree or HND in any discipline.
• Must have completed NYSC if within mandatory bracket.
• Must be resident in their states of origin.
• Must not be in paid employment.
• Must have an innovative business idea.
• Must desire to own and manage a business.

For More Information:

Visit the Official Webpage of the 2017 SPDC JV Regional LiveWIRE Programme.