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KENYAKENYA
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2 2
A PRESENTATION BY HON. DR. PAUL NYONGESA OTUOMA,
MINISTER FOR YOUTH AFFAIRS AND SPORTS, KENYA
09th ,May 2011
Unleashing Potential, the
Kenyan Experience
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THE YOUTH IN KENYATHE YOUTH IN KENYA79% of Kenya’s population is 35 years and below
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47% are below 18 years 47% are below 18 years oldold
Kenya’s median age is 18.8 years
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IN SUMMARYIN SUMMARYKenya is experiencing a youth bulgeThe unemployment rate is 40%Over 60% of the unemployed are
youthMany youth are now educated, thus
raising their expectationsThe government is not taking this
matter lightly
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BACKGROUNDBACKGROUND
• Government has started several youth focused programmes to tackle unemployment
• These include:–Establishing Youth Enterprise
Development Fund–Expanding National Youth Service–Labour intensive public works
programmes–Expanding vocational skills training
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Youth Enterprise Development Youth Enterprise Development FundFund• Started in 2006• Aimed at spurring entrepreneurship
among youth• To provide youth with opportunities
to become job creators• Was started with an initial capital
of USD 13 million• Started as a department of Ministry
of Youth Affairs
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LEGAL FRAMEWORKLEGAL FRAMEWORKBroadly established under the State
Corporations Act , Cap 446 of the laws of Kenya.In 2007 the Fund was transformed into a state corporation (semi-autonomous); established under a presidential decree
The Ministry is working on a sessional paper to anchor the Fund in law
The Fund is also envisaged in the national youth policy
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INSTITUTIONAL INSTITUTIONAL ARRANGEMENTARRANGEMENTThe Fund is run by a board
appointed by the minister as per the law
The Fund is fully funded by government, currently to the tune of about USD 40 million.
Kenya has other funds targeting SMEs but Youth Fund focuses on Youth
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FUNDINGFUNDINGFurther USD 30 million has been
raised through leveraging agreements with financial institutions that have agreed to match the government money with their own funding since October 2008.
If the Fund is to be sustainable financially it is expected to have
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FUND’S SUSTAINABILITYFUND’S SUSTAINABILITYA core capital base of at least USD
195 million (Kenya shillings 15 billion )
This is envisaged to be raised from both local & external funding sources.
This funding is supposed to directly finance the core programme areas key being lending & commercial infrastructure.
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MANDATES, PRODUCTS & MANDATES, PRODUCTS & SERVICES SERVICES
• The Fund provides loans to individual youth and groups; either directly through constituency loans or via intermediaries.
• Loans target startups and expanding enterprises• To date loans worth USD 40 million have been
disbursed via intermediaries , while USD 7 million have been disbursed via the constituency loans.
• So far the Fund has financed 95,000 youth enterprises via the intermediaries and 9000 youth groups through the constituency loans.
• The individual loan products were introduced to incentivise youth to pay up their initial loans.
1. LOANS
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Skilled youth have taken loans Skilled youth have taken loans and established small and established small workshopsworkshops
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2. BUSINESS DEVELOPMENT 2. BUSINESS DEVELOPMENT SERVICESSERVICES• The Fund provides pre disbursement training prior to loans being disbursed
• Equally the Fund provides , networking forums, mentoring services & targeting business development services either directly through its own staff or
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CREATING ENTERPRISECREATING ENTERPRISEThrough consultants .The Fund through its advisory
services helps young people to identify busyness opportunities in different parts of the country.
This aspect of creating enterprise is a very critical factor in risk mitigation and ensuring a higher survival rate of the new businesses.
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Entrepreneurship trainingEntrepreneurship training
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3. MARKET SUPPORT3. MARKET SUPPORT• The Fund supports youth to
market their products & services .This is through organizing youth trade fairs at district, provincial and national levels; and also facilitates participation in regional & international fairs.
• The Fund intends to hold these fairs in all the counties as from next year.
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Youth exhibit products in a YEDF Youth exhibit products in a YEDF organized fairorganized fair
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4. LINKAGES 4. LINKAGES The Fund links youth enterprises
to large enterprisesThis provides youth enterprises
with:◦Market for products◦Technological transfer◦New business strategies
• The Fund is also facilitating youth through: franchising; subcontracting etc.
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5.COMMERCIAL 5.COMMERCIAL INFRASTRUCTURE INFRASTRUCTURE • Youth enterprises lack access to
decent working premises/trading space
• The Fund is working with both public & private partners to promote investment in youth focused infrastructure such as:–Market stalls–Business incubators–Business/industrial parks
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Many youth trade poor Many youth trade poor conditionsconditions
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6. JOBS ABROAD6. JOBS ABROADThe Fund is working with
employment agencies to identify jobs opportunities abroad.
The current target is 10, 000 by end of 2011, and have managed 3000 so far.
The Fund provides:◦Pre departure training◦Migration loans◦Linkage to govt. departments providing
travel documents
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M&E MECHANISMM&E MECHANISMTools have been developed to
guide field officers and partnersReports are received quarterlyLoans to intermediaries are given
in tranches , hence all reports must be verified through field visits before releasing any subsequent tranches.
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WHAT WORKED WELL?WHAT WORKED WELL?• Partnership with communities has
helped us succeed• Many youth have started or
expanded enterprises• Many youth are now mainstreamed
into financial services• Financial institutions are now
leveraging the Fund’s resources• Financial institutions are now
introducing youth focused products
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LESSONS LEARNTLESSONS LEARNT• Youth are creative, energetic, flexible and are able• Working with youth requires patience and empathy• The youth are bankable• Not all youth are interested in entrepreneurship,hence others must create the jobs for them.
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LESSONS contd.LESSONS contd.• Government alone cannot solve the youth problem• Partnering with private sector helps unlock immense resources• We must keep renewing our products/services to respond to changing needs
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Political goodwill is key to Political goodwill is key to success of youth programmes success of youth programmes
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THE ROAD AHEAD-LINK THE ROAD AHEAD-LINK WITH KENYA’S VISIONWITH KENYA’S VISIONKenya has a vision dubbed Vision 2030 , that envisages a globally competitive & prosperous nation by the year 2030, with an annual economic growth rate of 10% This vision is anchored in three pillars i.e. economic, political & social.Under the social pillar the Youth Fund is a flagship project and hence the need to create enterprise.
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ROAD AHEAD (contd’)ROAD AHEAD (contd’) Vision 2030 envisages opportunity
& empowerment This the Government through the
Fund will:• Enhance engagement with both
public & private partners to create opportunities
• Increase accessibility of the Fund via devolving its structures
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THE FUTURETHE FUTUREEnhance enterprise through
partnering with various institutions of learning to make it demand driven as opposed to supply driven
Fast track the creation of an appropriate legal frame work
All government ministries & departments to implement youth programmes .
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THE FUTURETHE FUTURE
Aggressively pursue other development partners to provide funding
Because the solution does not lie in relegating our duty to an intermediary, the Fund will seek to take back a bigger role of the functions of the intermediaries.
To operationalize the government directive of securing 10% of all
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THE FUTURETHE FUTURE
Government procurement to youth owned enterprises
To establish a credit guarantee scheme to ensure that youths access bigger loans and facilitate them supply both in government and private companies
Structure the current loan products to offer long term financing to spur real economic growth with greater impact
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THE FUTURETHE FUTUREPlace more emphasis on infrastructure development & youth employment n scheme abroad
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We are up to the task!We are up to the task!
We shall meet the aspirations of Kenyan youth
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ASANTENI SANAASANTENI SANA