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The annual Chase Bank Enablis Business LaunchPad Competition is Kenya’s biggest business plan competition for entrepreneurs.

The Competition aims to create an opportunity for anyone with a business idea or existing business, and who finds it difficult to secure conventional commercial funding, to be considered for access to start-up or expansion funding.

The competition process evaluates all the entries and scores them on the basis of their business viability and suitability in terms of the funding criteria of the competition's funding partners. The process of entering the competition often assists the entrepreneur to refine and focus their business idea, which in itself is a valuable step.

To apply, you must:

1. Be a Kenyan citizen or legal permanent resident over 18 years; A registered community-based organization (CBO); An individual or CBO proposing a new business or business expansion that will be based in Kenya
2. Submit a three page executive summary and 20 page detailed plan per the content entry form
3. Pay five hundred Kenya shillings (Kshs.500). The entry fee should be paid through MPESA to the competition numbers 0720598971 or 0720599211

The competition is an initiative of the Enablis Entrepreneurial Network East Africa, made possible by the participation and support of Chase Bank, Safaricom Foundation, East African Cables, Access Kenya, Nation Media Group, Inoorero University and Kenya ICT Board.