{"id":125357,"date":"2025-11-26T06:14:57","date_gmt":"2025-11-26T06:14:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/chezaspin.com\/blog\/nyota-project-rolls-out-final-phase-of-business-training-in-17-counties\/"},"modified":"2025-11-26T06:14:57","modified_gmt":"2025-11-26T06:14:57","slug":"nyota-project-rolls-out-final-phase-of-business-training-in-17-counties","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/chezaspin.com\/blog\/nyota-project-rolls-out-final-phase-of-business-training-in-17-counties\/","title":{"rendered":"Nyota Project Rolls Out Final Phase of Business Training in 17 Counties"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>NAIROBI, Kenya, Nov 26 \u2013 The Nyota Project on Wednesday commenced the final round of its Business Support classroom training programme across 17 counties, marking a major milestone in its rollout.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The four-day sessions, running until Saturday are being conducted in constituency headquarters within Central Kenya, Nairobi, North Eastern and the Coastal regions.<\/p>\n<p>The participating counties in this final cohort are Garissa, Kiambu, Kilifi, Kirinyaga, Kwale, Lamu, Mandera, Marsabit, Mombasa, Murang\u2019a, Nairobi City, Nyandarua, Nyeri, Samburu, Taita Taveta, Tana River and Wajir.<\/p>\n<p>With the latest phase now underway, a total of 46 counties have received Business Support training since the programme began. Training for Elgeyo Marakwet County \u2014 which was disrupted due to recent landslides \u2014 will be scheduled at a later date.<\/p>\n<p>A total of 42,735 youth beneficiaries have been invited to attend the classroom sessions across 510 wards, aligning with the programme requirement of 70 participants per ward. Selected trainees have already been notified and are required to attend at least three of the four training days to qualify for business grant disbursement.<\/p>\n<p>All constituency training centres are reported to be fully prepared, with disbursement of start-up capital expected to follow after the training period.<\/p>\n<p>Last week, similar sessions were conducted in 25 counties \u2014 including Kitui, Machakos, Makueni, Uasin Gishu, Trans-Nzoia, Turkana, Meru, Isiolo, Kisumu and Bomet \u2014 benefiting participants from 151 constituencies and 754 wards.<\/p>\n<p>The Nyota Project Business Support Component aims to empower more than 100,000 vulnerable youth across all 1,450 wards in the country, offering not only training but also access to capital and mentorship.<\/p>\n<p>Following the classroom phase, all beneficiaries will undergo a two-month mentorship programme led by business development specialists and local entrepreneurs to support entry into community-level business networks.<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>NAIROBI, Kenya, Nov 26 \u2013 The Nyota Project on Wednesday commenced the final round of its Business Support classroom training programme across 17 counties, marking a major milestone in its rollout. The four-day sessions, running until Saturday are being conducted in constituency headquarters within Central Kenya, Nairobi, North Eastern and the Coastal regions. The participating [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-125357","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized","entry"],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack-related-posts":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/chezaspin.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/125357","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/chezaspin.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/chezaspin.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/chezaspin.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=125357"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/chezaspin.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/125357\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/chezaspin.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=125357"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/chezaspin.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=125357"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/chezaspin.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=125357"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}