Kenya

Financial institutions are giving a serious look at the SME segment. Competition has heated up with Standard Chartered, Barclays, NIC Bank and Diamond Trust all making forays into the niche.

Standard Chartered Bank has launched two products to support the Small Medium Enterprise (SME) sector

Fina Bank has received euros 3m (Sh270m) from Netherlands Development Finance Company (FMO) to lend to customers running

In order to expand East African Development Bank's (EADB's) trade finance operations, the bank plans to

The European Investment bank (EIB) is planning to provide commercial banks with new credit lines to fund small and micro enterprises (SMEs) in Kenya

The African Development Bank (ADB) and the International Labour Organisation, have launched a programme to support...

ATI, Africa's only multilateral export credit agency, has issued its first credit insurance policy

The Export Promotion Council has received a Sh912m (US$11.8m) grant from the United States International Development (USaid) to assist Kenyan traders

The Kenya Industrial Development Bank (IDB) is negotiating for US$25m credit lines from two foreign-based financial institutions.

The Cabinet has approved the much-awaited Micro Finance Bill that will offer a legal framework to players in the sub-sector.