Get a Youth Fund migration loan to take up a job abroad
Youth Enterprise Development Fund · sources read 2 Oct 2026
If you already have a job offer abroad, apply at the Youth Fund office in your county headquarters with your employment contract and passport. Individuals can borrow KSh 10,000 to KSh 300,000 for pre-departure costs like the visa, air ticket and medicals, repaid within 6 months.
- Fee
- We couldn't confirm a fee from the official page. Check it there before you pay.
- Where
- In person at the Youth Fund office at your county headquarters. Head office: Renaissance Corporate Park, 4th Floor, Elgon Road, Upper Hill, Nairobi; info@youthfund.go.ke
What you need
- Your employment contract
- Proof of a valid passport
- Agencies: valid registration licence
- Agencies: proof of successful recruitment and a budget for each applicant
Steps
- Go to your county headquarters and ask for the Youth Fund office.
- Pick a loan application form, fill it and attach your documents.
- Return the form to the same office.
- The Youth Fund officer takes you through vetting, training and how to repay.
Watch out
- You repay within 6 months, unless your job has a shorter pre-arranged repayment plan.
- Individuals need family members as guarantors.
- The loan carries interest of 8% a year.
Who can apply
- Youth who have secured a job abroad
- Youth Fund serves youth aged 18 to 34
- Registered private recruitment agencies can also borrow on behalf of youth with job contracts
- Individuals: from KSh 10,000
- Individuals: up to KSh 300,000
Official sources (3)
- Migration Loan youthfund.go.ke · read 2 Oct 2026
- YEDF Loan Products (PDF, April 2025) youthfund.go.ke · read 2 Oct 2026
- Youth Employment Scheme Abroad youthfund.go.ke · read 2 Oct 2026