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How networks of small firms could drive our next industrial revolution
Universities and TVET institutions could form part of this infrastructure by providing laboratories, equipment and technical expertise that small enterprises cannot afford.
Kenya has no shortage of engineering ingenuity. Across the country, small enterprises fabricate metal products, repair machinery, install renewable-energy systems, build construction components and develop agroprocessing equipment. The problem is not entrepreneurial activity but fragmentation.
A skilled engineering micro-enterprise may still lack precision machinery, testing facilities, certification, specialist designers or access to larger supply chains.
