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Small Medium Enterprise (SME's) stalls along Kigali road in Nairobi [Wilberforce Okwiri, Standard]
Small businesses and start-ups can now raise funds to start or expand their operations through online or mobile platforms.
This is after the Capital Markets Authority (CMA) came up with regulations for crowdfunding - opening up yet another source of capital for the millions of micro, small and medium enterprises that have had difficulties accessing credit from banks due to their high risk.
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