Shell LiveWIRE Nigeria Programme 2015

The Shell Petroleum Development Company of Nigeria Limited (SPDC), operator of the NNPC/Shell/Total/Agip Joint Venture (SPDC JV) announces the commencement of the 2015 Shell LiveWIRE Nigeria Programme.


Shell LiveWIRE Nigeria is a youth enterprise development programme supported by The SPDC JV. The programme aims to inspire, encourage and support young people aged 18-35 to start their own businesses through the provision of training and finance for young entrepreneurs.


The objectives for the LiveWIRE programme are to:

• Enable youths to establish businesses through the provision of business planning and management guidelines and 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 who decide to
• Set-up their own businesses.

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

• Male and female applicants from Rivers, Bayelsa and Delta States aged between 18-35
• Must be resident in state of application
• Must possess a University degree or HND