Deji Alli Young Talent Award (DAAYTA) 2025 (Up to N12 Million funding)

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The Deji Alli ARM Young Talent Award (DAAYTA) marks its 10th anniversary this year, celebrating a decade of empowering young Nigerian entrepreneurs. Established by ARM in 2015 in honour of its founding CEO, Deji Alli, DAAYTA aims to provide young Nigerians with an opportunity to develop innovative start-up ventures that contribute to Nigeria’s economic growth.

The Deji Alli ARM Young Talent Award is an ARM initiative in partnership with TechnoVision’s TVC Labs that aims at providing young Nigerians with an opportunity to develop innovative start-up ventures that add sustainable economic value to Nigeria.

The DAAYTA 2025 initiative is in line with ARM’s commitment to Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) to build a generation of change leaders who will work together to build a better future. It combines innovation and impact in perfect alignment with the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) and seeks to support innovative thinkers with business ideas that intentionally create a positive societal impact while generating a financial return and driving economic growth.

These innovative ideas must be forward-thinking, improve livelihoods, and make the planet healthier. Again, DAAYTA 2025 welcomes registered and innovative start-ups with an MVP (minimum viable product) and a customer base from essential sectors like agriculture, education, healthcare, housing, and transportation.

DAAYTA 2025 Pre-Pitch workshops and Award presentations will be held physically in the month of April, in Lagos, Nigeria, but streamed online (hybrid). We are delighted to welcome applications from duly incorporated limited liability companies from all parts of Nigeria.

Deji Alli ARM Young Talent Award Prizes

The winner of DAAYTA 2025 shall, subject to the Terms & Conditions, receive funding of ₦12,000,000 (twelve million naira) over one (1) year for the following purposes:
Contribution to working capital.
Participation in an entrepreneurial education program at the Pan Atlantic University’s Enterprise Development Centre in Lagos, Nigeria. (duration is 4 – 5 months)
5-month acceleration support services for the development of their venture by TVC Labs.

Eligibility Criteria

To be eligible for the award, the applicant must:

be a citizen of Nigeria
be between 18 and 35 years of age
submit their application which must be their original work
have an MVP (minimum viable product) i.e. you have customers
must be a limited liability company duly incorporated in Nigeria
must be operating the company on a full-time basis
must commit to be physically available to fully participate in the DAAYTA programs and activities – Entrepreneurial education programme at the Pan Atlantic University’s Enterprise Development Centre in Lagos, Nigeria
must commit to be available (physically or virtually) to participate in the 5-month acceleration support for the development of their venture
be able to fund his/her/team’s travel expenses and other associated costs if required
be physically available (with co-founders/team where they exist) for the 2-day Pitch Workshop and Final Pitch Event scheduled for April 9 – 10, 2025
understand the business of ARM, what we stand for, and
be ready to represent ARM as an Ambassador

Only shortlisted candidates will be contacted for the next stages of the program.