NCBA Bank has strengthened its support for Kenya’s industrial growth by partnering with the Kenya Association of Manufacturers for the 8th Changamka Kenya Shopping Festival, running from November 4th to 8th at the Kenyatta International Convention Centre in Nairobi.
The partnership underscores NCBA’s growing role as a key enabler of Kenya’s manufacturing renaissance, aligning with the national “Buy Kenya, Build Kenya” mandate and the government’s Bottom-Up Economic Transformation Agenda.
Speaking during the festival, NCBA Bank’s Director of Commercial and SME Banking, Robert Kiboti, said the bank remains dedicated to supporting small and medium enterprises (SMEs) at every stage of their growth journey.
“Our goal is to walk the journey with our clients from startup to scale-up and beyond. We joined Kenya’s manufacturing community at the 2025 Changamka Festival to support our customers’ dreams and aspirations, helping them dream bigger and achieve more,” said Kiboti.
With Kenya standing at the threshold of a new industrial era, NCBA is positioning itself as a 360-degree financial and advisory partner for the manufacturing community.
The bank has developed tailored financial solutions to address key challenges faced by manufacturing SMEs, including up to 90 per cent asset financing for equipment and machinery importation.
To ease operational pressures and drive expansion, NCBA also offers working capital solutions such as LPO financing, invoice discounting, and overdrafts.
The bank’s impact extends beyond financing, NCBA has been instrumental in facilitating trade and knowledge exchange. Recently, the lender led a trade delegation of 110 customers to China, giving Kenyan entrepreneurs the opportunity to benchmark against global manufacturing standards and identify modern machinery suitable for their operations.
“A significant number of those customers went as traders and came back as manufacturers,” Mr. Kiboti noted, highlighting NCBA’s active role in financing Kenya’s shift from trading to local production.
As part of its long-term strategy, NCBA is also championing sustainability and green energy adoption within the manufacturing sector to enhance global competitiveness.
“We are creating innovative solutions around green energy, enabling manufacturers to rely less on the national grid and go green. We have solutions for solar and other energy-saving technologies, and we encourage all manufacturers to talk to us,” added Kiboti.
With micro, small, and medium enterprises (MSMEs) forming the backbone of Kenya’s economy, NCBA’s partnership with KAM represents a powerful step toward sustainable industrialisation and inclusive growth.