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100K+ Profiled Members
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100K+ Profiled Members
350+ Brands Surveyed
20M+ Question Responses

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What Kenyan consumers and business owners tell us, written up from our surveys and research partnerships.

Stacked bar chart of what happens to business activity during a power outage, by type of business. Hair salons: 36% stop completely, 57% reduce activity, 7% no change. Shops and dukas: 32% stop, 54% reduce, 15% no change. Restaurants: 28% stop, 52% reduce, 20% no change. Factories: 20%, 54%, 26%. Cyber cafes: 19%, 54%, 27%. Clothing stores: 14%, 56%, 30%. Welders: 28%, 39%, 33%. Butcheries: 16%, 42%, 42%. Mechanics: 11%, 47%, 42%.
  • Energy
  • SMEs
  • BCG

Small businesses bear the brunt of Kenya's power cuts

Our survey with BCG of 4,511 small-business owners: 79% say outages cut or stop their trading, and about half have put off buying stock or equipment.

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