Twitter has teamed up with the Festival of Media Asia Pacific, Power98FM and Starcom MediaVest Group to launch the Young Promising Leaders Programme (#YPL).

This inaugural talent competition will see five of the brightest talents in Singapore win an internship at Twitter.

#YPL programme has been set up to find the next generation of leaders in Singapore. Over three months the internship programme will connect the chosen interns with other young promising talent and Twitter leaders, as well being mentored by the digital giant’s key staff and those from Starcom MediaVest Group.

Candidates are invited to enter the first stage of the competition by submitting a 140 character pitch on why they should be selected, along with three Vines of supporting endorsements.

Finalists will be invited to make presentations at the Festival of Media Asia Pacificconference from 22-24 March at the Capella Hotel in Singapore, where the biggest names in APAC media converge, and where the public will be asked to vote and tweet for their favourite candidates.

The five winners will be announced at the festival’s awards gala dinner ceremony, on the evening of Tuesday 24 March at the Capella hotel, Singapore.

Power98FM will be promoting the competition across its hit show in the run up to the event, and before it.

For more information and the agenda click here.