Despite the government churning out rosy figures on the economy in the past, Kenyans have described 2019 as a ‘really bad year’. Captains of industry are hoping for a better year in 2020 to help wipe off some of the losses experienced last year. INVESTING IN SMEsMs Nasim Devji, the DTB Group Chief executive officer, says the bank will focus on SMEs in 2020. Our aim is to enable SMEs to grow, thereby spurring economic growth in the country.”Mr Dan Githua, Group CEO of Tusker Mattresses, says 2019 brought the company a mixed bag of fortunes. “We expect some level of accelerated growth in the year 2020 from our insurance (general and life) businesses,” Mr Tumbo said.

Source: Daily Nation January 01, 2020 06:56 UTC