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Top 14 Economic development organizations based in Kenya

RevenueBase identified 102 economic development organizations headquartered in Kenya as of September 2026 and tracks 1,245 professional contacts across them, including 194 with verified work emails. Nairobi is the largest hub.

This list covers economic development organizations headquartered in Kenya, matched on what each company actually does as described in its own words. Ranked by team size, largest first. Every row shows the company's own description, its RevenueBase Smart Search rating, and when it was last checked. Data refreshed September 19, 2026.

Published by RevenueBase, a B2B data infrastructure company. This list was built with RevenueBase Smart Search, the natural-language company search RevenueBase customers use to build their own targeted lists and unlock verified emails and direct dials at the companies on them. How these lists are built and judged.

How to read this list HQ checked on every row RevenueBase Smart Search rating on every row Refreshed Sep 19, 2026 86% judged on-target in blind review
102Companies
1,245Contacts tracked
194Verified emails
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The 14 largest economic development organizations based in Kenya

Ranked by team size
Top 14 of 102 economic development organizations based in Kenya, ranked by team size, largest first. Data refreshed Sep 19, 2026. RevenueBase Smart Search rates how each company's information relates to economic development organizations: strong evidence (its own description names it), partial (names part of it), indirect (matched on the rest of its profile rather than the description shown). Click a contact count to view that company's people.
#CompanyRevenueBase Smart SearchHeadquartersEmployeesContacts
1Partial evidenceNairobi, KenyaHQ checked Sep 19, 202651-200128 contacts →

Partial evidence

“AECF is a leading non-profit development organisation that supports innovative enterprises in the agribusiness and renewable energy sectors with the aim of reducing rural poverty…”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026
2Strong evidenceNairobi, KenyaHQ checked Sep 19, 20265,001-10,00080 contacts →

Strong evidence

“Industrial Promotion Services (IPS) is the industrial and infrastructure development arm of the Aga Khan Fund for Economic Development, which is dedicated to promoting private…”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026
3Strong evidenceNairobi, KenyaHQ checked Sep 19, 202611-5063 contacts →

Strong evidence

“Micro Enterprises Support Programme Trust (MESPT) is a development organization founded in 2002 by the Government of Kenya and the European Union to promote economic growth…”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026
4Indirect evidenceNairobi, KenyaHQ checked Sep 19, 202651-20061 contacts →

Indirect evidence

“UNDP partners with people at all levels of society to help build nations that can withstand crisis and sustain the kind of growth that improves quality of life for everyone.”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026
5Indirect evidenceNairobi, KenyaHQ checked Sep 19, 202611-5027 contacts →

Indirect evidence

“Transforming lives, one business at a time.”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026
6Indirect evidenceNakuru, KenyaHQ checked Sep 19, 202611-5024 contacts →

Indirect evidence

“CoELIB Centre builds on existing knowledge and capacity to foster innovation and business-oriented actions.”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026
7Partial evidenceNairobi, KenyaHQ checked Sep 19, 202611-5023 contacts →

Partial evidence

“KCIC Consulting is a multidisciplinary professional services firm that specializes in providing advisory support for sustainable development initiatives.”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026
8Indirect evidenceNairobi, KenyaHQ checked Sep 19, 20261-1017 contacts →

Indirect evidence

“Association of Startup and SMEs Enablers of Kenya (ASSEK) is a network dedicated to uniting and advocating for the interests of Entrepreneur Support Organizations (ESOs) who…”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026
9Indirect evidenceNairobi, KenyaHQ checked Sep 19, 202611-5012 contacts →

Indirect evidence

“Kenya Markets Trust is a Kenyan non-profit organisation that works in partnership with the private sector, county and national government to unleash large scale, sustainable…”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026
10Indirect evidenceNairobi, KenyaHQ checked Sep 19, 2026201-5007 contacts →

Indirect evidence

“State Department for Investment Promotion was created through executive order No.1 of 2023 on organization of Government of Kenya.”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026
11Partial evidenceNairobi, KenyaHQ checked Sep 19, 2026501-1,0006 contacts →

Partial evidence

“Established in 1954, ICDC has over 60 years of experience and stability in promoting projects that create wealth and jobs for Kenyans in diverse sectors of the economy.”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026
12Indirect evidenceNairobi, KenyaHQ checked Sep 19, 202611-506 contacts →

Indirect evidence

“Elim Capital is a business, investment and financial advisory company offering solutions in research, training, monitoring & evaluation and financial technologies in…”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026
13Partial evidenceNairobi, KenyaHQ checked Sep 19, 202611-506 contacts →

