The Youth Enterprise Development Fund (YEDF) is a state corporation under the Ministry of Public Service, Youth & Gender Affairs. The Fund was established on 1st February 2007 as one of the strategies to address the challenge of youth unemployment in Kenya. It is one of the flagship projects of … read moreVision 2030, under the social pillar. The Youth Fund is mandated to create employment opportunities for young people through entrepreneurship. This is achieved by providing financial support and business development services to youth owned enterprises. The Fund seeks to turn youth into job creators and not job seekers

Our Vision

A sustainable and growing fund, economically empowering Kenyan Youth

Our Mission

To increase economic opportunities for, and participation by Kenyan youth in nation building through enterprise development and strategic partnerships.

Our Mandates

Provide loans to youth owned enterprises
Provide market support to youth enterprises
Facilitate youth enterprises to develop linkages with large enterprises
Provide trading premises and worksites
Provide business development services to youth owned enterprises
Facilitate youth to obtain jobs abroad
Our Beneficiaries

Youth aged 18 to 34 years
Youth aged 18 to 34 years
Those running businesses and wish to expand
Youth looking for markets and other business development services
Youth looking for jobs abroad
Our Loan Products

Group loans Kshs. 50,000 to 400,000
Individual loans Kshs. 25,000 to 200,000
Business expansion loans Kshs. 100,000 to 2 million
Greenhouse loans Kshs. 357,344 to 430,000
Poultry incubator loans Kshs. 198,000
LPO financing Kshs. 500,000 to 20 million
How to access Youth Fund services

The Youth Fund has 14 regional offices in ten counties across the country. They have been created in an effort to enhance service delivery and our presence at the grass roots. The youth Fund has two officers in every constituency who help youth form groups, fill application forms and provide them with business counselling. The officers have been provided with motorbikes to enable them reach all parts of their respective constituencies. The officers can be found in district youth offices in every constituency.