1. Raising 100 New YOUWIN Awardees

2. What is YOUWIN?
YouWiN! stands for Youth Enterprise with Innovation in
Nigeria. It is an innovative business plan competition
aimed at job creation by encouraging and
supporting aspiring entrepreneurial youth in Nigeria to
develop and execute business ideas and create jobs. The
accomplishments of the 1,200 YouWiN! awardees were
celebrated at the Presidential Villa on April 12, 2012.
Another set of 1,200 women also benefitted from the
second edition.

3.  The Youth Enterprise with Innovation in Nigeria, YouWiN!
is a collaboration of the Federal Ministry of Finance, the
Ministry of Communication Technology, the Ministry of
Youth Development and the Ministry of Women Affairs and
Social Development that organizes an annual Business Plan
Competition for aspiring young entrepreneurs in Nigeria, in
line with the Federal Government’s drive to create more jobs
for Nigerians. The programme is being managed with
collaboration with various organization in the private sector
such Lagos Business School’ Entreprise Development
Centre, Pilmus Business School United Kingdom, School For
Start ups, Small and Medium Entreprise Development,
(SMEDAN), Bank of Industry(BOI) and other organizations.

4. Objectives of The Programme
Objective of the Youth Enterprise with Innovation in
Nigeria (YouWiN!) Programme is to generate jobs by
encouraging and supporting aspiring entrepreneurial
youth in Nigeria to develop and execute business ideas
that will lead to job creation. The programme will
provide aspiring youth with a platform to show case
their business acumen, skills and aspirations to the
Nigerian Business environment.

5. Other identified objectives of the programme are highlighted below:
 Attract ideas and innovations from young
entrepreneurial aspirants from Universities,
Polytechnics, Technical colleges, and other postSecondary institutions in Nigeria;
 Provide a onetime equity grant for 1,200 selected
aspiring entrepreneurs to start or expand their
business concepts and mitigate start up risks;
 Generate 80,000 to 110,000 new jobs for currently
unemployed Nigerian youth over the three years
during which the three cycles will be implemented;

6. Other identified objectives of the programme are highlighted below:
 Provide business training for up to 6,000 aspiring
youth entrepreneurs spread across all geo-political
zones in Nigeria;
 Encourage expansion, specialization and spin-offs of
existing businesses in Nigeria; and,
 Enable young entrepreneurs to access a wide business
professional network and improve their visibility.
 YouWiN is an equity contribution to business. It is
therefore NOT A LOAN but a grant. You can visit
www.youwin.org.ng for more details.

7. Are You Qualify?
 Do you have existing business or sound
business Concept?
 Are you between 18-40 years of age?
 Do You have post secondary education?
 Are you serious?
If you answers are yes, the you are qualify………

8. To be eligible for the Business Plan Competition you must satisfy the following criteria:
 You must be a proven citizen of Nigeria and a woman no older
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than 45 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

9. Businesses that you can win:
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IT and Telecommunication
Crop farming
Animal farming
Food & Restaurant
Building and Construction materials
Chemicals, industrial materials
Clothing, shoes and other personal items
Equipment, Machinery, Metal
Food and Drinks
Furniture, Wood Products
Retail
Engineering , Building and Construction

10. Businesses that you can win:
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Accounting, Finance and Management
Auto, electronics, others
Cleaning
Education
Engineering, Building and Construction
Legal
Media and Entertainment
Medical
Other Professional
Personal/Beauty
Transport

11. YOUWIN Overviewentries were existing
Even though only 15% of 1st stage
businesses, 53% of winners are existing businesses.
The proportion of women winners was optimized using a
stratified selection approach.
17% of 1st stage entries were female entrepreneurs and
that proportion was maintained among the final
winners
100% women for second edition

12. YOUWIN Overview
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Overview of YouWiN! Award winner selection
A total of 1,200 award winners were selected as promised by YouWiN
300 National Merit Winners
180 Zonal Merit Winners (30 per Geo-political zone)
720 Ordinary Merit Winners
In fulfillment of the original promise, every geo-political zone has more than 150 winners:
North Central: 204
North East: 167
North West: 170
South East: 184
South South: 194
South West: 281

16. Advantages
 Expand Your business
 Start Your Business
 Move from employee to employer
 Move from job seeker to job creator
 Free Money From Government
 Once in life time opportunity
 Change your life

17. What it involves;how to succeed
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This is the last edition
It is not a child’s play
Serious Business Concept
Good Packaging
Seriousness
Making Sacrifice
This is your own time
It is not a guess work
Hard work

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27. YOUWIN MENTORSHIP PROGRAMME
The MENTORSHIP PROGRAMME was designed to prepare
and equipped SERIOUS MINDED YOUTHS that come my way
with all technical and entrepreneurial skills to participate in the
programme and eventually be among the final winners. About
one million Nigerian youths are expected to participate in this
programme and only one thousand two hundred applicants
with the best business ideas will receive grant. So for you to
make it, you need to be trained, supported and mentored to
succeed. We are ready to put the best of our resources together
to make this possible for you. We will work with about ten
consultants who are winners and beneficiaries of the last
editions of the programme to deliver this.

28. The mentorship programme will include the followings:
 How to generate outstanding business ideas that will
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win the grant.
How to package business idea to meet up with the
expectation of the organizers
How to develop business ideas to meet up with the
programme’s demand
Given out of Templates
10 Business Questions “Where to Begin” Toolkit
How to develop company profile that will win
Introducing of business opportunities

29. The mentorship programme will include the followings:
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How to research about the business and the market
Requirements and how to apply
What are the things the organizers are looking for
How to answer all application questions without a flop
How to avoid common mistakes that can mar application
success
 The legal implication of participating in the programme
 Offering of technical support such as maximizing usage of
internet as a tool for success
 Sharing of life experience with the last edition beneficiaries
and so many more

30. The mentorship programme will include the followings:
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Full time mentorship programme
Setting up of an internet based forums to relate and share ideas
Dedicated e-mail address and phone numbers
Live chat programme, using internet, blackberry and online ticket
Business resources with over 5000 business articles and topics
(SME Toolkit)
Sample business plans
Sample business proposals
e-books on business growth and development
Heavy Discounts on all our services
NO STORY………

31. DON’T MISS THIS OPPORTUNITY
 NO EXCUSE
 TAKE ACTION NOW
 DON’T GET JEALOUS
WHEN OTHERS ARE
WINNING

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