FAQ
Answers to frequent user questions
Anyone with a skill or running a business in Kenya or around East Africa. It can be a small business done individually or a bigger enterprise. Running a business means you offer a service or product in exchange for money.
Yes, you can benefit whether you have an online-based business or a physical establishment.
Our service provides capital goods like equipment, tools, building materials or other physical resources. What you can apply for is determined by the goods you want to acquire.
For example, if you have a tailoring shop and you need to acquire an electric sewing machine costing ksh 100,000 that is what you should apply for. It’s different for someone who wants a milk ATM.
The maximum is ksh20 million worth of capital goods.
You need to wait at least 45 days since the first step is to business for marketing for 45 days before you can start requesting free equipment, tools or materials.
Mostly we provide the goods physically.
We have a suggestions area where everyone is free to suggest equipment, tools and resources they think are essential for better business operations. Members also vote for suggestions giving us a clear idea of what is urgently needed or greatly desired.