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Micro-finance institutions in drive to empower youth, fight rural poverty

Kenya: Micro-finance institutions in Kenya have continued serving quite a number of rural folk and are proving to be a powerful tool in the fight against poverty.

As development projects take off, one question that arises is the extent to which credit can be offered to the youth to help them take part in entrepreneurial activities, which in turn can help in efforts to fight poverty among them.

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