by agriprofocus kenya
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Scan: Status of Youth in Agribusiness in Nakuru County
Initiatives, Intervention and Opportunities Supporting Youth in
Agribusiness
By AgriProFocus Kenya
Table of Contents
List of Acronyms 1
1.0 General Background 2
1.1 Situation Analysis: Nakuru County 3
2.0 Key Insights: Youth in Agribusiness, Nakuru County 5
2.1 County Government policies on Youth in Agribusiness 5
2.2 Programmes and Stakeholder groups supporting Youth in Agribusiness 5
2.3 Donors Landscape 8
2.4 Challenges in Projects Implementation 9
3.0 Opportunities for Multi stakeholder Collaboration 10
List of the Key informants 17
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List of Acronyms
AfDB African Development Bank
AGLEAD Agri Enterprise Incubation for Improved Livelihoods and Economic Development
BEACON Building Eastern Africa Community Network
BEST Basic Entry Skills Training
CAP-YEI CAP- Youth Empowerment Institute Kenya
CARP+ Community Action Research Programme plus
CESSAM Centre of Excellence in Sustainable Agriculture and Agribusiness Management
CIDP County Integrated Development Plan
CoELIB Centre of Excellence for Livestock Innovation and Business
CRAL Climate Resilience Adaptation Livelihoods
CTA Technical Centre for Agricultural and Rural Cooperation
EPTF Economic Projects Transformational Facility
HAS HAS University of Applied Sciences
HIVOS Humanist Institute for Cooperation with Developing Countries
IFAD International Fund for Agricultural Development
KYEOP Kenya Youth Employment and Opportunities Project
NITA National Industrial Training Authority
NPCK National Potato Council of Kenya
NUFFIC Dutch Organization for Internationalization in Education
NYP National Youth Policy
PVC Potato Value Chain
RUFORUM Regional Universities Forum for Capacity Building in Agriculture
SD4ALL Sustainable Diets for All
SME Small and Medium Sized Enterprises
TAGDev
Transforming African Agricultural Universities to meaningfully contribute to Africa’s Growth and Development
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1.0 General Background
The population of youth aged 15-34 in Kenya is 16,804,894; this population however expected
to increase by 6 million to 22,841,307 by 20301. The Institute of Economic Affairs in its Youth
Fact Book 20102 on the other hand foresees a shift to a concentration of 15 to 34 year olds,
transitioning Kenya from a “child-rich” nation to a “youthful” population. Within this context,
the high rate of youth unemployment in Kenya remains a critical concern since there will be
more young people who will require jobs and other gainful opportunities.
According to Economic Survey (2017)3, agriculture still remains the backbone of Kenya’s
economy, directly contributing 30% of the annual GDP and another 27% indirectly. The
Agriculture Sector Development Strategy (2010-2020)4 recognizes the potential of the youth in
developing agriculture and has a special focus on youth however, the sector is currently faced
by numerous challenges which include: effects of climate change that have greatly affected
farmers’ ability to plan their farming activities, lack of information on post-harvest handling,
high costs of production, limited use of modern practices and technology in agricultural
production and limited access to credit and market facilities.
Low involvement of youth in key decision making processes as well as their absence in policy
dialogues is a big challenge. The National Youth Policy (NYP)5 spells out the strategic areas that
must be addressed in order for Kenyan youth to effectively play their role in nation building has
not included the agricultural sector as one of the key sectors for youth engagement towards
addressing their fundamental issues and contribution to economic development. Furthermore,
the legislative framework supporting the implementation of the NYP worsens the situation by
excluding the agriculture sector into the mechanisms for supporting youth participation6. A
number of county governments are coming up with initiatives to implement Youth Policies by
putting in place modalities to engage youth in agri-businesses by partnering with the national
government and different development partners.
