MTN 2023 ICT and Business Skills Training (N90 Million Grant for 300 Participants)

Published: 09 Aug 2023

MTN ICT and Business Skills Training is a Youth Development initiative aimed at equipping young entrepreneurs between 18 and 35 years with tech enabled skills to keep their small businesses relevant and competitive.

The training will be delivered through a 5-week online programme which includes Masterclasses from key industry experts.

Participants will be given data for the duration of the programme to support a seamless learning experience. Not only that, the top 300 participants will be supported with an Equipment Grant worth N90,000,000! Yes, you read that right.

In partnership with some of our ecosystem partners – Oracle, KPMG, IBM, Digital Bridge Institute, CISCO, Google, Meta, and Microsoft, 5 Phases of the ICT and Business Skills Training have been implemented in 16 states since 2018.

They are Abia, Adamawa, Akwa-Ibom, Anambra, Borno, Cross River, Imo, Jigawa, Kaduna, Kano, Katsina, Kogi, Lagos, Nasarawa, Oyo and Rivers. So far 4,036 young people have completed this programme.

MTN ICT and Business Skills Training

Application Deadline	August 18, 2023
Funding Type	Partially Funded
Country to study	Nigeria
Type	Training
Sponsor	MTN Foundation
Gender	Men and Women

Benefits of MTN ICT and Business Skills Training

In this 6th phase, 3000 youths will participate in the ICT and Business Skills Training to be implemented in partnership with Microsoft and Meta. It promises to be enlightening as:

• Microsoft will train participants on Entrepreneurship in the Digital Age, ICT for Business Success and their new Generative AI skills.
• Meta will train participants on Skills to Build Brands and Grow Businesses Online through their Meta Boost Small Business Studios.

Requirements for MTN ICT and Business Skills Training

• Age: Nigerian male or female 18 – 35 years old
• Business: Own and manage a small business that has been in operation for no longer than 2 years
• Location: Own and manage a small business located in one of the following states – Ebonyi, Edo, Ekiti, Kebbi, Niger, Yobe state.

Application Deadline

August 18, 2023

How to Apply

Interested and qualified? Go to MTN Foundation on foundation.mtnonline.com to apply