Loan
Agri-Biz Loan
Youth Enterprise Development Fund, Government of Kenya
At a glance
- Deadline
- Open. No closing date published.
- Fee
- No fee to apply
- Who may apply
- living in Kenya
- aged 18 to 34
- farming already, or starting a farming business
- Where
- Kenya
A loan you pay back: up to KES 1 million at 8 per cent to start or expand a farming business. For anything up to KES 300,000 you can secure it with livestock, stock or a group guarantee instead of land or a logbook.
The facts
- What you get
- Up to KES 1,000,000 at 8 per cent interest, with a 1 per cent processing fee netted off at disbursement. Repayment runs from 9 months for KES 20,000 to 50,000 up to 24 months for KES 500,001 to 1,000,000.
- Where
- Kenya
- How long
- 9 to 24 months depending on the amount
Where you stand
This one is free. There is no fee to apply, and nobody should ask you for money at any point.
What they ask for
- living in Kenya
- aged 18 to 34
- farming already, or starting a farming business
- you can apply as an individual, a registered group, a partnership or a youth-owned company
Get ready to apply
Built only from what this listing states.
The application takes real work, by our reading.
1. What to get ready
The listing does not say what it needs. When you open their page, write down everything it asks for before you start.
In their words: “Loan application forms. The product page does not list the documents; the Fund's group loan page asks for certified bank statements, business records and copies of members' IDs.”
2. Dates
- No closing date is stated.
- Openings with no closing date can close once they have enough people, so sooner is safer. Our advice
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No CV yet? Make a plain one from your answers. Nothing you type is kept.
Tips for applying for a loan
General advice from us, the same for every loan. It is not what this organisation says; that is above.
- Find the repayment terms first: the interest, the fees, how long you have, and what happens if you pay late.
- Work out the monthly amount and check you could pay it from what you earn.
- Check who is lending. A real lender never asks you to pay before you receive the money.
If there is an interview or a test
- Be ready to show your numbers: what you earn, what you spend, what the money is for.
All our tips and messages to copy. Practise answering, with nothing kept. Received an offer? Check whether it is real, then read before you say yes.
How to apply
You apply on Youth Enterprise Development Fund, Government of Kenya's own website, not here. We never send an application for anybody and we never ask you for anything to pass on. Check their page for anything not shown here.
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How we checked this
This was opened and verified at Youth Enterprise Development Fund, Government of Kenya's own website on 19 October 2026: it was real, still open, and open to people from African countries. If anything here is wrong, tell us.