Youth Leadership & Empowerment
Raising leaders who drive communities forward.
Youth Leadership, Entrepreneurship and Empowerment (Youth LEEP) is one of YLN's strategic focus areas. The programme equips young people with leadership capacity, entrepreneurial skills and pathways to decent work — enabling them to contribute productively to their communities and economies.
YLN operates across more than 200 communities in Bauchi, Plateau and Nasarawa States, targeting young people as active citizens, leaders, and economic contributors.
How We Work
Five programme areas. One goal.
Youth LEEP brings together leadership, entrepreneurship, employability, mentorship, and wellbeing — recognising that young people need more than one door to walk through.
Leadership Development
YLN develops young people's leadership capacity through training and platforms that strengthen responsible leadership, civic engagement, and the ability to contribute to community development.
Entrepreneurship & Economic Empowerment
YLN supports entrepreneurial learning and practical business skills development — helping young people strengthen their economic participation through collaborations with industry partners including Jobberman.
Employability & Workplace Readiness
YLN works to improve young people's readiness for employment through soft-skills initiatives — with a dedicated focus on young women and girls through the Soft Skills Training for Young Females programme.
Youth Engagement & Mentorship
Platforms like Ignite Talk bring young people together with leaders and professionals to exchange ideas, share experiences, and build mentorship relationships that support personal and professional development.
Sports, Wellbeing & Social Inclusion
Through Ignite Sports, YLN uses sport to promote mental and physical fitness, teamwork, positive social interaction, and leadership — creating opportunities for young people from diverse backgrounds to connect.
What We Do
Key Initiatives
Five interconnected initiatives delivering leadership, skills, and opportunity to young people across northern Nigeria.
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Our Impact
Youth Leadership
in Numbers
Across Bauchi, Plateau and Nasarawa States, YLN's youth programmes are building a generation of capable, connected, and confident young leaders.
In leadership and entrepreneurial skills in Bauchi State, in collaboration with Jobberman
Mobilised across 9 LGAs in Bauchi State through the Soft Skills Training for Young Females programme
Young people engaged through YLN's Ignite Sports initiative
Students trained through the Young Leaders Development Programme since 2017
Student union leaders trained in leadership and civic engagement
Across Bauchi, Plateau and Nasarawa States
Partnerships
We work with those who share our commitment.
Delivering quality youth leadership and employability programmes requires collaboration with organisations that bring expertise, reach, and shared values.
Get Involved
Ready to invest
in young leaders?
Whether you want to partner, volunteer, or donate — there is a place for you in building the next generation of community leaders.