LEAP Africa Youth Leadership Development Programme 2025

Nigerian youths are pressed for action and eager to lead and create change. However, there are questions about whether they have all the knowledge and skills required to succeed in such positions. Do they have the right models to follow? Do they fully understand what it means to lead themselves first and then others?

To bridge this gap, LEAP Africa designed the Youth Leadership Development Programme to equip undergraduates in tertiary institutions with the skills, knowledge and resources needed to play active roles in nation-building, community development and policy advocacy.

Participants of the YLDP go through self-paced courses developed on the programme’s three pillars: leadership, active citizenship and community/sustainable development group mentorship sessions with expert social innovators and change makers who will guide them as they implement impactful change projects, inter-school debates on national issues, funded community change projects, and virtual learning sessions to develop their mindsets and equip them to be the change agents the country needs.

The Youth Leadership Development Programme will help young people become contributing members of society and empower young people to actively engage in addressing issues of national concern while fostering peer-to-peer learning and community building. 

• Table of Content
• About LEAP Africa
• Youth Leadership Development Programme
• Aim and Benefits of Youth Leadership Development Programme
• Requirements for Youth Leadership Development Programme Qualification
• Application Deadline
• How to Apply

Youth Leadership Development Programme

Aim and Benefits of Youth Leadership Development Programme

• Leadership training & mentorship from top social innovators & policy experts
• Access to micro-grants for community change projects
• A chance to participate in national debates on key policy issues
• Recognition as a youth leader driving change in Nigeria
• A vibrant community of young, passionate change-makers
• Receive up to N200,000 to N2.5M in grants and other prizes.

Requirements for Youth Leadership Development Programme Qualification

1. Participants must be between 18-35 years of age
2. Participants must be undergraduate students at any tertiary institution in Nigeria
3. Participants must be available to participate in the programme for the 5-month period
4. Participants must commit to at least 85% total participation in the programme
5. Participants must have a working mobile phone/personal computer and access to stable internet at all times during the programme
6. Participants must show proof of studentship at the claimed tertiary institution (course form for the current session/ID Card)
7. Participants must be open to travel at any stage of the programme (careful considerations are made so that participants do not miss out significantly from academic activities)
8. All participants admitted into the programme after completing the applications must undergo the 10 compulsory virtual courses before proceeding to the track divisions of their choice.

Application Deadline

How to Apply

For more details, visit LEAP Africa website.