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The programme was launched in Nigeria in 2011. YouWin! is an acronym which stands for Youth Enterprise with Innovation in Nigeria. The programme is a joint product of four government ministries: the Federal Ministry of Finance, Ministry of Communication and Technology, Ministry of Education and Youth Development, and the Ministry of Women Affairs. [3]
Nigeria gained full independence in October 1960 under a constitution that provided for a parliamentary government and a substantial measure of self-government for the country's three regions. Since then, various panels have studied and made recommendations for reforming of the Civil Service, including the Margan Commission of 1963, the Adebo ...
Nigeria is a federal republic in West Africa, bordering Benin in the west, Chad and Cameroon in the east, and Niger in the north. As of 2015 Nigeria has the world's 20th largest economy, worth more than $500 billion and $1 trillion in terms of nominal GDP and purchasing power parity respectively. It overtook South Africa to become Africa's ...
Bureau of Public Enterprises; Revenue, Mobilization, Allocation & Fiscal Commission; New Partnership for African Development ; Border Communities Development Agency [9] (BCDA) Federal Road Safety Corps; National Energy Council; Nigeria Atomic Energy Commission; National Hajj Commission of Nigeria (NaHCON) [10]
The Program is designed to target Nigerians between the ages of 18 and 35 "to acquire and develop life-long skills for becoming change-makers in their communities." [2] It is planning to deploy 500,000 trained graduates to Nigeria's public services like education, healthcare, and civic engagement. Nigeria is looking to increase its technology ...
Along with the decree was the establishment of the Nigerian Enterprises Promotion Board to manage the implementation of the new law. Following the spirit of the new law, the government acquired interest in major expatriate led banks within the country including First Bank of Nigeria and Union Bank of Nigeria and mandated a compulsory percentage ...
In 1987, a workshop on the role of rural women in development was held in Abuja and led to the establishment of Better Life Program for the Rural Woman. [7] Currently the organisation has recently developed a new strategy which will be implemented over the next five years to ensure rural women in Nigeria and Africa are supported and empowered. [8]
Programmes covered at the Social Enterprise Academy Nigeria [1] feature a degree awarding Masters Programme in Social Enterprise and various certification programmes. These programme options, grouped into four categories offer courses in entrepreneurship leadership and innovation strategies, public policy and administration, cooperative enterprise and social innovation.