2017 LiveWIRE Nigeria Programme at Shell LiveWIRE

The objectives for the LiveWIRE programme are to:

• Enable youths to establish businesses by providing business planning and management skills through the ‘Become a Successful Business Owner Course’.
• Provide business start-up grants for candidates with the best business plans. 
• Link successful candidates to third parties like banks, Non-Governmental Organizations (NGOs) and allied financial institutions.
• Provide a volunteer mentoring programme for successful candidates.

Programme Content

• Pre-start up:- Value and Organize Yourself (VOY)
• Bright Ideas workshop (BI)
• Become a Successful Business Owner (Business Planning & Management)
• Value Chain workshop
• Business Start-up (How to access finance & technology)
• Post start up (Mentoring and Market linkages)

Applications Eligibility

• Male and female applicants who are indigenes of communities in the following Local Government Areas of Rivers State:  Eleme, Tai, and Gokana.
• Must possess a University degree or HND in any discipline.
• Must have completed NYSC if within mandatory bracket
• Must be resident in Rivers State
• Must have an innovative business idea
• Must desire to own and manage a business