The president launched the take off of YOUWIN 3 today (Nov 25) in Abuja. This is opportunity for 1,200 Nigerian youths below 40yrs with bankable business ideas to receive grant of between N1m to N10m to start up of enhance their businesses.

Youwin 2 was open for women alone but this year both men and women will participate.

The website is now open https://www.youwin.org.ng/


YOU WIN Has Produced 26,000 Jobs So Far – Jonathan
Posted by: Channels Television Posted date: November 252013 In: Headlines | comment : 0
Nigerian president, Goodluck Jonathan, on Monday announced that the Youth Enterprise With Innovation programme has created over 26,000 direct jobs.

Addressing a gathering of young entrepreneurs and government officials at the ceremony marking the initiative’s third anniversary, which held at the Presidential Villa in Abuja, the President reiterated that YOU WIN was founded to tackle the growing unemployment rate.

Nigeria had a high percentage of unemployed youth of about 35 per cent at the beginning of his administration.

“The YOU WIN programme is unique in the sense that it depends on the Nigerian youth to create jobs for the Nigerian youths,” he explained.

He reminded the gathering of his promise to make available a minimum of 80,000 jobs through the programme and announced that over 26,000 direct jobs have been created across 6 geo-political zones.

Speaking at the event, the Minister of Finance, Okonjo Iweala, said the government initiative allowed Nigerian youths to pursue their entrepreneurial dreams. The YOU WIN programme was created to “empower our youth to start or expand existing businesses and to create jobs, not only for themselves but for their peers.”

The programme is implemented as an annual business plan competition in which winners win grants up to the sum of 10 million Naira (about 64,000 dollars).

The first cycle of the initiative received less than 24,000 applications while about 65,000 applications were received in the second run.

Okonjo-Iweala said that the success recorded was indicative of the trust youths now have in the country via the YOU WIN programme. ‘They believe in YOU WIN,” she added.

President Jonathan inspected an exhibition of businesses which winners of the Youth Enterprise With Innovation Nigeria, YOU WIN, programme have established.

At an exhibition, beneficiaries of the first batch of YOU WIN showed the President what they had achieved with the grants they got from the government.

Kudos must be given to GEJ's administration for initiating the best ever merit based wealth creation strategy in Nigeria's history.
I am impressed by the YOUWIN thing. It's a good strategy.

eksammy: The president launched the take off of YOUWIN 3 today (Nov 25) in Abuja. This is opportunity for 1,200 Nigerian youths below 40yrs with bankable business ideas to receive grant of between N1m to N10m to start up of enhance their businesses.

Youwin 2 was open for women alone but this year both men and women will participate.


YOU WIN Has Produced 26,000 Jobs So Far – Jonathan
Posted by: Channels Television Posted date: November 252013 In: Headlines | comment : 0
Nigerian president, Goodluck Jonathan, on Monday announced that the Youth Enterprise With Innovation programme has created over 26,000 direct jobs.

The bolded underlies the age category for YOUWIN and which accounts for the most effervescent and dynamic segment of society. It is thoughtful of the Minister of Finance/Cordinating Minister, Dr Okonjo Iweala to pilot such a beautiful project for Nigerian youths. This will help to address the issue of unemployment and facilitate the creation of wealth by a new breed of entrepreneurs.

I never took the YOUWIN thing seriously till a Friend told me that a boy in his church testified about his successful application without having anybody in power to push it for him. He said it was a church member that encouraged him to apply and that was how he ventured into it.
Even on social media, there has not been much criticism over YOUWIN which can be taken for a general consensus that the process is a bit fair. That is commendable.

Oga JONA said during the flag off of YOUWIN that the programme has no GODFATHER. That was inspiring from my president.
Oga JONA carry go till 2019.

People,

I am a living testimony that this programme is real. The least i can do is spread the good news to help others.

Go and apply here https://www.youwin.org.ng/apply-now/ if you have a business idea.


Step 1 – Check Your Eligibility

Check that you are qualified to apply. See the section “Who can apply?” below.

To be eligible for the Business Plan Competition you must satisfy the following criteria

You must be a proven citizen of Nigeria no older than 40 years (proof of identity: International passport/Drivers License/National ID/Voters card required)
You must have a post-secondary school qualification
Your proposed business venture must be within the national borders of Nigeria, and with the intention of employing Nigerian citizens.
Your proposed venture must not entail the production or distribution of weapons, alcoholic beverages, tobacco or/and gambling, or any activities in contradiction with the Nigerian constitution
You must prepare an innovative business concept summary

You must choose to participate in one award pool. There are 6 regional pools on the basis of geo-political zone as identified by market in which you want to do business.

Step 2 – Register

Register here https://www.youwin.org.ng/apply-now/

You will receive a confirmation email from YouWIN! with all the details you will need to log in.

If you have any trouble registering please read our tips and troubleshooting advice, and if you still have problems after following this advice, please contact us.

Step 3 – Complete New Business Application

Once you have successfully registered you need to Log in and click the New Business Application button on the right hand-side. You can save your application form as you go along, and come back to it at any time. Once you are happy with your application use the Submit button on the form to send it to us. You can submit only ONE application.

Step 4 – Keep Informed

After the closing date you will be notified if you have been selected for the next stage of the competition. You can join the discussion on Facebook, Linkedln and Twitter. We will also post regular updates on the YouWiN! homepage.

Mr Op, thanks a lot for this YOUWIN Topic. I will follow up ASAP.

YOUWIN 2 was fantastic for women. You need to see the stories I have listened from the women.
One used it to set up a bead making factory that employs about 40 people and pays them average of 50,000 monthly.
That is one of the success stories of YOUWIN.

Louis88: Mr Op, thanks a lot for this YOUWIN Topic. I will follow up ASAP.

You're welcome. my goal is for all my bros and sis to hear and benefit from this laudable FG programme

Youwin! APPLICATION GUIDELINES

For guidelines on how to answer youwin business questions on all the sector, just click on the link below.

click here to get the guidelines click here >>> http://www.edumacro.com/youwin-application-2015-download-youwin-form/

YOUWIN is for those Nigerians who genuinely need govt assistance to start or expand their businesses.

But for the lazy political jobbers, arm chair critics, warmongers, tribal bigots, incurable cynics, nay sayers, haters and people suffering from pull-govt-down syndrome, they can continue in their lamentations and in crying wolf where there is none

front page... business savvy NLs need to be informed

is there going to be stage 4 next year? Or it has rounded up

okay