Kenya Biashara Fund (successor to Youth, Women and Uwezo funds)
Status not published
Rolling applications through the Biashara Fund portal and county offices.
Consolidated national revolving fund providing affordable credit to Kenyan MSMEs, merging the former Youth Enterprise Development Fund, Women Enterprise Fund and Uwezo Fund. Loan tiers run from small group loans up to about KES 1 million for individual enterprises.
Ministry of Cooperatives and MSME Development, Kenya
public · national
Deadline: Open all year — Rolling applications through the Biashara Fund portal and county offices.
This funder does not publish a success rate. We rank it using the rate observed across similar programmes and label it as an estimate rather than implying we know.
Moderate — a form and supporting documents.
Who can apply
- Stage: idea stage, pre-seed and seed
- Locally registered entity required
Kenyan citizens running micro and small enterprises; specific windows target youth, women and persons with disabilities.
How to apply
- Register on the Biashara Fund portal or at a county office.
- Submit the loan application with business details.
- Appraisal by the county committee.
- Disbursement and repayment schedule.
What you will need
- Kenyan national ID
- Business registration certificate
- Bank or mobile money account details
- Group registration where applying as a group
Related reading: How grant deadlines actually work
Source. https://biasharafund.go.ke/ · not human-checked
Verified on 14 August 2026
Source: funder's homepage — the programme page was not found
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