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Invest In Africa (IIA) has rebranded its online platform — African Partner Pool (APP), in a renewed effort to enhance its support for small players grow their businesses. The APP platform will now be known as ‘Biashara.Now.’ The organization is using its online platform to link Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises (MSMEs) with procurement opportunities available in the private sector across value chains, promoting local content and business sustainability.

Invest In Africa (IIA), a Not-for-Profit SME focused entity, has rebranded its online platform—African Partner Pool (APP)—in a renewed effort to enhance its support for small players grow their businesses.

The platform will now be known as ‘Biashara.Now’, a boost for SMEs seeking to grow their businesses in Kenya.

This comes as the entity marks two years of its online platform which links Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises (MSMEs) with procurement opportunities available in the private sector across value chains, promoting local content and business sustainability.

READ:Invest in Africa push for increased business on the APP platform

In just two years, the organization has been able to register 2,250 MSMEs on its platform.

It has also recruited over 20 partners who have provided 67 tenders worth Ksh270 million (USD2.9 million) which have been won by MSMEs so far.

Additionally, over 200 MSMEs have been trained and over Ksh300 million …