JIM OVIA FOUNDATION
- A not-for-profit initiative set up in 2004 by Jim Ovia, a renowned philanthropist and business man.
- Aims to invest in the Nigerian youths’ unlimited and untapped potential as the key to socioeconomic growth, enhanced standard of living and increased human efficiency through fostering an ICT literate society.
- Through its various key programmes, the Jim Ovia Foundation supports Nigerian youths with educational scholarships, start-up grants and ICT empowerment programs in Nigeria.
- Some of the Jim Ovia Foundation programmes include: MUSTE Scholarships, James Hope College, NCS/Jim Ovia Scholarship Award, Jim Ovia Leaders Scholarship Fund, Next Generation ICT and Entrepreneurship Programme, Youth Empowerment and ICT Foundation amongst others.