1 https://www.census.gov/population/international/data/idb/region.php
2 https://library.fes.de/pdf-files/bueros/kenia/07889.pdf
3 https://www.knbs.or.ke/download/economic-survey-highlights-2017/
4 Agriculture Sector Development Strategy (2010-2020), http://www.finland.or.ke/public/download.aspx?ID=107015&GUID=%7BCE7EA0C9-
18D4-41ED-B169-5AE7DAD3B6B5%7D 5 http://www.youthpolicy.org/national/Kenya_2006_National_Youth_Policy.pdf
6 http://extwprlegs1.fao.org/docs/pdf/ken171450.pdf
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1.1 Situation Analysis: Nakuru County
There has been an increasing countrywide momentum that recognizes the significance of
investing in youth as the next generation of food producers and dominant actors in sustainable
agriculture supply and value chains. Embu County Agriculture Department, for example, has
come up with initiatives to implement Youth Policy by putting in place modalities to engage the
youth in productive activities such as Youth in Modern Agriculture Projects and involvement in
agri-businesses in line with national youth policy. The county together with 4H Foundation
Kenya has developed The Embu County Youth in Agribusiness Strategy 2018-2022, launched in
February 28th 2019. The strategy aims at addressing county-specific challenges facing children
and youth between age group of six to 35 years. The 4-H Foundation Kenya was established in
2014 to complement the efforts of National and County governments as well as community
initiatives aimed at attracting young people to the agricultural sector. It was also started with
the aim of reviving the 4-K movement in Kenya. The name (4-H) represents four personal
development areas of focus for the movement: head, heart, hands, and health. The 4-H Kenya
is one of 73 independent country programmes committed to the Global 4-H Charter.
The population of Nakuru County has been rising in the last ten years. In 2009, the County
population was 1,602,637 and it is expected to rise to 2,400,367 in 2030 and 3,013,869 in 2050.
The proportion of the population below age 15 was 41.9 percent in 2009. It is projected to
reduce to 31.7 percent in 2030 and further decrease to 24.0 percent in 2050. The proportion of
the population aged 64 and above was 3.0 percent in 2009. It is projected to increase
marginally to 3.3 percent in 2030 and to increase further to 7.6 percent in 2050.
Nakuru County Demographic Dividend Indicators
Demographic Indicators 2009 2030 2050
Population Size 1,602,637 2,400,367 3,013,894
Proportion of Population Below Age 15 41.9 31.7 24.0
Proportion of Population Above Age 64 3.0 3.3 7.6
Proportion of Population in the Working Ages (15-
64)
55.2 65.0 68.4
Dependency Ratio 81.3 53.9 46.2
Year Demographic Window of Opportunity Opens 2035
The proportion of the population in the working ages between 15-64 years was 55.2 percent in
2009. It is projected that this age group will increase to 65 percent in 2030 and further increase
to 68.4 percent of the total population in 2050. The dependency ratio for Nakuru County was
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81.3 in 2009 and is projected to decrease to 53.9 in 2030 decreasing further to 46.2 in 2050. It
is projected that the county demographic window of opportunity opens in the year 2035.7
The County government in its County Integrated Development Plan (CIDP, 2018-2022) has outlined strategies to involve the youth in all county programmes including agriculture. Key interventions to be implemented include: agriculture extension, research and training to improve the number of youth in farming as well as establishing linkages to access loan facilities from Uwezo Fund and Youth Enterprise Development Fund. The County has also envisioned to establish business incubation Centres in four sub-counties (Nakuru East, Bahati, Naivasha and Molo) with the partnership of the private sector so as to train and mentor youth and women with innovative business ideas and provision of SME loans to spur growth of the SMEs.8 This aligns well with the National government's initiatives to address youth involvement in agriculture as per the Youth in Agribusiness Strategy, 2017-2021.
As a multistakeholder network with interest in promoting youth in agribusiness, AgriProFocus Kenya undertook a scan in Nakuru County to:
Get insights on various stakeholders who have a focus on youth in agribusiness in the County
Understand the interventions that have been designed to support youth in agribusiness in Nakuru County.
Provide insights on the donors supporting youth in agribusiness interventions in Nakuru County
The following chapters outline inclusiveness and sustainability of different interventions
supporting youth in agribusiness in Nakuru County and an overview of the donors and
implementing organizations.
