Smart Regional Consultants

Programmes

Build the confidence, systems and connections to grow.

Past

Netherlands Trust Fund III (NTF III) East Africa IT & ITES Programme

28 Kenyan and 25 Ugandan tech entrepreneurs (software developers, BPOs, digital start-ups) plus corporate buyers, telcos and tier-1 banks.

Multi-year; 6–12-month export coaching track with 3–5-day B2B matchmaking events.Talk to us
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USAID / ACDI/VOCA Livestock Markets Project

56 selected SMEs and livestock markets: veterinary suppliers, fodder producers, aggregators and Livestock Market Associations.

Multi-year; each enterprise cohort goes through a 6–12-month acceleration track.Talk to us
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GIZ Business Scouts for Development

Established manufacturing SMEs in Kenya and Uganda in food/agri-processing and cosmetics/beauty, ready to automate or expand regionally.

6–9-month incubation and acceleration track with multi-day technical sprints.Talk to us
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Village Capital BDS Services Program

A cohort of 10 rural-impacting enterprises (aggregators, off-grid solar, last-mile distributors) and the enterprise support organisations that serve them.

3–6-month tracking and diagnostic lifecycle with multi-week milestone checkpoints.Talk to us
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Palladium (USAID-funded) Project

High-growth agribusinesses (processors, aggregators, input suppliers) in livestock, dairy, horticulture and clean energy, with an emphasis on women- and youth-led enterprises; also local banks and financial institutions.

Multi-year; each business goes through a 6–12-month capital matching and transaction cycle.Talk to us
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SME Loop in Kenya

75 micro, small and medium enterprises and young enterprises in Kajiado and Machakos, focused on youth-led businesses.

Multi-month cohort cycle using the GIZ SME Loop methodology.Talk to us
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Road to Leadership

Growth-oriented Kenyan women entrepreneurs and SME owners moving from day-to-day operations into strategic business leadership.

3–4-week cohortTalk to us
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Investor Readiness for Waste & Circular Economy SMEs

Small and growing businesses and green SMEs in waste management, recycling and the circular economy.

12–18 months in successive cohortsTalk to us
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SEED — Sustainable Entrepreneurship and Economic Development

Unemployed pastoralist youth and young women aged 18–34 in Marsabit and Isiolo, with a strict 50/50 gender balance.

12-month accelerated lifecycleTalk to us
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Kuza Jamii I & II

Ultra-poor and vulnerable pastoralist households, women, youth and refugees.

Phase I: 12 months · Phase II: 6-month bridgingTalk to us
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