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Nigeria’s cities are changing fast — and the decisions being made today will determine whether urbanisation deepens inequality or creates opportunity. YEE 3.0 places young people at the centre of those decisions.
Too many youth programmes treat cities as abstract policy problems. YEE 3.0 is different. It is grounded in the lived reality of Nigerian streets, neighbourhoods, and buildings — and it asks participants to channel that experience into concrete, scalable ideas.
Delivered as part of the Future Cities Summit 2026, YEE 3.0 creates a structured bridge between youth insight and real-world decision-making in urban planning, green buildings, and city resilience.
Big urban problems often yield to small, replicable interventions. YEE 3.0 focuses on ideas that can start at building or neighbourhood scale — and grow through adoption and partnership, not donor dependency.
Participants don't just receive mentorship — they contribute to it. Practitioners gain grounded perspectives on urban realities that are often absent from formal planning processes. Learning flows both ways.
The best ideas will be presented directly at the Future Cities Summit 2026 — before policymakers, private-sector actors, and urban practitioners. This is a genuine platform, not a side event.
Studying architecture, urban planning, engineering, environmental science, economics, design, or any discipline with a connection to cities and the built environment.
Working in roles touching construction, infrastructure, city services, real estate, energy, or sustainability — with ideas drawn from professional exposure.
Open to young Nigerians across disciplines and institutions. Diversity of background, gender, and geographic experience is actively encouraged.
Participants work in small, cross-disciplinary teams. Openness to collaboration, diverse perspectives, and iterative thinking is essential.
YEE 3.0 is not a lecture series. It is a hands-on programme where your ideas are developed, stress-tested, and presented to an audience that can act on them.
