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Loans

Youth Enterprise Development Fund: Vuka (Business Expansion Loan)

Status

Open continuously

No deadline — apply whenever you are ready.

Always open
Amount
5,000,000 KES

Loans of KES 100,000 to KES 5,000,000 at 8% p.a.; tenor up to 1 year (KES 100,000), 2 years (up to 300,000), 3 years (up to 1,000,000) and 5 years (up to 5,000,000). Security is required.

Funder

Youth Enterprise Development Fund (YEDF), Kenya

public · national

Deadline: Open all year

Your odds
Not published

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.

Effort
quick

Quick — mostly identity and bank details.

Who can apply

Youth starting commercial ventures with a viable business plan or expanding existing ones; partnerships and sole proprietorships operating at least 6 months; limited companies operating at least 1 year.

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Apply on the funder's site

Source. https://www.youthfund.go.ke/business-expansion-loan-vuka/

"Maximum Amount is Kshs. 5,000,000"

Last checked against the official page on 5 October 2026

Source: www.youthfund.go.ke

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