Nairobi, March 2 -- How many months or years does it take an entrepreneur to raise funds?

When Dominic Mureithi founded Polucon, a testing, inspection and verification company, it took seven years.

For many, that would have dampened their entrepreneurial spirit, but for Mr Mureithi, it emboldened him.

"We founded the company in 1990 but had to raise funds until 1997 when we began operations. In those days, no bank could lend us money because they did not understand our business and we didn't have collateral," he says.

His sights were set on creating job opportunities for young scientists. He had realised that science graduates in Kenya lacked jobs.

His testing, inspection and verification company would offer opportunities to those yo...