Training that turns enterprises into growing businesses — and keeps it green.
Greensteps designs and delivers business development training, mentorship and research across eight value chains — empowering youth and marginalised groups to grow their enterprises while protecting the environment.
Business development services, end to end
Our services are organised around the skills different enterprises need to grow within their value chains — from the first market study to the final impact assessment.
Research & analysis
Market research, value-chain and cluster mapping, and analysis of trends in business development, sustainability and inclusive growth.
Business strategy development
Strategic planning, market entry, competitive positioning and business-model innovation for start-ups, SMEs and established enterprises.
Business plans to access finance
Business plans and financial models that meet donor and investor criteria for sustainability, scalability and social impact.
BDS curriculum development
Developing and customising BDS curricula — trainer and trainee manuals and low-literacy materials.
Capacity building, training & mentorship
Leadership, management and business-skills training, mentor manuals and guides, and Training of Trainers.
Monitoring, evaluation & learning
M&E frameworks, baseline and endline surveys, impact assessments, real-time tracking and learning facilitation.
Stakeholder engagement
Stakeholder mapping, facilitation, public participation and engagement of identified stakeholders.
Sustainability & climate resilience
Climate adaptation and mitigation, resource efficiency, waste management, renewable energy and green practices embedded in BDS.
Eight value chains we train in
Each programme maps the chain from inputs to market, finds where enterprises lose value, and builds the skills to capture it.
ICT & Digital Services
Phone and computer services, cyber cafés, repairs and digital marketing — run as real, growing businesses.
Explore the value chain →Fisheries & Blue Economy
From landing site to market: hygienic handling, value-added fish products and well-run fisher groups.
Explore the value chain →Livestock
Dairy, poultry, beef and beekeeping — productive animals, value-added products and organised marketing.
Explore the value chain →Tourism & Hospitality
Food kiosks, eateries, guesthouses and community tourism — quality service and profitable operations.
Explore the value chain →Agro-processing
Turning harvests into shelf-ready products — flours, juices, dried foods, oils and snacks that meet standards.
Explore the value chain →Creative Economy
Fashion, beauty, crafts, music and media — turning creative talent into sustainable businesses.
Explore the value chain →Manufacturing
Small-scale and light manufacturing — productivity, quality, safety and access to bigger buyers.
Explore the value chain →Agriculture
Farming as a business — productivity, post-harvest handling, collective marketing and climate-smart practice.
Explore the value chain →From research to measurable business growth
Research & map
Value-chain mapping and needs assessment with participants and partners.
Design
Customised BDS curricula, trainer and trainee manuals, low-literacy materials.
Train
Participatory class days, group work, peer learning and Training of Trainers.
Mentor
Individual visits at each business and group mentorship sessions.
Measure & learn
Baselines, real-time tracking, endlines and impact assessment.
BDS training & mentorship in Kwale County
Class days, peer learning and one-to-one mentorship at mentees' own businesses — from phone shops and salons to food kiosks and farms — in wards across Kinango, Lunga Lunga and Msambweni constituencies.
- Participatory class days with group work and peer-to-peer Business Model Canvas development.
- Individual mentorship at each mentee's business premises.
- Group mentorship sessions held where business happens — in shops, on farms and under the trees.
- Inclusive delivery that reaches women, youth and persons with disabilities.
Green practices built into every business plan
We embed sustainability in business development — so enterprises grow while protecting the environment and the health, safety and welfare of their workers and communities.
- Climate adaptation and mitigation
- Resource efficiency and waste management
- Renewable energy and green practices
- Environmental, social and governance (ESG) principles
- Youth and marginalised groups as custodians of the environment