The Principal Secretary, State Department for Industry visits Cohort 1 SMEs
Focus on BETA
KIEP 250+ Team reconvenes to plan Cohort 2
Launch of KIEP 250+ (SME Linkages and Upgrading)
The Kenya Industry and Entrepreneurship Project (KIEP) is launched on June 4th, 2019
World Bank boosts Kenya’s SMEs
Business Diagnosis for Cohort 1 SMEs
This week, SMEs in Cohort 1 started the Business Diagnosis phase. With the help of our KIEP 250+ proprietary model, the Business Advisors work with senior SME management to identify the company’s strengths and weaknesses. The objective is to identify business improvements areas (gaps) which
SMEs selected to proceed to next phase
A key milestone was achieved this week as 44 SMEs were shortlisted by the KIEP 250+ Selection Committee to proceed to the Due Diligence and Diagnosis phase. The sector representing the largest number of SMEs was Food & Agriculture, followed by Manufacturing. We are truly
Close of 1st SMEs Call for Applications
The first KIEP 250+ SMEs call for applications closed on Wednesday 24th December 2021 and at first sight it’s been a very successful window. About 100 SMEs have submitted their applications. When we get back from holidays we’ll begin the shortlisting process. Can’t wait to