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The Authority has partnered with Kenya Bureau of Standards in joint innovation centered workshops whose objective is to provide MSMEs with a one stop shop of information in order to give them access to knowledge on business processes, standardization and industrialization in Kenya and internationally. The theme of the workshops is: MSME Development and Trade Facilitation.

The workshops are organized with presentations from other government agencies from the Ministry of Industry, Trade and Cooperatives and other relevant regulators and business financiers. Among them are Ken-Invest, ACA, Youth Fund, The Jua Kali Federation, ICDC and EPZ among others.

The first in a series of eight workshops planned across the country started in Nairobi and headed to Garissa County last week in North-Eastern Kenya. The conference was attended by participants and speakers from SMEs and start-ups, industry, public institution, and regulatory Agencies from the region.

In her welcome addresses, M/s. Zeyana M. Abdullah the Marketing and Communication Manager at the KEBS, underlined the need to raise awareness among businesses of the value of innovation and the route to fruitful commercialization with a particular focus on increased industrialization in the country.

"We have to stay in a dialogue with all of the actors of the innovation ecosystem in order to jointly address the challenges and opportunities that are in the country to achieve the Big 4 Agenda as well as Vision 2030," Zeyana M. Abdullah said.

Several presenters from Government regulatory agencies shared their mandates and discussed ways of assistance to the start-up groups. The conference also delved deeper into legal aspects and looked at regulations and licenses needed that can affect the future commercialization of an invention.