Startups in Kenya have proven to be dynamic and powerful vehicles for solutions with truly trans-formative impact. Women entrepreneurs need support throughout their challenging journeys; as they form ideas and grow it; as they fail, pivot and scale.

Women entrepreneurs in Kenya faces challenges such as access to financing and markets- as they are very key for this transformation, particularly when thinking of disadvantaged women entrepreneurs in markets that demand a high level of resilience.

KCEO offers Leadership development, Business development and mentorship programs for startup founders from urban informal settlement and rural areas in Kenya, exposing them to wide variety of mentors, including successful entrepreneurs, venture capitalists, angel investors, and corporate executives; and culminate in a public pitch event, or “demo day,” during which the graduating cohort of startup SME’s pitch their businesses to a large group of potential investors for financing and direct feedback.

KCEO offers 8 weeks’ rigorous acceleration for women entrepreneurs transforming them from entrepreneurs to ethical business leaders committed to transforming different sectors with unwavering values, beliefs and drive.