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Kenya

Ecitizen portal enables individuals owning businesses to access Government to business (G2B) services online. Through a single account, a business will be able to access services such as business licenses, permits and registrations offered by different Kenyan government departments conveniently.

https://www.ecitizen.go.ke/ecitizen-services.html

Federation of Entrepreneur Women Associations (FEWA)

FEWA has maintained a membership with over 250,000 individual business women active in all aspects of enterprise including, but not limited to trade, services, agribusiness, building and construction, art and craft, manufacturing, research, development and engineering.

FEWA lobbies and advocates for Women Entrepreneur Associations (WEAs) with the objectives of influencing policy formulation, disseminating information to help women overcome gender challenges and succeed in their various business fields.

http://fewa.or.ke/

Kenya Association of Women Business Owners

http://kawbo.or.ke/

East Africa Regional Resource Center (EARC)

African Development Bank Group
Khushee Tower
Longonot  Road, Upper Hill
Nairobi, Kenya

Phone: (254) 20 2712925/ (254) 20 2712926/ (254) 20 2712928
Fax: (254) 20 2712938

Mr. Gabriel Negatu, RRC Director

World Bank Report: Doing Business in Kenya:

http://www.doingbusiness.org/~/media/WBG/DoingBusiness/Documents/Profiles/Country/KEN.pdf

https://2016.export.gov/kenya/doingbusinessinkenya/index.asp

African Development Bank Knowledge Products:

https://www.afdb.org/en/countries/east-africa/kenya/kenya-knowledge-products/

Kenya Economic Outlook

Real GDP growth was a robust 5.8% in 2016, driven mainly by services (which accounted for 66% of growth) and industry (which accounted for 19% of growth). Agriculture accounted for 15% of growth, the lowest in recent years. Growth in services was driven by real estate (which grew 12%) and transport and storage (which grew 10%), and growth in industry was driven by construction (which grew 8.2%) and manufacturing (which grew 6.2%). Real GDP growth declined to an estimated 5% in 2017, due to subdued credit growth caused by caps on commercial banks’ lending rates, drought, and the prolonged political impasse over the presidential election. The half-year estimates show that the economy remained fairly resilient, growing 4.8%. Services accounted for 82% of that growth, and industry accounted for 17%; agriculture’s poor performance continued. The economy is projected to rebound to GDP growth of 5.6% in 2018 and 6.2% in 2019.