Application Process/Procedure
• You must apply 3 months before you turn 35 years.
• Submission of all required documentation• Proof of attending Business Management Training course.• Business Pitch presentation of 10 minutes – in person or telephonically.• Due Diligence assessment conducted by the NYDA official on the business.
How to access the NYDA Grant Programme
– Contact our Call Centre on 0800 52 52 52.
– Or visit your nearest NYDA branch.
– Application Form (Download here)
The qualifying criteria includes:
• Are youth 18-35 years
• Youth with skills, experience or; with the potential skill, appropriate for the enterprise that they conduct or intend to conduct.
• Are South African citizens
• Are resident in South Africa;
READ MORE• Members of entities should comprise 100% south African youth citizen
• Operate business within the borders of South Africa.• Are adequately involved in the day-to-day operation and management of the business with at least one or more of the members being a fulltime employee of the business, especially the main applicant.
• Have completed life skills training and business management training programmes or related programmes as per recommendation from client(s) assessment.• Have a business mentor and/or a coach approved by NYDA or must be allocated a business mentor by NYDA post application approval.• Have relevant qualifications or business and/or technical experience including proven entrepreneurship business experience where applicable.
• Require the grant for a viable business idea.• Previous NYDA Micro Loan Clients who accessed loans up to a maximum of R50,000 with paid up accounts will be eligible to access grant funding.• Operate either informally or formally; generally recognized as micro enterprises (e.g. street traders, vendors, emerging enterprises);• Have a profit motive and are commercially viable and sustainable;
• Individual entity must have a bank account.• For cooperatives, they must have or be willing to form a group of minimum 5 persons.• Upon approval of grant, if applicant is employed full time, he/she may be required to resign from employment and provide grant officer with proof of resignation;• Where the entity constitutes more than one member, this will apply to the member with highest shareholding and is operationally involved in the business.• Require grant from NYDA of not less than R1,000.00 and not more than R200,000.00 (for cooperatives the maximum threshold is R250,000) for individuals and companies and the following thresholds apply:
Thresholds Type of businesses Grant amount ranges
Threshold 1 Idea generation and survivalist (start-ups) R1,000 – R10,000
Threshold 2 Start-ups PTY and cooperatives R10,001 – R50,000
Threshold 3 Growth stage PTY and cooperatives R50,001 – R100,000
Threshold 4 Expansion stage PTY and cooperatives R100,001 – R200,000*
*for agriculture and technology related projects the maximum threshold is R250,000.00
N.B: Threshold submissions requirements applies