7 http://www.ncpd.go.ke/wp-content/uploads/2017/10/Nakuru-County-Adolescents-and-Youth-Survey-NAYS.pdf
8 https://nakuru.go.ke/wp-content/uploads/2018/11/NAKURU-COUNTY-CIDP-2018-2022-FINAL..pdf
‘Young people form the most populous age-group in our county, thereby involving them in turn
key agricultural initiatives will not only make farming lucrative but also create job opportunities
for them’
Dr. Immaculate Njuthe Maina, CEC Agriculture, Livestock and Fisheries,
Nakuru County.
https://nakuru.go.ke/7855/
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2.0 Key Insights: Youth in Agribusiness, Nakuru County
The following section provides insights from the scan based on the four objectives:
1. County policies that exist in Nakuru County and how they are implemented- with specific focus Youth in agriculture, the gaps and extent at which Kenya Youth in Agribusiness Strategy has been cascaded and adopted.
2. Programmes/ Projects focusing on Youth in Agribusiness, priority areas, interventions and the stakeholder groups involved
3. Donors investing in Youth in agribusiness space 4. Opportunities for multi-stakeholder collaboration to support Youth in Agribusiness in
Nakuru County
2.1 County Government policies on Youth in Agribusiness
The Ministry of Youth, Sports and Gender is responsible for youth affairs unfortunately, there is no close coordination and partnership with the Ministry of Agriculture on how to better support youth engagement in agriculture as this is critical and requires commitment from the two ministries.
The County Government of Nakuru does not have a functional directorate of youth affairs responsible for youth affairs however, there is an executive order from the Office of the Governor to The Ministry of Youth, Gender, Culture, Sports and Social Services to establish the Directorate of Youth Affairs, which is currently ongoing. The acting Director of Youth affairs is developing systems, legal frameworks for drafting bills and policies, schemes of service and budget for staff to support the directorate furthermore, it is still unclear how the National government plans to work with Nakuru County Government to implement the Youth in Agribusiness strategy.
2.2 Programmes and Stakeholder groups supporting Youth in Agribusiness
A number of organizations and programmes aimed at accelerating economic growth through
agri-food sector development and improvement of employment opportunities with special
focus on the youth are active in Nakuru County. Some of these institutions/organisations
include: Egerton University, Technical Centre for Agricultural and Rural Cooperation (CTA),
Ustadi, Ongoza, HIVOS, Equity Bank Foundation, Balloon Ventures and the Economic Projects
Transformational Facility [EPTF]. These organizations implement different programmes but with
same or related approaches and interventions.
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Egerton University is implementing four different projects all related to youth in agribusiness
and entrepreneurship. Centre of Excellence for Livestock Innovation and Business [CoELIB] was
established with support from the Dutch Organization for Internationalization in Education
(NUFFIC) by the Netherlands Government through the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. The Centre
offers offices and spaces for innovation by entrepreneurs, agribusiness incubation, business and
market development. The Centre has a zero grazing, poultry unit, feed processing unit, genetic
and microbiology laboratory, goat improvement centre and apiculture production unit. These
units are used for practical training and as income generating units for the Centre. The project
is implemented in partnership with Q-Point, HAS University, Maastricht School of Management,
DLV Advies- all from The Netherlands and Growth Africa. CoELIB has graduated one cohort of
13 entrepreneurs in 2018, and recruitment for second cohort for 2019 is ongoing.
The MasterCard Foundation in partnership with RUFORUM, Egerton University, Kenya and Gulu
University, Uganda are implementing Transforming African Agricultural Universities to
meaningfully contribute to Africa’s Growth and Development (TAGDev); a project that aims to
train competent youth through creating new models of agricultural education,
agribusiness/entrepreneurship and engage policy makers to influence policies in agricultural
training. This is implemented through: Empowering Kenyan youth through Agri Enterprise
Incubation for Improved Livelihoods and Economic Development (AGLEAD ) and Community
Action Research Programme Plus (CARP+), both programmes are under TAGDev.
AGLEAD has collaborated with KCB Bank and Farming systems Kenya to implement provision of
commercial loans, training on entrepreneurship and incubation interventions and networking
for collaboration with the private sector. Farming Systems Kenya provide link to farmer groups
and the industry while KCB Bank, Egerton University branch facilitates training in financing and
financial management. CARP+ implements action research in potato value chain (PVC) in
Nakuru County with the aim of transforming it into a vibrant commercialized sub-sector for
improved income and livelihoods as well as build research and skills capacity for students and
support incubation of business ideas along the PVC. CARP+ partners include Baraka Agricultural
College, Mtakatifu Clara Training and Development Centre, National Potato Council of Kenya
and the County directorate of Agriculture.
