Dennis Momesu, Business Trainer and NDT Professional

My career started at the National Youth Service, where paramilitary training turned discipline and precision into second nature. That foundation carried me through a Mechanical Engineering course specializing in Materials and Metallurgy, and eventually into business training.

Over 1,000 small businesses close in Kenya every single day. I was one statistic in that number. For a long time I thought the problem was the idea. It was not.

My background is in Non Destructive Testing. I spent 15+ years inspecting pipelines and structures across Kenya and East Africa, finding the hidden flaw before it became a failure. When my own business collapsed, I realised the skill was the same. Most businesses do not fail because the idea was bad. They fail because nobody caught the flaw in the structure underneath it, the costing, the record keeping, the planning, until it was too late.

That failure was not the end. It was the direction. I took everything I understood about why structures collapse and carried it into the ILO's training ecosystem, earning certifications in both the Start and Improve Your Business programme and the Women in Digital Business programme.

Today, I help entrepreneurs understand their businesses, strengthen the systems behind them, and make better decisions, so they do not just start a business. They build one that is made to last.