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Selected applicants were invited to pitch to an independent panel of judges in December after the submission of business plans was completed. The evaluation of the business plans was completed in November and December after which awardees were selected. Communication to applicants on their status was sent out in February.

The awards ceremony took place on 24 February 2021 where all 750 awardees of the Competition were announced. All awardees are subject to an ongoing document verification process prior to disbursement of funds. Awardees' documentation must be reviewed prior to funds disbursement.

MbeleNaBiz Success Stories from the field.

Published: 1st January 2023
Our Success Stories from the field #MbeleNaBiz awardees.

We have selected a few success stories on how MbeleNabiz has been able to transform the lives of young people.
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MbeleNaBiz Clearance and Payment Status

Published: 16th December 2022
Disbursement status of grants to all #MbeleNaBiz awardees.

Disbursements still ongoing as awardees are cleared.
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MbeleNaBiz Tranche 1 Delayed Disbursements

Published: 30th September 2021
New List of awardees who have received the first tranche of disbursements that were delayed due to various reasons.

Disbursements still ongoing as awardees are cleared.
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MbeleNaBiz Tranche 2 Disbursements

Published: 23rd September 2021
New List of awardees who have received the second tranche of disbursements to date.

Disbursements are ongoing as remaining awardees are cleared.
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MbeleNaBiz Disbursements

Published: 25th June 2021
List of awardees who have received the first tranche of disbursements to date.

Disbursements are ongoing as awardees are cleared.
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MbeleNaBiz Awardees

Published: 8th March 2021
List of the 750 MbeleNaBiz Business Plan Competition Awardees

All selected 750 MbeleNaBiz Business Plan Competition awardees are subject to an ongoing document verification process prior to disbursement of funds. Awardees’ documentation must be reviewed prior to funds disbursement
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MbeleNaBiz press articles

Published: 3rd March 2021
The articles linked here were published by different media following the MbeleNaBiz awards ceremony
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Awards ceremony

Published: 23rd February 2021
The MbeleNaBiz Business Plan Competition Awards ceremony is scheduled to take place on 24 February 2021 at Kasarani. His Excellency Hon. Uhuru Kenyatta, President of the Republic of Kenya will be attending the ceremony, where the 750 awardees of the Competition will be announced. The awardees have been notified and are expected to attend the ceremony.

Pitching of business plans

Published: 3rd December 2020
As part of the Competition process, Pitching will be conducted via 1-on-1 online video conferencing at fixed time slots between 08 December 2020 and 11 December 2020. Invited applicants must pitch their business plan to a panel. Please be prepared to set aside time for the pitch at the indicated time and date. Failure to pitch on the indicated time and date may result in elimination.
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Submission deadline extended to 6 PM 31 August 2020 due to exceptional COVID circumstances.

Published: 24th August 2020
Due to exceptional COVID circumstances, we are extending the submission deadline to 6 PM 31 August for the current stage of the #MbeleNaBiz Business Plan Competition.
There will be no further extensions to this deadline. Complete and submit your business plan now to compete for business grants of Ksh 900,000 or Ksh 3,600,000!
All applicants who are yet to submit business plans have been notified via SMS and email.

Shortlisted applicants to submit business plans by 24 August 2020.

Published: 28th July 2020
Details on how to submit detailed business plans for the next stage of the Competition have been sent to shortlisted applicants directly via email on 27 July 2020. They must check their email for the link to the application portal and submit their plan before the deadline 24 August 2020

Detailed update on the MbeleNaBiz Business Plan Competition process.

Published: 8th July 2020
All 12,171 applications received by 1st Sept 2019 were put through a rigorous process of screening and scoring. In this process, 11,466 applications were found eligible and were then put through 2 rounds of scoring by a panel of KPMG professionals using a defined scoring matrix...
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MbeleNaBiz Business Plan Competition Update

Published: 03rd July 2020

The MbeleNaBiz Business Plan Competition has completed the scoring of applications and communicated the results of the first stage via email. 4,951 MbeleNaBiz applicants have been shortlisted and will soon be notified via email.

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