Last year, amid Kenya's arguably worst credit crunch, Dr Bernard Olayo fundraised Sh2.8 billion to push his enterprise to the next growth phase.
To many entrepreneurs who have in the last few years had to make hard decisions to first cost-cut, then ultimately shut down their struggling enterprises as lenders shun them, it is an enviable fete. But for Dr Olayo it is a culmination of a strategy he has refined for over a decade.
