"Growing Sustainable Business."

Current Status
The GSB initiative in Kenya is actively facilitating innovative enterprise solutions to poverty in a variety of sectors. A joint launch of the Global Compact and the GSB initiative took place on 3 May 2005. Since then, six meetings of the GSB Coordinating Group have taken place, and 10 GSB projects have been officially endorsed by the Group, with several others in the pipeline. Seven of the ten projects are active .Detailed information can be read on the matrices below

2006 Celtel-Mobile phone company
2006  Porini-Gamewatchers
2006  Suera Flower farming
2006  Honeycare

2005   Macadamia Nut Processing
2005  CIC Insurance
2005  Farmer Information Platform
2005  Kevian Fruit Processing

Africa Investor Awards
GSB Kenya was a finalist of the Africa Investor Awards in the category "Best initiative in support of the MDGs". Click here to read the description of GSB Kenya's nomination in PDF.

Growing Sustainable Business-GSB In the Local Media

On 10 August 2006, newcomers to the GSB initiative, Suera Flowers limited and Celtel GSM were able to showcase their profiles at a Nairobi hotel. There is growing demand in Kenya for this brokerage service, and a consultant Mr. Stefan Engels is available at stefan.engels@undp.org.

Click here for news articles July 6, 2006: Kenya Times clip 1, clip 2.

Daily Nation newspaper clip