Partial evidence

“Centafrique Consulting is a leading regional player in enterprise development, business advisory, research, capacity development and project management consulting.”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026
14Partial evidenceNairobi, KenyaHQ checked Sep 19, 20261-104 contacts →

Partial evidence

“Building in Kenya aims to be the developers’ one-stop informational resource, an invaluable guide through the real estate development process.”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026

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Economic development organizations based in Kenya at a glance

As of Sep 19, 2026
15.6%Verified-email coverage
12.2Average contacts per company
1-10Median size (employees)
77.5%Largest-city concentration · Nairobi
Sep 19, 2026Page data refreshed

Companies by employee count

1-10
52
11-50
34
51-200
6
201-500
2
501-1,000
1
5,001-10,000
3
10001+
4

Email recency for this list is measured worldwide rather than for Kenya, so it is reported there. Company counts and contact totals on this page are exact for Kenya, over 102 companies.

How this list was built

Company categories are rarely black and white. RevenueBase reads each company's own description of its business to decide whether it belongs among economic development organizations, so some rows will be adjacent to the category rather than pure plays. The description and RevenueBase Smart Search rating on every row are there so you can check each match yourself.

Source
The RevenueBase company graph: 60 million companies and 398.9 million professional contacts resolved from primary sources, queried with RevenueBase Smart Search, the natural-language company search available to every RevenueBase user.
What qualifies
Companies headquartered in Kenya whose own description of what they do matches “economic development organizations”. Matching reads each company's description, not its industry code or its name.
RevenueBase Smart Search
RevenueBase Smart Search is how this list is assembled and how each row is rated. RevenueBase's data engine and AI assess a company's LinkedIn profile, information supplied directly by the company, its website and other publicly available information, then relate it to a category defined in a user's own words. Each row is rated strong evidence (its own description names economic development organizations), partial evidence (it names part of the category) or indirect evidence (the description shown names none of it and the match rests on the rest of the company's profile). The description supporting each rating is quoted on the row.
What we exclude
Companies whose own description does not clearly place them among economic development organizations, and records with no verified work email. Companies headquartered outside Kenya are excluded even when they keep an office there.
Match quality
In blind human judging of this matching method, 86% of matched companies were on target. Expect roughly 1 in 7 rows to be adjacent to the category rather than a pure play. Every row shows the company's own description and its RevenueBase Smart Search rating so you can judge each match yourself. Read the full methodology: how the lists are built, how the judging worked, and what the figure means.
Ranking
Team size, largest first: companies are ordered by the number of professionals RevenueBase tracks at each one. Employee ranges shown are reported bands, for context.
Verification
Every listed company carries at least one verified work email, 194 across the full list. Contacts re-verify on a rolling cadence, and each contact's own verification date is shown inside RevenueBase.
Refresh
This page's figures were pulled from the company graph on September 19, 2026. Lists refresh periodically as the graph is re-checked.
Corrections
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Economic development organizations by metro

  • Economic development organizations in Nairobi79

Frequently asked

What is RevenueBase Smart Search?

RevenueBase Smart Search is how RevenueBase decides which companies belong on this list and how strongly each one fits. Its data engine and AI assess a company's LinkedIn profile, information supplied directly by the company, its website and other publicly available information, then relate it to the category the list is about. Each row is rated strong evidence when the company's own description names economic development organizations, partial evidence when it names part of the category, and indirect evidence when the description shown names none of it and the match rests on the rest of the company's profile.

How many economic development organizations are there based in Kenya?

RevenueBase identified 102 economic development organizations headquartered in Kenya as of September 2026, matched on each company's own description of what it does rather than its industry code.

What is the largest company on this list?

AECF, headquartered in Nairobi, tops this list with the largest team on record.

Which city has the most economic development organizations?

Nairobi leads with 79 headquartered companies, followed by Eldoret (2) and Kakamega Kakamega (1).

How do I get contact information for these companies?

A free RevenueBase account lets you run this exact search and work the top results, verified emails and direct dials included. Upgrading unlocks all 194 verified decision-maker contacts tracked across these 102 companies.

How current is this list?

The list refreshes periodically as the company graph is re-checked. This page's figures were pulled on September 19, 2026.

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About this data

RevenueBase is a B2B data infrastructure company. Its company graph covers 60 million companies and 398.9 million professional contacts, with emails verified on a rolling cadence rather than scraped once and left to decay. These company lists are generated directly from that graph with RevenueBase Smart Search, the same natural-language company search every RevenueBase user has: describe a market in plain words, get the companies that match, and add verified emails and direct dials for the people at them. It is the same data that powers RevenueBase's B2B data products, and a free account includes 500 credits to start. How these lists are built and judged.