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SPDC regards the Shell LiveWIRE Program as a Corporate Social Responsibility project that is capable of transforming the Nigerian economy by empowering its numerous youth with the skills they need to become wealth creators and employers of labour.
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Benefits
This program offers the following benefits to its participants:- Get assistance to discover and develop business ideas through the Bright Ideas Workshop
- Receive business planning and management guidelines and skills through the Become a Successful Owner Manager Course (BSOM)
- Gain access to micro-credit facilities if their business plans are adjudged to have merited such an award
- Be awarded further for successfully running a thriving business for 2 to 3 years
- Receive further support through the LiveWIRE Resource Center
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Eligibility
The Shell LiveWIRE program is open to persons who meet these criteria:- Must be from a Niger Delta State, and be willing to start a business in one of Edo, Delta, Rivers, Bayelsa, Imo, Abia, and Akwa Ibom States
- Aged between 18 and 35 years
- Have a university degree or HND in any discipline
- Completed the National Youth Service Corps (NYSC) program, if applicable
- Should have an innovative business idea, and desire to own and manage a business
- Not currently in paid employment
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