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Call for papers

Research that reaches the businesses it is about

Open to academics and practitioners. We are looking for work that a Kenyan small business owner could act on — not only work that advances the literature.

Papers call ticket

KES6,800

Includes full delegate access on the day.

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How it works

01

Submit an abstract

Up to 400 words, naming the track it belongs to and what the work shows.

02

Review

The committee reads every submission and replies within three weeks.

03

Present

Accepted papers are presented in their track on 30 September.

04

Publish

Selected papers go into the post-summit proceedings.

Tracks open to submissions

01

Finance, Capital & Investment

02

Market access & Cross-border trade

03

Talent & Human Resource acquisition with safeguarding

04

Adopting AI and Technology

05

Industry and Academia collaboration

06

Kenya Entrepreneurship Ecosystem strengthening

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Paste the abstract below, or send a note and we will reply with the full submission guidance.