YIEDP stands for Youth Innovative Entrepreneurship Development Programme. The Programme is aimed at harnessing the latent entrepreneurial spirit among the teeming youths by providing timely and affordable loans to implement their business ideas.
The following categories of youth (aged 18 - 35) are eligible under this scheme: Qualified Business Sectors:
- Agro-Allied
- Food Processing / Preservation
- Arts & Crafts
- Manufacturing / Cottage Industry
- Information & Communication Technology (ICT)
- Construction Support
- Power & Energy
- Education & Financial Inclusion
- Film & Photography
- Automobile
- Others
The details below are relevant for all eligible youth:
- Eligible youth can apply for the loan through the Sterling bank portal using his/her NYSC State Code.
- Applications can be made as an Individual or as a group (of 3-5 applicants with similar business interest)
- .A single applicant can access up to a facility limit N3m while group project jointly owned by 3-5 qualified beneficiaries can access up to a facility limit of N10m.
- Security: Graduate entrepreneurs will use their tertiary institution(s) certificate(s) and their NYSC discharge certificate. Serving Corp members will pledge their NYSC discharge certificate and their tertiary institution(s) certificates(s). Also, legal ownership of assets financed by the Bank and 3rd party guarantors will be requested as additional collateral from all entrepreneurs
How to apply:
Interested applicants should visit the link below to apply:
https://www.sterlingbankng.com/yedp/
Closing date: Not stated
Pls.am Deborah in rivers state, I applied for Yedp loan, I was sent a mail to proceed for training, please when is it starting, and where? How can I attained.
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