Growing Sustainable Business

GSB in Kenya

Launched in May 2005, the GSB initiative in Kenya is actively facilitating innovative enterprise solutions to poverty in various sectors. The GSB Delivery Mechanism has been established in the country, with a full-time broker in place in the Expanded Opportunities Unit of the UNDP Kenya office. A joint launch of the Global Compact and the GSB initiative took place on 3 May 2005.

Active Projects

Honey for the Bottom of the Pyramid
Lead Company: Honeycare Africa (HCA)
Honeycare Africa (HCA) encourages small scale farmers to begin beekeeping as sustainable source of income. Honeycare Africa that sources and improves the value chain of small scale rural beekeeper now wants expand its product portfolio to reach the Bottom of the Pyramid, by selling and introducing 20g jars to slum areas in Kenya. Download project brief

Shukrani project
Lead Company: Shukrani LifeWorks Ltd.
The company’s mission is to provide training and living wage employment to vulnerable women and older orphans as an HIV prevention strategy. Download project brief

Fruit Processing
Lead Company: Kevian
Kevian, a local fruit juice manufacturer, has purchased a fruit processing plant in Thika in an effort to produce its own concentrate, and is engaging in the setup of a local mango supply chain. Download project brief

Suera Flowers
Lead Company: Suera Flowers Ltd.
Suera is interested in positively impacting the development of the community while facilitating business growth and is working on introducing a crop that could provide consistent revenue to the community, which would have a direct impact on the local economy. Download project brief

Macadamia Nut Processing
Lead Company: Global Entrepreneurs Africa
The project aims to improve the operating conditions of the Mt Kenya Nuts factory, and improve the livelihoods of farmers supplying macadamia nuts to the factory, with Global Entrepreneurs ensuring access to the international market. Download project brief

Micro-insurance for informal traders
Lead Company: The Co-operative Insurance Company of Kenya Ltd. (CIC Insurance)
This project will help CIC Insurance to roll out its micro-insurance product at a significantly higher rate than to date, targeting 15,000 informal traders in the first phase, engaging with MFIs and trader organizations. Download project brief

Eco-camp with local community benefits
Lead Company: Gamewatchers Safaris
The project aims to ensure the local community a stable source of clean water, alternative to the waterhole used by wildlife, thus supporting the commercial success of the eco-camp and allowing the community to benefit from its agreed share of the proceeds. Download project brief

Celtel Kenya project
Lead Company: Celtel Kenya Ltd.
With only 5 million out of 36 million Kenyans on a cellphone network, there is a vast potential market of Bottom of the Pyramid consumers who still lack telephony. By creating a broad network of independent community payphone entrepreneurs, Celtel can tap into this as yet unreached market. Download project brief