Ashitiva Advocates LLP in collaboration with Pinsent Masons and the Nairobi International financial Centre (NIFC) convened, hosted and moderated a Private Equity and Venture Capital Sector Roundtable on September 12, 2023. The theme of the Roundtable was “Enhancing Kenya’s Private Investment Ecosystem” which sought to achieve specific objectives including:

• Outlining the challenges impacting the private investment ecosystem in Kenya and exploring the solutions for growth.
• considering Government of Kenya initiatives that the PE/VC sector can leverage to deepen activities in Kenya.
• proposing policy, tax and legislative enhancements to deepen private investments in Kenya including domicile suitability; and
• providing a platform for sector players to interact with Government representativesto shape policy affecting the PE/VC sector in Kenya.

This is a note of the key points from the Roundtable including the keynote address, panel discussions and the fireside chat that followed.