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YELD Kenya

Nairobi, Nairobi County, Kenya • 3 Employees
Nonprofit Organization Management

Youth Entrepreneurship and Leadership Development (YELD) is a registered nonprofit organization focused on youth empowerment. YELD proposed solution to the double-crisis of high unemployment and business mortality rates is a program dubbed "YELD Mentorship Program" aimed at guiding entrepreneurs towards avoiding common pitfalls and building sustainable enterprises in the context of a changing economy. YELD is governed by five Board Members and supported by a team of advisors from different professional backgrounds with a common mission to lend their expertise to the advancement of YELD's cause. The YELD Mentorship Program feeds into YELD's overall objective to alleviate poverty and unemployment through youth entrepreneurial mentorship, entrepreneurial advocacy, and leadership development. To impart youth entrepreneurs with relevant skills and knowledge for enterprise development, the YELD Mentorship Program runs for twelve months characterized by highly targeted mentoring for startups and Micro, Small, and Medium Enterprises (MSMEs). The intended goal is to help enterprises scale-up and accelerate through customized, business-specific training and advisory services offered by experienced mentors and advisors whose interests match those of the startups. The mentorship is delivered through one-on-one sessions focusing on the entrepreneur's business-specific needs and goals. During or after the program, participants get the opportunity to receive funding through collaboration with YELD's strategic partners.