Building the future through youth leadership, innovation & collaboration.
The Edo Youth Summit brings 3,000 young leaders, innovators, policymakers and development partners together for one high-impact gathering — Benin City, 28th November, 2026.
Nigeria's youth are ready. The gaps are structural, not aspirational.
Young people across Nigeria show enormous potential in leadership, innovation, entrepreneurship, technology and civic life — but face unemployment, limited access to opportunity, thin mentorship, and too few platforms for meaningful engagement. The Edo Youth Summit exists to close that gap.
Skills that transfer
Leadership and entrepreneurial capability, built through workshops and masterclasses, not lectures.
Room to build
An exhibition and showcase floor for youth-led products, ideas and early-stage ventures.
Real access
Direct rooms with government, NGOs, industry and development partners — not just panels.
Lasting outcomes
Grants, scholarships, mentorship and follow-through into Edo State's ten agency partnership projects.
Mandate, mission and vision — Edo State Chapter
Mobilize & unite
NYAN is mandated to mobilize, empower, and unite Nigerian youths, promoting their active participation in leadership and governance, and driving collective action for community and national development.
A structured platform
To provide a structured platform that nurtures youth leadership, amplifies youth voices, and supports initiatives that foster civic engagement, empowerment, and positive social change.
A globally competitive generation
To build a responsible, proactive, and globally competitive generation of young Nigerians committed to nation-building and community transformation.