Say all the good things about BBI but young Kenyans feel left out
Courtesy Of Daily Nation There is a glaring gap in all this purported support for young people in business. Members of the public follow proceedings during the launch of the Building Bridges Initiative report at Bomas of Kenya in Nairobi on November 27, 2019. PHOTO | DENNIS ONSONGO | NATION MEDIA GROUP By NJOKI CHEGE IN SUMMARY A lot of Kenyan entrepreneurs have millions on ‘paper’ but nothing in their bank accounts. This country is full of horror stories of young entrepreneurs taking loans to deliver goods and services on time, only for clients to fail to pay, leaving them reeling in debt. I do not expect you to be remotely surprised that this is yet another column on the Building Bridges Initiative (BBI). As we continue to murmur about the much-maligned BBI report, today I want to risk sounding cliché by writing about BBI from a ‘youthful’ perspective. URBAN MYTH One of my greatest life pleasures in the recent past has been to interact ve...