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Government pushes new MSME policy to ease credit access and formalisation

Sacco ReviewMay 7, 202605 mins

The government has stepped up efforts to strengthen Kenya’s small business sector through a fresh policy drive aimed at easing access to finance, boosting competitiveness, and encouraging informal enterprises to formalise. Regulators and development partners are intensifying outreach to micro, small and medium‑sized enterprises (MSMEs) amid concerns that many firms remain locked out of structured…

MSEA CEO lauds President Ruto for initiating empowerment programmes

Sacco ReviewMay 1, 2026May 4, 202605 mins

The Micro and Small Enterprise Authority (MSEA) Chief Executive Officer, Henry Mwenda Rithaa, has lauded President William Ruto for initiating empowerment programmes in the country to uplift citizens’ living standards. Rithaa said the programmes have positively impacted many people by economically and academically empowering them. Speaking in Buuri constituency during the graduation ceremony of the…

Government releases KSh13.6 million Uwezo Fund and KSh10.2 million Youth Fund to groups in Lugari

Sacco ReviewApril 26, 202604 mins

The Ministry of Cooperatives, Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises (MSME) has disbursed KSh13.6 million under the Uwezo Fund and KSh10.2 million from the Youth Development Fund to women, youth, and Persons with Disabilities (PWDs) in Lugari constituency. Presiding over the issuance of cheques at Chevaywa Vocational and Training Centre, Cabinet Secretary Wycliffe Oparanya urged beneficiaries…

MESPT launches Ksh 7.2 billion plan to boost financing for farmers, MSMEs by 2030

Sacco ReviewApril 25, 202605 mins

The Micro Enterprises Support Programme Trust (MESPT) officially launched its 2026–2030 Strategic Plan, bringing together key stakeholders committed to transforming Kenya’s agricultural and micro, small and medium enterprise (MSME) landscape, as the organisation moves to address deepening gaps in credit access, market linkages and climate resilience. The plan was unveiled at a stakeholder forum in…

MSEA, SNV roll out fifth phase of MSME policy awareness forums across three counties

Sacco ReviewApril 25, 202605 mins

The Micro and Small Enterprises Authority (MSEA), in partnership with SNV Netherlands Development Organisation, has launched the fifth phase of business awareness forums aimed at strengthening policy uptake and improving access to support services among micro, small and medium enterprises (MSMEs) across Kenya. The latest phase builds on four previous engagements and targets a more…

Meru slum women to benefit from Juakali machines as MSEA expands grassroot support

Sacco ReviewApril 18, 2026April 20, 202605 mins

Women from Mjini informal settlement in Meru are set to acquire business equipment under the government’s Bottom-Up Economic Transformation Agenda after undergoing training on how to access enterprise funding through the Micro and Small Enterprises Authority (MSEA). The women, organised in more than 30 table-banking groups, said they are preparing to benefit from machines such…

Government committed to monitor Nyota beneficiaries, says MSEA CEO

Sacco ReviewJanuary 25, 202607 mins

The Micro and Small Enterprise Authority (MSEA) Chief Executive Officer Henry Rithaa has said that the government is committed to nurturing youth-led enterprises through close monitoring, mentorship and training of beneficiaries of the Nyota Business Start-Up Capital programme. CEO Rithaa added that the State would closely follow up on all beneficiaries to ensure the funds…

Nationwide MSME training programme concludes as 94 business clusters begin mentorship phase

Sacco ReviewDecember 15, 202504 mins

The Micro and Small Enterprises Authority (MSEA) has completed nationwide classroom training for the first cohort of its Business Development Services (BDS) programme, marking a major milestone in efforts to strengthen small businesses under the Kenya Jobs and Economic Transformation (KJET) Project. The five‑week training, which began on November 10, 2025, reached 94 MSME clusters…

Over 100 Uasin Gishu MSMEs informed on business support opportunities

Sacco ReviewNovember 19, 202506 mins

Over 100 Micro and Small Enterprises entrepreneurs from Turbo Sub County, Uasin Gishu have been trained on business policies so as to empower them with knowledge on existing regulations and support services. The program manned by the Micro and Small Enterprises Authority (MSEA) aims to foster a more informed, compliant, and competitive MSME ecosystem in…

Meru youth wooed to apply for NYOTA empowerment project to access business capital

Sacco ReviewOctober 6, 202505 mins

The Director General of the Micro and Small Enterprises Authority (MSEA), Mwenda Rithaa, together with three Principal Secretaries have urged youth in Meru County to take advantage of the National Youth Opportunities Towards Advancement (NYOTA) Project to access business start-up capital to improve their lifes. Speaking during a packed sensitization forum at Kamunde Hall in…