YouWiN! Connect 2017: What to Expect in the Next Stages
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| YouWiN! Connect 2017, what participants need to know |
Congratulations and welcome to the next stage of the YouWiN! Connect 2017.
YouWiN! Stands for Youth Enterprise With Innovation in Nigeria, a federal government project started in 2011 by the then federal government of Nigeria under President Jonathan. The programme gave a grant of between 1 million to 10 million naira each to 1200 youth enterprises (existing and new) every year from 2012 to and 2014. But the programme was rebranded and re-organized to YouWiN! Connect in 2016 by the current President Buhari-led administration, to a multi-media
However, it is not yet clear to many applicants what this re-branded programme will offer them and how exactly it will run. This article is an attempt to answer some of these questions in the minds of applicants especially those that have been shortlisted into the next stage of the competition.
First; according to information from the YouWiN! Connect team, the programme would run in three stages; Application stage, Online Training stage and In-class/Masterclass training after which business plan would be required from successful applicants.
Application stage; From the applications received the 24th of July to the 30th of August 2017 through a dedicated portal on the YouWiN! Connect website, 55,500 successful applicants have been shortlisted.
Online Training stage: The 55,500 successful participants are now expected to receive tailored generic online training in various aspects of entrepreneurship and business such as Modules in business planning, access to finance, access to the market, competitiveness, business strategy as well as mindset change. At the end of this stage, 5000 successful participants will qualify for the tailored master class.
The Master Class: the 5000 successful participants will the receive in-class or face to face training based on their industry. The industries that are supported by the YouWiN! Connect 2017 are listed below. The training will be held in cluster hubs across the country. The previous participants will the receive in-class or face to face training based on their industry. The industries that are supported by the YouWiN! Connect 2017 are listed below. The training will be held in cluster hubs across the country. The previous YouWiN training was held according to geopolitical zone. For instance for the North West zone their training held at Kaduna Business School in 2011.
YouWiN! Connect 2017 industries of focus include;
Information and Communication Technology (ICT)
Agriculture/Agro-processing
Fashion
Manufacturing and retail
And Construction.
All participants will receive certification on completion of the training and will be required to submit a business plan for areas where their businesses require improvement.
And I ask, how about funding?
Was that the question on your mind too?
Well, the YouWiN! Connect places very little emphases on funding, however, that doesn’t mean that funding is not part of the programme.
We will discuss the issue of funding in the YouWiN on another post.
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