Centre of Excellence in Sustainable Agriculture and Agribusiness Management (CESSAM) is
funded by World Bank through the Government of Kenya and is modelled to support
innovations in product development, funding prototypes and commercialization, offering loans
at zero interest rates, incubation and business development, internship programmes in agri-
enterprises and creating awareness on entrepreneurship through seminars and short courses.
The programme collaborates with other programmes within the University for instance,
(TAGDev and AGLEAD).
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Development organizations implementing projects in or related to youth in agribusiness
include: CTA, Ustadi, HIVOS, Balloon Ventures and Ongoza. CTA in partnership with USTADI with
funds from IFAD are implementing Youth Economic Empowerment through Agribusiness
dubbed Vijabiz in Nakuru and Kilifi counties. The project aims to create sustainable
employment for the rural youth in the counties by building entrepreneurship capacity with
incubation, creating market linkages and added value for rural youth groups, (with at least 30%
women inclusion) in cereals, dairy and fisheries value chains. The project has selected 165
youth groups from the two counties (115 from Nakuru and 50 from Kilifi). The project focuses
on skills and capacity building, enterprise development, linkage to market and competitive
grants to be given to the groups in the selected value chains.
HIVOS together with Building Eastern Africa Community Network (BEACON) with support from
Dutch Ministry of Foreign Affairs are also implementing Sustainable Diets for All (SD4ALL). The
programme focuses on building capacity of civil society organizations, empowering citizens and
fostering changes in policies and practices; although this project targets all age groups, it has a
strong component on youth inclusion.
Ongoza provides business acceleration to early stage high growth young entrepreneurs in
Nakuru County through customized one-on-one business coaching, advisory and planning,
market linkages and access to debt financing for growth through networking and linkages. CAP-
Youth Empowerment Institute Kenya [YEI] is implementing Basic Entry Skills Training (BEST) and
one of its training Centres is in Nakuru County. The programme focuses on capacity building on
life skills, relevant labor market skills, savings education and small business development.
In addition to involvement in implementation of projects, the government through the relevant
ministries is also implementing some programmes. The Ministry of Public Service, Youth and
Gender Affairs (MPYG) in partnership with NITA with funding from the World Bank are
implementing Kenya Youth Employment and Opportunities Project (KYEOP) aimed at supporting
skills development and strengthening the development of youth policies.
The Ministry of Agriculture is also implementing the Youth ENABLE programme which focuses
on providing Access to land and financial services for youth agribusiness ventures and
upgrading of Youth Agribusiness Incubation Centres (YABICs and Financing Youth
Agribusinesses through operationalizing risk sharing & financing mechanisms).
Balloon Ventures is a social enterprise that offers out-of-building incubation, growth focused
finance and acceleration in agribusiness, processing and manufacturing. The enterprise finances
businesses in form of loans, revenue share and equity for sustainability. Economic Projects
Transformation Facility (EPTF) on the other hand promotes entrepreneurship development
through training, mentorship and business development support services [BDSS] by building
sustainable structures in businesses. EPTF has partnered with Starlight cooperative to
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implement Climate Resilience Adaptation Livelihoods (CRAL). CRAL focuses on women, youth
and people with disabilities. This project seeks to demonstrate relevant adaptive measures,
approaches and interventions that will contribute towards building resilience of vulnerable
communities in terms of biodiversity and ecosystem, reducing their vulnerabilities to climatic
shocks and securing employment opportunities, food and income.
Summary of interventions in the programmes
2.3 Donors Landscape
The donor community is playing a big role in supporting youth in agribusiness. A number of
donors either work with academic institutions (Egerton University) and local implementing
NGOs through sub-granting.
RUFORUM has invested USD. 50,000 to Egerton University for the (AGLEAD) for 4 years to
facilitate agribusiness growth and incubation facilities. The same donor has partnered with
MasterCard foundation to fund the same University and Gulu University in Uganda with USD
6.7M to implement TAGDev. The MasterCard Foundation has also supported CAP- Youth
Empowerment Institute Kenya [YEI] with USD. 10.5 million to implement Best entry skills
training in the Coastal, Central, Rift-valley and Nyanza regions.
