December 15, 2025 | Case Study

Expanding economic opportunities for rural farmers in East Africa

Kentegra Biotechnology worked with Manufacturing Africa and McKinsey to refine its growth strategy and raise funding to help create jobs and support local farmers in Kenya and beyond.

$25 million+

funding raised

300+

Direct jobs created

20K+

local farmers with new or enhanced incomes, due to less risk and market fluctuations

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THE OPPORTUNITY

Finding new ways to grow

Kentegra Biotechnology, a US-Kenya biotech company that specializes in the production of organic insecticides, has built its business model around the responsible stewardship of natural resources.

As Kentegra prepared for the next phase of its growth, the company faced a significant challenge: determining how to grow sustainably during a successful fundraise while maintaining its longstanding commitment to eco-friendly farming practices and to its partner farmer communities.

As Kentegra prepared for the next phase of its growth, the company faced a significant challenge: determining how to grow sustainably during a successful fundraise while maintaining its longstanding commitment to eco-friendly farming practices and to its partner farmer communities

As Kentegra prepared for the next phase of its growth, the company faced a significant challenge: determining how to grow sustainably during a successful fundraise while maintaining its longstanding commitment to eco-friendly farming practices and to its partner farmer communities.

5 keys to Jackson Health’s transformation

Building workforce skills, driving savings

By equipping leaders with new scheduling tools and data-driven insights, Jackson built lasting workforce management capabilities—cutting premium labor costs by $44M a year without layoffs.

Predictive scheduling, expanding access

Predictive scheduling filled open surgery slots faster, boosting efficiency and patient access across Jackson’s hospitals.

AI-powered planning, improving patient flow

AI-powered planning cut 50,000 inpatient days, freeing 150 beds and improving patient flow across Jackson.

Building payment insight, enabling better decisions

New tech and analytics helped leaders reduce denials and improve reimbursement, and gave patients more confidence when accessing care.

Empowered teams, lasting change

Trained 200+ leaders and staff to use data, tech, and new workflows to drive results and led to a full letter grade in quality improvement.

THE SOLUTION

Strategic growth analysis and fundraising support

Files collaborated with Kentegra to identify and evaluate the most promising growth options, while ensuring that the company could effectively communicate its mission and impact to potential investors. The project involved a comprehensive commercial diligence analysis that assessed vertical, horizontal, and geographic expansion opportunities. This meant potentially expanding product lines, manufacturing plants, and markets for pyrethrum across Africa and into partner farm communities who would also benefit from Kentegra’s growth.

McKinsey conducted a detailed market analysis for pyrethrin extract buyers to better understand how to maximize the value of each phase of the process. This included examining the feasibility of backward integration with Kentegra’s suppliers to gain end-to-end transparency and to benchmark potential enhancements to product quality and consistency.

Environment, Social, and Governance (ESG) empowerment

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Kentegra’s widening impact

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Growth with societal benefit

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THE IMPACT

Creating economic growth for local communities and farmers

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