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Youth Leadership Development Programme

Our goal is to equip, empower and support young change leaders from across tertiary institutions in Nigeria with the skills, knowledge and resources to enable them to become self-leaders who will lend their voice towards national development issues and drive sustainable social change.

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About Us

The Nigerian Youth Futures Fund (NYFF) is a response to an urgent need to provide technical and financial support to burgeoning youth-led movements in Nigeria, with the aim of sustaining their work and facilitating opportunities for learning.

Seeded by the MacArthur Foundation, Ford Foundation and Luminate Group, NYFF is on a mission to strengthen, support and enable the youth in leadership, activism and social change through outcome-driven policy engagements and inclusive resourcing that will support youth in shaping and supporting medium and long term national development. 

The NYFF Project, initiated in 2021, is a five-year initiative dedicated to nurturing youth leadership and activism in  Nigeria by fostering outcomes-driven policy engagements and inclusive resourcing for medium and long-term national development. The NYFF embodies the collective determination to invest in the potential of Nigerian youth. By facilitating policy engagements and providing a platform for their voices and ideas to thrive, the NYFF continues to pave the way for a brighter and more inclusive Nigeria.

Project Pillars

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National Visioning

We enable young people in Nigeria for outcome-driven policy engagements by mainstreaming...
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Youth Leadership Development Programme

The grant making component of the NYFF is pivotal towards bridging the gap for underfunded youth...
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Online and Media Engagement

The history of youth activism and political participation in Nigeria is not complete without the strategic role...
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Impact Numbers

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Young Nigerians

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Sub-Grantees

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Innovation Hub

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Bi-Annual Retreats

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YLDP Participants

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(IFWG) Working Group Members

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NYFF Community Members

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