SMEs: The golden key to a flourishing Kenyan economy

Imagine, for a moment, that the Kenyan economy is stuck in a box. Trapped inside, it can’t reach its full potential. Yet, next to the box is a golden key. This key can open the lock and release the economy, allowing it to grow and flourish. In Kenya, small to medium sized enterprises (SMEs) are that key.

Across Kenya, SMEs support our economic growth; whether through food agriculture like the pineapple farmers of Thika, horticulture as in the rose farmers of Naivasha, tea production in the fields of Limuru or fishing by the communities of Kisumu. SMEs currently contribute more than half of Kenya’s Gross Domestic Product (GDP) and provide more than three quarters of all new jobs.