Micro, Small, and Medium Enterprises (MSMEs) in Kakuma, Turkana County, have been urged to embrace partnerships as a pathway to unlocking new markets, attracting investors, and driving enterprise development.
The call was made by the County Executive Committee Member (CECM) for Trade, Gender, Youth Affairs, and Tourism, Roseline Aite, during a one-day Business-to-Business (B2B) forum held in Kakuma.
The event was organised by the International Finance Corporation (IFC) under the Kakuma Kalobeyei Challenge Fund (KKCF) and brought together more than 100 MSMEs, along with business financiers, market leaders, government officials, and policy influencers. "With this kind of forum, I believe our MSMEs that have benefitted from KKCF's business support programmes can now begin to form partnerships for progress," said Aite.
She emphasised that the county government's trade and enterprise agenda focuses on revitalising local economies, creating jobs, and improving livelihoods, and pledged continued support for similar initiatives.
