GEA moves to reset MSME support with new 2026–2030 strategic plan

They focused on enterprise competitiveness, access to finance, digital transformation, market access, skills development, innovation, sustainability, institutional strengthening and inclusive entrepreneurship.

The 2026–2030 Strategic Plan is expected to strengthen GEA’s institutional capacity, sharpen its strategic focus and improve coordination with development partners and other institutions.“I would rather we treated partnership here as an economic proposition, where a development partner’s technical expertise, a bank’s balance sheet, a ministry’s regulatory reach, and GEA’s presence on the ground each solve a different part of the same constraint facing an enterprise trying to grow,” she stated.