The bill which seeks to anchor startups in the Kenyan law for the very first time requires both the National and County governments to develop incubation hubs in a means to establish a favourable innovation environment by attracting both talents and capital.

Unlike SMEs the support for startups presents a new host of challenges due to their uniqueness.

In spite of the lack of regulation for start-up Kenya already host elaborate businesses from the ICT sub-sector including Cellulant, Sendy, Twiga Foods and M-Kopa Solar and has earned the term ‘Silicon Savannah’ for its ability to produce scalable tech-based businesses.

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