Deadline: 26-Oct-2025
The Digital for Youth-Led Enterprise programme is a national 5-day in-person design thinking sprint taking place in Abuja, Nigeria, from 10–14 November 2025, bringing together 30 young Nigerians aged 18–35 to apply digital innovation to solve real-world challenges in Agriculture, Health, and Education, fully funded by UNDP and initiated by the House of Representatives Committee on Corporate Social Responsibility to foster youth-led solutions.
Objectives: Strengthen the capacity of youth to use design thinking and digital innovation to solve sector challenges. Inspire youth-led entrepreneurship that drives inclusive economic growth. Foster collaboration and learning across Agriculture, Health, and Education sectors. Support the development of prototype digital solutions with potential for incubation, mentorship, and scale-up.
The programme will bring together students, recent graduates, early-stage entrepreneurs, professionals, and innovators who are interested in technology and its application in Agriculture, Health, and Education. Participants will work in multidisciplinary teams to conduct systems analysis, define problem statements, ideate and prototype digital solutions, and plan for potential minimum viable products.
Over five immersive days, participants will have the opportunity to develop digital products or services that contribute to job creation, GDP growth, and social inclusion. Teams will pitch their prototypes to a review panel, and selected teams will gain access to mentorship, incubation, and potential seed funding opportunities to advance their solutions.
By the end of the sprint, 30 youth innovators will gain hands-on experience in human-centred digital innovation, and six prototype solutions will emerge targeting challenges in the priority sectors. The programme also aims to create a new cohort of youth-led innovators connected to mentors, investors, and partners in the digital ecosystem, making tangible contributions toward Nigeria’s national goals of job creation, economic growth, and inclusion.
For more information, visit UNDP.
