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When State's goodies for small firms aren't felt

Agencies and development partners do not leverage previous training done for business owners. [iStockphoto]

When Principal Secretary of State Department for Micro, Small and Medium Enterprise (MSME) Development Susan Mang'eni met with development partners at a Nairobi hotel, she was candid to share some of the reasons why the government's efforts towards small businesses were not "being felt on the ground."

And one of them is that everyone seems to be working in silos.

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