Loan
Asset Finance 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
- running a business, or buying an asset to start one
- Where
- Kenya
A loan you pay back, to buy the machine, motorcycle, tuk tuk or vehicle the business runs on. The asset itself is the security, so you do not need land or a title deed, and the Fund lends up to 75 per cent of its price.
The facts
- What you get
- Up to KES 5 million. The Fund finances up to 75 per cent of the value of the equipment or asset, excluding landed property. Interest is not stated on the page.
- Where
- Kenya
- How long
- New vehicles up to 4 years, used vehicles up to 3 years, motorcycles up to 1 year, tuk tuks up to 1.5 years, PSVs up to 3 years, other assets up to 4 years
- Share of the prize or equity they take
- None. The asset is co-owned by YEDF and the borrower until the loan is repaid.
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
- running a business, or buying an asset to start one
- you must find the other 25 per cent of the price yourself, and the asset is co-owned with the Fund until the loan is repaid
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 page does not list the documents required.”
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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The download is a small text file. You can read it later without data. It also lists each condition they set, so you can tick yourself against them. WhatsApp sends the same list to you, or to somebody helping you.
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.