Target Audience
Small and growing businesses and green SMEs in waste management, recycling and the circular economy.
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Investor Readiness: Circular Economy
For waste, recycling and circular-economy SMEs, with ANDE
Small and growing businesses and green SMEs in waste management, recycling and the circular economy.
Programme Summary
At a glance
Investor Readiness for Waste & Circular Economy SMEs
Key Outcomes
Eco-enterprises structured into corporations; financial discipline; direct investor matchmaking for green capital.
Duration
12–18 months in successive cohorts · Completed
Delivery Method
Virtual technical assistance, investment preparation and investor matchmaking.
Learning Journey
How the programme unfolds
- 1
Circularity & Operational Audit
- 2
Structured Technical Assistance
- 3
Investment Readiness Transformation
- 4
Investor Matchmaking & Handover
How it's delivered
Available across Kenya, online
Format
Duration
Cohorts
Partners
ANDE
Open to participants in all 47 counties · Online
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