The lender won the Gold Award for the SME Financier Of The Year in Africa ahead of NMB of Tanzania, which got Silver Award and Kenya’s Equity Bank, which came third with a Platinum Award.

Safaricom has partnered with KCB Bank Kenya to launch Fuliza ya Biashara, an overdraft facility that allows extension of credit to business owners with M-Pesa Business tills.

Depending on its size, starting a petrol station in Kenya may also have additional car-related services like oil checks, repairs, air for tyres, plus minimum to full car service.

Zydii, a Nairobi-based digital training solutions provider founded by two Kenyan ladies, has received pre-seed funding from DOB Equity, Kua Ventures, Kaleo Ventures and NaiBAN.

Business Development Services (BDS) refer to a wide range of non-financial services provided to farmers or SMEs to help them operate efficiently

“The concept of our company is to try to solve the challenges that has been facing the (insurance) industry for a very long time” Mr Joseph Njoroge, CEO of Ensign Insurance Brokers is looking somber as he tells Business Today this pioneering, perhaps revolutionary,...