Jack Acheme, AbujaNigeria’s Ministry of Education has officially opened the application portal for the Student Venture Capital Grant (S-VCG), a national initiative aimed at transforming student-driven ideas into commercially viable, high-impact ventures. The S-VCG forms a central pillar of the Renewed Hope Agenda and is designed to cultivate a new generation of Nigerian innovation entrepreneurs capable of redefining the nation’s economic future. “All eligible Nigerian students enrolled in accredited tertiary institutions are to apply for this unprecedented opportunity. The official application portal is now open at: https://svcg.education.gov.ng“Applicants are advised to submit proposals that demonstrate scalability, market relevance, and potential to solve critical national or global challenges,” he said. Through this partnership, Google’s Gemini AI powers custom-built “evaluation agents” embedded directly into the application portal to ensure fair, intelligent, and efficient review of submissions.