The Dutch Ministry of Foreign affairs through the Dutch Organization for Internationalization in
Education (NUFFIC) presently known as Orange Knowledge Programmes (OKP) has invested
€1.3 M to equip facilities, build capacity of CoELIB Centre, its staff and develop incubation and
acceleration programmes at Egerton University for four years. World Bank through the
Government of Kenya has pumped in USD. 6M for the development of the Centre of Excellence
Training and capacity
Building
Training on
entrepreneurship and
farming as a business
Incubation, Business
Development and
acceleration
Good Farm Practices
training (GFP)
Access to
resources
Financing
through
investments
Financing
innovations and
prototypes
Networking and
Knowledge
management
Mentorship
Conferences
Policy
Formulation
and influence
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in Sustainable Agriculture and Agribusiness Management (CESSAM) for a period of five years.
The World Bank has also funded the Ministry of Public Service, Youth and Gender Affairs
(MPYG) in partnership with NITA and other affiliated ministries to implement the Kenya Youth
Employment and Opportunities Project (KYEOP) across Kenya. Other donors who have invested
in Nakuru County are IFAD, CTA and USTADI to implement Vijabiz project. IFAD has contributed
USD 1.5 M while CTA and USTADI have contributed USD 352,000 and USD 166,000 respectively.
African Development Bank (AfDB) and the Government of Kenya have co-funded youth ENABLE
programme, with Ksh. 3 Billion and Ksh. 0.633 Billion respectively, to be implemented by the
Ministry of Agriculture across Kenya, while the UK government and Citi Foundation have
invested over Ksh. 50M to Balloon ventures to facilitate access to marketing, financial and
strategy expertise in Nakuru. Swedish Mission Council has funded the EPTF with Ksh. 12M to
implement CRAL project.
2.4 Challenges in Projects Implementation
The performance of programmes supporting youth in agribusiness has been encouraging in a
number of interventions, most notably in training, incubation and business development and is
on a trajectory of further development however, stakeholders need to identify some of the
serious ongoing challenges in the implementation of these initiatives to further exploit the
potential of youth to transform the agri-food sector.
The most important challenges can be grouped into two: Project implementation related and
youth demographic related.
Projects implementation
challenges
Poor visibility of projects and
institutions. The youth do not
know the existence of these
programmes aimed at
supporting them
Inadequate financing for implementation of various interventions
Issues of practicality in training courses
Youth demographic challenges
Pre-existing mindset: The youth do not have an open mind and do not understand the value of support services in their businesses, get-rich-quickly attitude leading to lack of patience in growth.
Lack of commitment in terms of time and payments for incubation and business development services
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3.0 Opportunities for Multi stakeholder Collaboration
The National and County government, donor organizations and academic institutions are keen
to investing in initiatives that encourage and support youth in agribusiness leading to an
increase in youth-agribusiness-entrepreneurship related projects which attract huge funds.
Capacity building (Training on entrepreneurship, technical and soft skills) and incubation are the
central intervention areas for most programmes in Nakuru County. Other programs
supplement capacity building component with financial support, which helps young people to
start their own agribusiness or invest in inputs and equipment. This has led to duplication of
approaches and interventions in the same areas instead of complementing for instance, the
development of several hubs/incubation centres for training and similar training programmes.
This calls for collaboration between different stakeholders in the Youth in Agribusiness space
to:
- Create a multi-stakeholder platform or ecosystem to avoid duplication of efforts and
Business-as-usual approaches. This will create a path for linkage to opportunities
partnerships and pooling resources. The county government should instead partner with
existing incubators instead of investing in establishing one.
- Create intense awareness of the existing programmes and organizations that support
youth in agribusiness with trendsetters and successful cases. This will make the youth to
be aware of existing programmes and how this is beneficial to them
- Influence and support the new directorate of youth affairs to develop policies specific to
the youth in the county. Trendsetters, scaling and successful youths and groups should
be involved to give their opinions through a non-political engagement.
