How MSEA and SNV will support and empower MSMEs in Kenya

The Micro and Small Enterprises Authority (MSEA) has signed a strategic two-year partnership with Netherlands Development…

KCB secures Kshs 69M for MSMEs to enhance climate smart technologies

KCB Bank Kenya has secured USD 540,000 (Kshs 69 million) from the Green Climate Fund (GCF)…

Absa Bank empowers 200 business operators from Western region

Absa Bank Kenya has hosted 200 business leaders in Kisumu for a Business Club Forum as…

Nairobi hosts third Northern Kenya Impact Investment Conference

The third Northern Kenya Impact Investment Conference that is slated to be held next week in…

Commercial banks earmark Kshs 450 billion for financing MSMEs

Commercial banks have committed Kshs 450 billion financial support towards Micro, Small, and Medium-sized enterprises (MSMEs)…

Why MSMEs should deploy technology for fast tracked growth

Safaricom PLC has hosted the fourth series of the ‘Grow with Safaricom Business’ targeting to equip…

How Stanbic Bank is supporting job and wealth creation

Stanbic Bank supported job and wealth creation as well as enterprise growth in Kenya and South…

Why MSMEs need more innovative financial services

By Eunice Kinyanjui, Head of Small Business at I&M Bank Ltd Micro, Small, and Medium Enterprises…

Safaricom tailors support for 100 micro and small enterprises

At least 100 Micro and Small Enterprise owners have benefited from the second series of Grow…

Key lessons from Africa’s small business success stories

By Gerald Maithya Africa is often hailed as the birthplace of some of the world’s most…

KRA collaborates with KNCCI to boost MSMEs tax compliance

Kenya Revenue Authority (KRA) and the Kenya National Chamber of Commerce and Industry (KNCCI) will jointly…

How MSMEs are being supported to tap digital economy opportunities

The government has made strides in its efforts to drive capacity building and digitization for Micro,…

How financial institutions can support MSMEs impact the economy

By Elizabeth Wasunna-Ochwa, Business Banking Director, Absa Bank Kenya PLC Micro, Small, and Medium Enterprises (MSMEs)…

Absa Bank Kenya ring-fences Kshs 100 billion for MSMEs

Absa Bank Kenya has announced a Kshs 100 billion funding commitment to spur the development of…

USAID mobilizes Kshs 2 billion for Northern Kenya MSMEs

Over $14 million has been disbursed to about 9,000 small and micro enterprises in the Northern…

MSMEs trained at a consulting clinic hosted by Kingdom Bank

Kingdom Bank through the KB Growth Hub hosted at least 40 local entrepreneurs for a training…

Why insurance for Kenyan MSMEs is crucial

By Mwenda Kimathi, Associate General Manager, Business Intelligence & Analytics at Minet Kenya The COVID-19 pandemic…

Co-op Bank secures Kshs 13.8B for lending MSMEs

The Co-operative Bank of Kenya has received a long- term seven-year funding facility amounting to USD…

Minet Kenya unveils ‘comprehensive’ cover for SMEs

Insurance broker, Minet Kenya has unveiled an insurance cover that allows small and medium enterprises (SMEs)…

AAR Insurance tailors a cover for MSMEs

AAR Insurance, in partnership with the Kenya National Chambers of Commerce and Industry (KNCCI), held the…

KCB offers Kshs 1.3B low-interest loans to Kiambu County MSMEs

Kiambu County Government in partnership with KCB Bank Kenya has launched a Kshs 1.3 billion revolving…

Stanbic Bank seals deal to support KNCCI-affiliated MSMEs

Stanbic Bank Kenya and the Kenya National Chamber of Commerce and Industry (KNCCI) have signed a…

KCB Foundation signs MSMEs deal with Tharaka-Nithi County

Hundreds of youth from Tharaka-Nithi County are set to receive technical-vocational skills training and thereafter access…

Co-op Bank partners with African Guarantee Fund to boost Green Financing in Kenya

The Co-operative Bank of Kenya has signed a Loan Portfolio Guarantee Agreement with African Guarantee Fund…

Kenyan MSMEs to get a pie of USD2 million funding under AUDA-NEPAD and Ecobank partnership

The African Union Development Agency NEPAD and the Ecobank Group, its strategic partner on the development…

Faulu Bank to lend Ksh 3 billion to MSMEs to boost growth

Faulu Microfinance Bank has earmarked Ksh 3 billion for lending micro, small and medium enterprises (MSMEs)…