DFIs provide long-term capital and financial services to sectors of the economy or projects that are considered too risky for traditional commercial banks.
By
Ndiritu Muriithi
Columnist
Ecocapp Capital
Both the fiscal imbalance and structure of monetary policy mean that Kenya continues to be a high interest rates environment. Further, the public sector has out-competed the private in the credit market for over a decade and half.
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