| Updated Mon, February 13th 2017 at 00:21 GMT +3Africa Finance and Investment Forum (AFIF) 2017 will partner with the Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA) to train entrepreneurs on preparing business plans. JICA will present a concept aimed at applying best practices of Japanese management excellence – the Kaizen method - in some pilot companies in Kenya. “Kaizen” is the Japanese word for “improvement” and is defined as the methodology to advance all processes and systems of an enterprise. The training is expected to have a big impact on the quality of SMEs corporate planning and work productivity. Chief Representative JICA Kenya office Keiko Sano said Kaizen is one of the strategies for private sector development focusing on human resource development.

Source: Standard Digital February 12, 2017 21:27 UTC