Contact Information
www.msea.go.ke
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Mseakenya KENYA YOUTH
EMPLOYMENT AND
@mseakenya
OPPORTUNITIES PROJECT
Msea_Kenya (KYEOP)
0770 666 000
Component 2: Support for
Job Creation
Component 2: Support for Job Creation
Implemented by Micro and Small Enterprises Authority (MSEA).
It addresses key constraints and market failures that limit the demand for youth employ-
ment and their productivity once in employment. These are:
* Lack of start-up financing for young entrepreneurs;
* Lack of managerial and entrepreneurial skills among youth;
* Lack of relevant exposure and networks for starting and growing a business among
About KYEOP youth.
Kenya Youth Employment and Opportunities Project (KYEOP) is a This component aims to assist youth in Kenya to acquire the skills and capital required to
transformational project that aims to empower and uplift the well-being help them generate an income as an Entrepreneur “Mfanyabiashara”.
of the youth in Kenya by equipping them with essential training,
internship and business grant opportunities.
Project Development Objective: Achievements
To increase employment and earning opportunities among targeted It includes two subcomponents:
young people across Kenya. 1. Provision of Business start-up grants (Kshs 40,000) and Business Development
Services (BDS) training to the youth who are in or want to begin a business.
The project aims to reach over 280,000 youth during the project 2. Catalytic interventions for job creation: Supports innovative interventions to create
period in 17 implementing counties; jobs for targeted youths by financing Business Plan Competition targeting high
Nairobi, Mombasa, Kisumu, Nakuru, Kwale, Kitui, Migori, Turkana, potential young entrepreneurs.
Kiambu, Kakamega, Kilifi, Nyandarua, Mandera, Machakos, Kisii,
Bungoma and Wajir.
To date:
* 76,361 Kenyan youth have benefitted from Business Start-Up Grant in 17 counties.
The project has 4 components that are being * 73,316 youths were imparted with Business Development Skills through a digital
implemented by different Government Agencies platform and a further 9,384 youths through Classroom training.
as follows: * 49% of beneficiaries are Women.
* 3% of beneficiaries are People Living with Disabilities (PWDs).
Component 1: Improving youth employability, implemented by
MIIYA and the National Industrial Training Authority
(NITA)
By the end of the project;
Component 2: Support for job Creation, implemented by the Micro
Over Kshs 3 Billion will be disbursed as business Start-Up Grants to Kenyan Youth.
and Small Enterprises Authority (MSEA)
Component 3: Improving Labour Market Information, Beneficiaries:
implemented by the Ministry of Labour and Social
Ӻ 80,000 Youth benefited from Start-Up Grants.
Protection
Ӻ 741 Youth from catalytic funds.
Component 4: Strengthening Youth Policy Development and
Ӻ Over 8,000 youth received in-classroom training on Business Development Ser-
project management, implemented by the State
vices.
Department for Youth, in the Ministry of ICT,
� Over 100,000 youth received Digital Entrepreneurship Training.
Innovation and Youth Affairs (MIIYA).
