Nominations Open for 2019 BSOF’s IYEP Inaugural Award in Nigeria

Deadline: 7 November 2019

Barrister Sam Otoboeze Foundation (BSOF) is seeking nominations for its “Inclusive Youth Entrepreneurship program (IYEP) Inaugural Award 2019” to promote ideas and start-up innovation through providing seed funding and foster the spirit of entrepreneurship among Nigerian youths.

BSOF is a non-profit organization that provides skills acquisition and educational empowerment from nursery to tertiary for youths, empowerment for women by providing shelter, capacity building training and small scale business start-ups, and inclusion for the disabled community through access to prosthetic limbs.

BSOF was founded by Barrister Sam Otobeze in 1989 when he started his philanthropic activities as a young graduate. the organisation was legally registered in 2014. The foundation’s primary focus is the alleviation of poverty among dwellers of rural community which includes youths, women and disabled people.

SDGs Focus

SDG 1: BSOF is working towards eradicating extreme poverty, especially in the rural communities by reducing poverty for among men and women in the rural communities
SDG 8: promote sustained inclusive and sustainable growth, full and productive employment and decent work for all in both the urban and rural areas.

Categories

Organizations and businesses in the idea and start-up phase of implementing the SDGs goal that is aligned to their objectives of community development.
People of strength that have marketable skills in fashion and designing, construction and all other artisan skills.

Topics

Agriculture/ Agri-tech
Health/ Health-tech
Technology
Education technology

Benefit

The winner will get a cash award of N500, 000 and the two runner up will receive cash award of N300,000 and N200,000 respectively. The winners of the people of strength empowerment programme (PSEP) competition will receive business and entrepreneurship training, cash prizes and complementary prizes.
The winners will also have the opportunity of future funding from the organizations as they meet their milestones.

This program will be held in Enugu state on 30th November, 2019. Three (3) youths with the most exceptional business ideas that align with their core focus will be selected.

Eligibility Criteria

Applicants must be aged 18-35 years old