Ohala Kenya is a social venture committed to unlocking business and economic opportunities in Kenya’s Lake Victoria Region. The Foundation creates and facilitate learning forums, including webinars, conferences, and workshops, that bring together diverse individuals and organizations to expand knowledge share ideas, explore opportunities, and address common challenges impeding business development in the Lake region.

Through our Ohala Business Academy, we provide business skills training, individual and group coaching and tailored assistance. It also helps participants to access a range of financial products, including work capital loans, grants and long-term growth financing.

Recognizing that access to finance is a major challenge for many small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs), Ohala also leverages its extensive network of financial partners and industry stakeholders to attract capital to the region. Through targeted investor engagement and relationship building, we aim to match viable enterprises with investors who are aligned with our vision of sustainable growth in the Lake Region.

THE LVA ASSOCIATION

The Foundation has been instrumental in creating and establishing the Lake Victoria Aquaculture (LVA) Association, an industry group committed to fostering strategic growth and development of the region’s aquaculture industry. Lake Victoria is the world’s second largest fresh water lake with enormous potential to transform the economy of the region. Proper management and use of the Lake as a precious resource could deliver food, energy, transport and serve as a foundation for sustainable development in the region. Ohala Kenya is incubating the LVA Association with the aim of establishing it as a credible platform for aquaculture stakeholder collaboration.

Ohala Kenya was founded by Pete Ondeng in 2021 and is registered in Kenya as a nonprofit foundation. It is governed by an international board and has its administrative office in Kisumu County.