Opinion

June 30, 2020

Kenyan Start-up Eco system 2020 Outlook: Exploring Open Innovation as covid-19 Resilience Strategy

The Kenyan start-ups ecosystem has experienced tremendous growth the last decade supported by improvement of key development  indicators such as increased number of innovation hubs spread […]
June 26, 2020

Revenue Re-modelling: Covid 19 management for service sector SMEs

Covid 19 continues to decimate SMEs in Kenya with conservative estimates indicating mortality rate upwards of 80 percent. Government as well as other development partners have […]
June 12, 2020

Budget 2020: What lies ahead for Kenyan SMEs

Kenyan SMEs experienced an average mortality rate of 75% within the first three years of inception (KNBS 2016), with the covid 19 throwing a spanner in […]
June 10, 2020

2020 Budget Policy Statement: Review from SME perspective

Kenyan SMEs play a critical role In the economy constituting 98 percent of all registered businesses, contribute 33 percent to GDP, employs over 30 percent of […]
May 23, 2020

Strategy for successful implementation of Kenya’s SME credit guarantee scheme

Kenya’s SMEs have struggled the last five years owing to a barrage of recurring factors other than the traditional challenges of technology, market intelligence, access to […]
April 27, 2020

Intellectual resource: Cornerstone of Kenya’s post covid 19 economic recovery plan

A top priority for the Kenyan government similar to all countries is developing a pragmatic post covid-19 economic recovery plan. This I assume will entail mapping […]
March 30, 2020

Forward Contracts: Tourism Sector Covid 19 management Strategy

As the Kenyan real economy continues to struggle, one industry that is particularly vulnerable and that has borne the full brunt of the pandemic is the […]
March 26, 2020

Micro Small Associations: Channel for Government MSE Covid-19 intervention

The comprehensive intervention by the Kenyan government towards alleviating the economic shock of Covid-19 are commendable and should be viewed as the first of many as […]
March 25, 2020

Eco system Approach: Survival mechanism for Micro Small Enterprises amid Covid-19

Coronavirus presents a unique challenge to the business community in Kenya especially micro, small enterprises (MSEs) who constitute a bulk MSMEs in Kenya. Entrepreneurs running micro […]