Shell LiveWIRE Nigeria is a youth enterprise development programme supported by The Shell Petroleum Development Company of Nigeria Limited (SPDC).

• LiveWIRE Nigeria is a youth enterprise development programme supported by SPDC JV. The programme aims to inspire, encourage and support young people aged 18-35 to start their own businesses. ng.livewire.shell

Programme Objectives
The LiveWIRE programme objectives are to:

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

Qualifications and Requirements

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