- Involve People with Disabilities in all youth projects
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Overview of initiatives supporting Youth in Agribusiness in Nakuru County This section provides a brief overview of some of the initiatives by various organizations that are currently supporting youth in agribusiness in Nakuru county.
Name of organization/ Project
Youth in Agribusiness Intervention Describe the intervention, focus areas of the intervention and donor
Contact/Website Period
CESSAM (Centre of Excellence in Sustainable Agriculture and Agribusiness Management)
Project: CESAAM contributes to sustainable agricultural and agribusiness management through capacity development, research and technology transfer for enhanced food security. Focus areas: Capacity Building, research on biotechnology and climate-smart agricultural practices, incubation and technological innovations, developing evidence based policy briefs and dissemination. Donor: World Bank, through GoK
Dickson Otieno 0725809214 http://www.cesaamegerton.org/
2017-2022
AGLEAD Project: Empowering Kenyan youth through Agri-enterprise Incubation for Improved Livelihoods and Economic Development .The hub supports the development of well-structured agribusiness projects, and providing commercial loans and other support such as, market access, capacity development, risk management, and networking- to enhance collaboration between the university and the private sector. Focus areas: Incubation, market access, training, financing Donor: RUFFORUM Budget: USD 50,000 Collaboration: Farming Systems-Kenya, KCB Bank
Prof. Patience M. Mshenga Tel: +254 722 361991 Email: [email protected] [email protected]
2018-2022
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TAGDEV Project: Transforming African Agricultural Universities to meaningfully contribute to Africa’s growth and development (TAGDev) Donor: The MasterCard Foundation in partnership with Regional Universities Forum for Capacity Building in Agriculture (RUFORUM) Focus: Training competent and highly skilled African youth and develop the capacity of African universities to effectively train and nurture graduates with relevant skills match. This aims to transform African agricultural universities and their graduates to better respond to developmental challenges through enhanced application of science, technology, business and innovation for rural agricultural transformation.
Prof. Patience M. Mshenga Tel: +254 722 361991 Email: [email protected] [email protected]
CTA/ USTADI Project Name: Youth Economic Empowerment through Agribusiness in Kenya (Vijabiz) The project is a collaboration between USTADI and CTA and strives to create sustainable youth-led enterprises through collaboration with innovative financial service providers, creating market linkages, integrating innovatively digital technologies and enhancing business management capacity. Support is provided to value addition, as well as opportunities for scaling-up. Donor: IFAD, CTA and USTADI Focus: Capacity development on entrepreneurship, leadership, ICT and social media, Market linkages, Incubation Target group: 165 rural youth groups (30% females) in cereals, dairy and fisheries value chains
ustadi.org Head of Programmes Eric Bosire [email protected] 0713271065/0725110579
2018-2020
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HIVOS, implemented by Building Eastern Africa Community Network (BEACON)
Project Name: Sustainable Diets for All (SD4ALL) The main goal of the programme is to work with citizens and partner organizations to influence policies, market practices, government actors and international institutions (at global level) to promote diets which are diverse, healthy, fair and green. Focus areas: The programme focuses on building capacity of civil society organizations, empowering citizens and civil society organizations and fostering changes in policies and practices. Donor: Dutch Ministry of Foreign Affairs
Ann Majani [email protected]
2018-2020
ENABLE Youth Project
The government through the Ministry of Agriculture, Livestock and Fisheries State Department of Agriculture is implementing the Enable Youth Kenya program. The specific objective of the ENABLE Youth Kenya is to create business opportunities and decent employment for young women and men along priority agricultural value chains through the provision of entrepreneurship skills, funding and business linkages Donor: Africa Development Bank Program Focus: Establishing an enabling Environment for Youth Empowerment in Agribusiness through: Awareness creation and promotion of agriculture as a business; Providing Access to land and financial services for youth agribusiness ventures; Upgrading of Youth Agribusiness Incubation Centres (YABICs). Entrepreneurship and agribusiness incubation: through promoting Agribusiness Incubation and Acceleration Activities; Supporting Business plans and loan applications, Financing Youth Agribusinesses through operationalizing risk sharing & financing mechanism (RSFM) Budget: Ksh. 3.6 B. AfDB: 3B, GoK: 0.6B
