LONG Empowerment Vocational Training Scholarship 2025

LONG Empowerment Vocational Fellowship is open to equip young people from low-income backgrounds with market-relevant vocational and digital skills that foster self-reliance and empower them to be change agents in their communities.

This Vocational Training has 3 Impact Strategies: Partner with established industry leaders to train selected youth in a vocational skill on a fully funded scholarship, provide enterprise setup grants to kickstart a successful self-employed career and provide career mentorship and entrepreneurial support for a successful vocational career.

You will also get to choose to be trained in one of this: Software Development, Catering and Event Planning and Fashion Design

Summary

1. Application Deadline: August 30, 2025
2. Type: Training
3. Sponsor: LONG Empowerment Foundation
4. Host Country: Nigeria
5. Eligible Country: Nigeria

Eligibility Criteria for LONG Empowerment Vocational Training Scholarship 2025

1. You are a citizen of Nigeria and a resident in the country.
2. Be between 16 and 26 years old at the time of application.
3. Must be from a low-income family with an annual income of less than 3 million naira.
4. Must have completed at least Primary 5 and possess a certificate of completion. Applicants should not be enrolled or have completed any tertiary education (i.e OND, HND or bachelor's degree).
5. Must demonstrate a genuine interest in learning a specific skill (evidence of past effort or self-learning is a plus).
6. Must be willing to fully commit a minimum of 40 hours weekly to the training, complete all tasks and projects, and adhere to the rules and regulations of the program.
7. Children of Christian missionaries who are serving in Nigeria are strongly encouraged to apply.
8. Applications are only open for states where Empowered by LONG has training partnerships per cohort.

To apply to the software development track, you must also:

Demonstrate basic computer literacy (i.e., how to operate a computer and use the internet).

Be proficient in Microsoft Word and PowerPoint

Must possess problem-solving interest and aptitude, which will be assessed through a short online aptitude test.

Show passion for technology (will be assessed via personal statement, prior exposure, or self-taught efforts like tutorials and mini-projects reported through the online application form).

Benefits of LONG Empowerment Vocational Training Scholarship 2025

1. ₦1 Million Setup Grant
2. Internship
3. Mentorship

How to Apply

Interested and qualified? Go to LONG Empowerment Foundation on docs.google.com to apply

For more details, visit Long Empowerment Vocational Training Webpage

Application Deadline

August 30, 2025

Application Link(s)

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