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Strengthen success over generations. AFBE connects you with peers navigating succession, mentors who have lived it, and frameworks that make the hardest family conversations possible.
Succession & governance
Promoting&supportingfamilybusinessestoprosperacrossgenerations.
The first member-based, independent, non-governmental and non-political association run by and for family business owners, in Kenya, strengthening success over generations.
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Who we are
Built by and for African family businesses.
The Association of Family Business Enterprises is the first member based, independent, non-governmental and non-political association run by and for family business owners, in Kenya.
From second-generation manufacturers to pioneering agribusinesses, our members share a common belief: that family capital, patiently stewarded, is one of the most powerful forces for Kenya's economic future.
Member-based
Governed by family owners
Independent
Non-governmental, non-political
African
Built in and for Africa
The numbers
A decade of quiet work, done deliberately.
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01 Family businesses
A community of family businesses building enterprises that outlast generations.
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02 Expert speakers
Practitioners and specialists sharing real-world insight at AFBE convenings.
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03 Strategic partnerships
Institutions working alongside AFBE to strengthen family enterprise.
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04 Family Business Visits
Company visits and study trips, local and international.
I. Principles
Why AFBE
Three reasons our members stay, and tell their peers to join.
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Networking
Provide family run businesses with a safe space to share experiences, challenges, skills, knowledge and provide support systems, inside the factories, farms and boardrooms of member firms.
Peer community
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Thought leadership
Address common issues that family businesses face through original research, practitioner-led publications, and working sessions convened for Kenyan family enterprise.
Research & publications
II. What we stand for
Our objectives
Four pillars. One unwavering commitment to family enterprise in Kenya.
Every event, every publication and every policy submission maps back to one of these four objectives. Nothing else.
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Objective
Networking
To provide a network for learning, information and sharing global best practice.
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Objective
Advocacy
To advocate for development and sustainability of family run businesses.
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Objective
Partnership
To provide opportunities by partnering with similar family business associations.
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Objective
Research
To conduct research on family business trends.
In their words
Member businesses on what AFBE means to them.
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Joining AFBE provided a community of peers building African owned businesses with intention and shared identity. The network has been instrumental in reinforcing governance, leadership maturity, and strategic clarity.
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AFBE member
The archive Since 2015
The Family Business Conference: a decade of showing up.
Every year since 2015, AFBE has brought Kenya’s family business owners into one room: keynotes, closed-door panels and the candid corridor conversations in between.
Our partners
We work with the institutions that serve family capital well.
Advisors, insurers, auditors and business-association peers who have chosen to build alongside Kenyan family enterprise.
Interested in partnering with AFBE? Get in touch