Benson Nyariaro, Project Coordinator-Youth in Agribusiness Programme [email protected]
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Ongoza A social enterprise supporting young people - 35years and below. Ongoza provides business acceleration to early stage high growth young entrepreneurs in Kenya through customized business coaching, advisory and planning, market linkages and access to debt financing for growth through networking and linkages. Funded through philanthropic sources, Ongoza is able to offer entrepreneurs access to business advisory services at subsidized rates
Virginia Gitome 0701163818, [email protected] Business Development Advisor
KCB Bank KCB Foundation 2Jiajiri programme is a capacity building programme that is targeting to empower and equip unemployed and out-of-school youth to grow micro enterprises by providing them with technical skill training opportunities as well as up-skilling and certifying existing micro-entrepreneurs who wish to move their business from the informal to the formal sector. The programme offers: - Provision of technical skills scholarships for out of school youth aged 18-35 years (up skilling) and existing micro entrepreneurs (skilling) - Business development services and discounted asset and capital financing for the graduates of the skilling programme - Provision of market and industry linkages
Roselyn Mbugua Branch Manager-Egerton University [email protected] [email protected] 0722285860
Safaricom Blaze Safaricom has established a platform – BLAZE Be Your Own Boss [BYOB] a youth network to support young people excel in business through mentorship summits, expert talks, training boot camps and the opportunity to compete in the BYOB show which comes with a cash prize to boost winning business ideas to growth and business support form BLAZE. Important to note is that Safaricom has also developed a platform Digifarm that is looking at linking farmers to other service providers including quality input suppliers, access to
Mike Akal [email protected]
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finance and markets.
Kenya Youth Employment and Opportunities Project (KYEOP)
Project: Kenya Youth Employment and Opportunities Project (KYEOP). KYEOP is implemented by the Ministry of Public Service, Youth and Gender Affairs (MPYG) in partnership with NITA and other affiliated ministries. Target: Youth aged 18-29 years with some components extending the limit to 35 years. The project targets both rural and urban youths. Focus areas: Skills development – life skills, business skills, job placements /internships, apprenticeship, information sharing with regards to labour market information and strengthening of the development of youth policies. Donor: World Bank
Ministry of Public Service, Youth and Gender Affairs (MPYG), Nakuru County [email protected] 0793060440 / 0793060444
2016 – 2021
CAP- Youth Empowerment Institute Kenya [YEI]
Project: Basic Entry skills training(BEST) Focus areas: Training and capacity Building Donor: MasterCard Foundation Budget: USD 10.5 million
EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR (CAP YEI) [email protected] 0718188926
Vijana Reloaded, SNV, Soilcares
Programme: AgriVijana has been created in partnership with SNV and Soilcares. Vijana Reloaded offers courses for youth to realize their own business ideas, courses to replicate way to go business models, master classes, marketplace events, linkage to finance and providence of finance through networks. The company uses human centered technology in terms of trainings and through this they discovered that most youth are willing to do much, but they are not empowered. They have designed a six months training programme in six locations where a young entrepreneur can come in with an idea and be helped to develop an effective pitch that will
Ronald Mukanga [email protected] 254790486416
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attract funding
Economic Projects Transformation Facility(EPTF)
EPTF takes a comprehensive and integrative approach to promoting entrepreneurship development and has adopted a two-fold approach that involves training and business development support services [BDSS]. EPTF’s entrepreneurship training addresses unemployment and poverty by supporting the creation and expansion of business enterprises. The training seeks to challenge existing mind-sets of many young people who believe that formal employment is the only way to generate income.
Programmes coordinator Anthony Waweru [email protected] 0721991281
Balloon Ventures A social enterprise that offers out-of - building incubation, growth focused finance at 0% interest and acceleration(Multi-stage support)
Keter Kibet [email protected] 0722235012
2018-2021
Ministry of Youth, Gender, Culture, Sports and Social Services
The new Directorate of Youth Affairs, County Government of Nakuru is developing systems, legal frameworks for drafting bills and policies, schemes of service and budget for staff to support youth affairs in the county
Claire Obora [email protected] 0722211341