The collaboration, anchored on the 2026 edition of the Youth Entrepreneurship and Empowerment Programme (YEEP), brings together two institutions with a shared commitment to expanding economic opportunity for young Nigerians.

Over the past 10 years, ASIF has built one of Nigeria’s credible platforms for enterprise development through YEEP, providing young entrepreneurs with access to training, mentorship, and funding.

In 2025 alone, the programme deployed over ₦50 million in cash and equipment grants to support carefully selected young Nigerians, who submitted business proposals to build viable businesses.

YEEP 2025 recorded over 2,000 participants, while ASIF’s broader youth engagement ecosystem, including NYSC orientation camp activations, reached over 30,000 young people across the country.

As Lead Sponsor of YEEP 2026, Flutterwave will support the programme while integrating its full payment ecosystem, led by Send App, its flagship cross-border remittance platform, alongside merchant solutions and digital financial infrastructure.

This will equip the youth with the tools to seamlessly receive payments from anywhere, manage transactions, and scale sustainable businesses.

Olugbenga Agboola, founder and CEO, Flutterwave, said:

“Nigeria’s youthful population is its greatest strength. The ambition is already there—what’s needed is access to the right tools to unlock it.” He continued,” For 10 years, Flutterwave has been building the infrastructure that powers opportunity, helping individuals and businesses transact, grow, and scale across borders. Through this partnership with ASIF, we’re deepening that impact by equipping young entrepreneurs with the tools to build sustainable businesses, while platforms like Send App give them the ability to receive payments globally and connect to opportunities beyond their immediate environment.”

For Flutterwave, the partnership reflects its commitment to powering Nigerian businesses through accessible financial infrastructure.

Through this collaboration, Flutterwave’s payment solutions will be introduced to young Nigerians, including corps members participating in NYSC orientation programmes across Abuja and other states.

Love Idoko-Uloko, Founder/CEO, Activate Success International Foundation, said:

“Young Nigerians do not need to be rescued; they need to be resourced. Our work through YEEP has consistently focused on providing real opportunities like funding, skills, and access. Partnering with Flutterwave strengthens this mission and expands the impact for every entrepreneur we support.”

YEEP 2026 is scheduled to take place on the 18th June, 2026 in Abuja. Beyond YEEP 2026, the partnership will extend to NYSC orientation camp engagements across the country, where thousands of corps members will gain exposure to digital financial tools, including payment solutions, merchant services, and financial management capabilities.

This initiative aligns with broader national priorities around financial inclusion and youth economic participation.

Expanding access to digital financial tools remains critical to unlocking productivity within Nigeria’s largely informal economy and enabling young people to participate more effectively in formal economic systems.

Both organisations will also explore opportunities to connect beneficiaries to additional enterprise support programmes, strengthening pathways for sustainable business growth.

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The initiative, conducted on a periodic basis under the Skills Acquisition and Entrepreneurship Development (SAED) was created by the NYSC, and it forms part of a series of orientation exercises designed to empower the streams of youths that transition through the service programme.

Quickteller’s partnership with ASIF is geared towards youth development and empowerment, as beneficiary members will be armed with educative and informative materials that will serve as practical guide for a smooth transition into the corporate world.

Alongside the valuable knowledge and experiences that will be shared by the seasoned professionals, there will also be entertaining sessions and exciting cash and non-cashprizes up for grabs to participating corps members at the various orientation camps across Nigeria.

Speaking on the partnership, Olawale Akanbi, the Group Head, Growth Marketing – Merchants & Ecosystem, Interswitch Group, noted that Quickteller recognizes the important role the youths play in the national narrative, and that the driving force behind the partnership is the desire to empower this segment of the population with valuable career resources as they prepare to venture into the working population.

Akanbi said, “We are proud to be partnering with ASIF on this project again, as we have done in the past, to fulfill our social responsibility as a player in the private sector, to support the efforts of the government in upskilling the vast youth population of the country.

“As the corps members get ready to join the work force, it is important that they are fully prepared for what lies ahead in the corporate world so that they can keep at pace with the demands of their new environments.”

Quickteller’s partnership with ASIF has seen their efforts spread across orientation camps in cities across the country including the FCT, Lagos, Rivers, Enugu, Oyo, Akwa-Ibom, Edo, Nasarawa, Kano, Ogun, and Benue states.

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