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Small Businesses the Shujaas of Kenya's Economy




Let’s celebrate Kenyan entrepreneurial shujaas!




In my opinion the words Serikali Saidia should be banned? Why you ask…These words have blinded the mwananchi to the fact that our fate and solutions lie in the government and politicians- wenyenchi yet as the constitution states- We the people of Kenya are indeed the serikali. It is with this thought in mind that the Business Inside You Startup Expo (@BIY18) seeks to give back the power to the mwananchi through economic empowerment by bringing the entire startup ecosystem to our maiden entrepreneurship event, shape the startup conversation and more importantly bring out and successfully grow the business inside you

The third verse of our national anthem affirms this with the words “Natujengee taifa letu, eeh ndio wajibu wetu…“ It is time tuungane mikono pamoja kazini and take back responsibility of creating the Kenya we want from the wenyenchi.

It is in this regard that we want to celebrate those that have dared into enterprise, the startups, the innovators, the creative, the manufacturers, the financiers, the mentors and service providers, academia, business incubators and many more. 

October is not only breast awareness month, it is also Mashujaa month and we choose to celebrate your entrepreneurship journey big and small- analog and digital; you are the real shujaas that run the Kenya’s Kadogo, national and international trade. Be it your salonist, mama mboga, the mechanic that makes your blue Subaru purr or the juice manufacturer asanteni sana. 

As the Swahili saying goes haba na haba hujaza kibaba, every small bit we do goes a long way in helping Kenya transform and this month, we will feature the real MVP’s of Kenya’s economy; the people who put food on our tables, clothes on our backs and tarmac on our roads; Kenya’s startups, entrepreneurs and small businesses starting with the people who the Yum in Nyama, game changers of the local Nyama Choma scene Y-noT BBQ because as their slogan says #Youchillwegrill 


Who is your shujaa? Tag and share with us  #mfanyibiasharashujaa 

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