ENABLE Youth Kenya Program at Ministry of Agriculture and Livestock Development

Background:

The Empowering Novel Agribusiness-Led Employment (ENABLE) Youth Kenya Program aims at contributing to job creation, food security and nutrition, income generation and improved livelihoods for youths in both urban and rural areas. ENABLE Youth Kenya Program is currently seeking suitable Agripreneurs as incubatees to be trained and empowered within the supported value chains via a countrywide recruitment exercise. The agribusiness ideas have to be innovative and novel. The Program focuses on the entire Agriculture Value Chain from production, processing, value addition: input supplies and marketing in the following specific values chains targeted; Poultry, Vegetables, Dairy, Beef, Pasture, Mushroom, Pig, and Fish. This recruitment will target the following two categories: Standards & Accelerators

Standard Incubatee

• A youth Agripreneurs to be recruited as an incubatee into the ENABLE Youth Kenya Program should be one whose business has an annual turn over of less than Kes 500,000
• The incubatee must be willing and available to be capacity built and/or funded to attain economic viability.
• The standard Incubatees should be having a running Agribusiness.
• This category will undergo incubation and training for a period of not exceeding 3 - 6 months.
• Must be a holder of a certificate/Diploma/Degree from a Recognized Institution.

Accelerated Incubatee

• A youth Agripreneurs who has been actively running an agribusiness venture with an Annual Turn Over of above Kes. 500,000.
• The incubatee must be willing and available to be capacity built and/or funded to upscale their business.
• The Accelerator Incubatees business should have been in operation for a period exceeding twelve months
• This category will undergo incubation and training for a period not exceeding 3 months.
• Must be a holder of a Certificate/Diploma/Degree from a Recognized Institution.

Eligibility Criteria

• They must be Kenyan Citizen with a National ID, Aged between 18-35 Years
• Submit relevant Educational Certificates based on incubation category i.e. Standard/Accelerator
• Shall be required to submit a KRA PIN Certificate and a Certificate from an approved Credit Reference Bureau. On admission, ALL candidates shall be required to meet all integrity requirements.
• Shall be required to submit a concise one (1) page business proposal on admission , demonstrating.
  • The Innovative and Novel Business Idea
  • Access to business premises, office space and land for production location where applicable.
  • Adaptability of the selected value chain to the project location.
  • Availability of market for the selected product/service within the targeted value chains.
  • Prevailing Risks & Mitigation Strategies
  • Availability of licenses and permits where applicable.
• The Program is committed to implementing Affirmative Action. In this regard, Persons Living with Disabilities (PLWDs) and those from marginalized groups with requisite qualification are encouraged to apply.
• Projects in Value Addition, Aggregation, Marketing, Agricultural Services and Distribution will be highly considered.