- agency
- Micro and Small Enterprise Authority (MSEA); financed by a World Bank package
- amount
- USD 229 million World Bank financing over five years. Beneficiaries receive startup capital (reported KSh 25,000 first instalment of a KSh 50,000 grant) after training; matched savings: for every KSh 2 saved the program adds KSh 1, up to KSh 3,000.
- country
- Kenya
- deadline or recurrence
- Multi-year program; a disbursement round reported to begin 27 June 2026.
- eligibility
- Unemployed/underemployed youth aged 18-29 (extended to 35 for persons with disabilities), targeting those with lower-secondary completion; targets ~820,000 young people. Components: employability, entrepreneurship, savings and institutional strengthening.