NYOTA PROJECT IMPLEMENTATION STATUS
Labour Market Information Systems
The State Department for Labour and Skills Development is providing labour market information and intelligence on real time data on labour market trends, high growth sectors and in-demand skills to guide training and skilling of beneficiaries on quarterly basis.
Data driven insights on emerging sectors and market trends are also available to aid youth in identifying viable business opportunities.
To support youth savings, Kenya Labour Market Information Systems (KLMIS) provides evidence based financial inclusion through insights into occupational earnings, job stability and sectoral volatility.
Business Support
Applications for business support closed in May 2025, attracting over 1 million applicants. Following the review and selection process, implementation of Entrepreneurship Training has started with Cluster 1 Counties: Kakamega, Vihiga, Bungoma, and Busia. The week-long training equips beneficiaries with vital knowledge in entrepreneurship, social-emotional skills, financial management, and business planning.
The training will be followed by comprehensive business mentorship to prepare the youth with practical skills needed to start and manage their enterprises. In addition, beneficiaries will receive hands-on support from business development experts to refine and incubate their ideas.
The intervention is designed to reach 100,000 youth and will be rolled out in three phases of 54,000, 30,000, and 16,000 beneficiaries across the project’s life. After completing classroom training in each cluster, beneficiaries will proceed to the phased disbursement of start-up capital to launch their businesses. Business development training will be rapidly scaled to the remaining seven clusters across the country, ensuring equitable access for young entrepreneurs nationwide.
On-The-Job-Experience
The intervention provides the beneficiaries with Socio-Emotional and Work-Readiness Skills Development to nurture confidence and resilience as well as On-the-Job Experience (OJE) that offers real work exposure through apprenticeships. Application window closed on 15th August, 2025.
Recognition of Prior Learning (RPL)
The Recognition of Prior Learning (RPL) offers opportunities for youth to become certified in skills gained informally or in non-formal settings such as employer-provided training or work experience. The process involves identification of potential candidates and their competencies, documentation, assessment and formal certification. The application window closed on July 7th, 2025 with 40,142 applications received. Sensitization and awareness creation on the RPL process to the applicants form the next step.
Youth Savings
All NYOTA Project beneficiaries will be automatically enrolled to NSSF ‘Haba Haba’ Savings Scheme that provides them with a platform to track their individual savings’ growth.
