The Access to Government Procurement Opportunities (AGPO) is a program that aims to facilitate the enterprises owned by women, youth and persons with disability to be able to participate in government opportunities. The program is aimed at empowering them by giving them more opportunities to do business with the government, as per the legal requirement that 30% of government procurement opportunities be set aside specifically for enterprises owned by these groups.
If you are a youth (people aged between 18 years to 35 years old), organized group of women or persons with disability, running an enterprise then you qualify to participate in opportunities created by the Government of Kenya. These opportunities include access to AGPO tenders, public works, consultancy services, and supply of goods among others. A youth-owned organization should be a registered enterprise in the form of a sole proprietorship, partnership, or limited company.
If it is a limited company or partnership, ownership must be in the form of shares owned or capital invested. The composition of youth in the company must not be less than 70%. The same applies to people with disabilities; people with physical, hearing, visual, learning, mental or sensory impairment. For women to register for the AGPO certificate, they must be in a company, corporation, association or unincorporated entity where 70% of the members or shareholders, including directors are females.
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The business you wish to register with AGPO, must meet the following requirements.
To obtain a AGPO certificate, follow this procedure.
You will be required to renew your AGPO certificate after every 2 years. The renewal process seeks to check the business shareholding status, tax compliance and other things that may have changed.
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Go to the AGPO website
Log in into the AGPO system
Fill in details/requirements about your business and compliance
This information on renewal is so vague, i dont understand it at all? can you be more clear on the exact steps of application especially ones youy get to the website.
I meant the exact steps of renewal ones i get to the site.