Welcome
Navigate complexity, strengthen leadership, and build enduring multigenerational value for your family enterprise.
We are a trusted advisory and learning platform dedicated to supporting family-owned and family-controlled enterprises as they navigate growth, transition, and continuity in an increasingly complex environment.
We work with enterprising families, their businesses, family offices, and governance structures to help them align family values with business strategy and long-term vision.
With deep insight into the dynamics that shape successful family enterprises, we support families and ownership groups in building strong leadership, effective governance, sustainable wealth, and lasting positive impact today and across generations.
Secure Your Family Legacy, Accelerate Your Business Growth.
The Trusted Network for Families-in-Business; uniting generations, solving family-specific challenges, and fostering 100-year thinking in a peer-to-peer community built on shared values.
Join the CommunityThe Four Pillars of Family Business Success
Balancing family interests with professional business practices.
Continuity
Stewardship of a healthy, thriving company passed to the next generation through careful planning, resilience, and ensuring family members are qualified for their roles.
Community
A family-like culture that fosters deep loyalty, lower employee turnover, and strong shared values ensuring all family members are aligned on the purpose of the business.
Connections
Trust-based relationships with customers and suppliers built on reputation, quality, and open, honest communication across the entire value chain.
Command
Fast, decisive leadership and effective governance with clearly defined boundaries that separate family life from business operations for long-term sustainability.
Member Value — What You Can Expect
Six pillars of value.
Networking & Community
Access a network of like-minded family owners for shared experiences, emotional support, peer collaboration, and curated networking events.
Education & Development
Training, webinars, and certifications that prepare the next generation and facilitate smooth leadership transitions for long-term continuity.
Advocacy & Representation
Representing family business interests to policymakers, highlighting their economic role, and building linkages with government and other BMOs.
Advisory & Professional Services
Access trusted advisors and external experts in tax planning, wealth management, and family governance who understand the unique needs of family enterprises.
Family Bonding & Philanthropy
Family-specific events for cohesion, and support in developing philanthropic initiatives and social responsibility strategies aligned with your family's legacy.
Industry Data & Insights
Proprietary research, trend reports, and thought-leadership content to help members make informed decisions and stay ahead in a complex environment.
HOW WE HELP
Institute for Family Business (IFFB) is a leading provider of training, coaching, family office services, and membership subscriptions, dedicated to supporting family enterprises and business communities across the region. We partner with families in business to strengthen leadership, governance, succession, and sustainable growth across generations.
HOW WE DO IT
At the Institute for Family Business (IFFB), we support family enterprises through management consulting, mediation and conflict resolution, family business advisory, and family office services. For more than 10 years, we have helped families navigate complexity, strengthen relationships, and safeguard their legacy across generations.
Ready to join Kenya's leading Family Business community?
Connect. Collaborate. Continue - with IFFB's Business Membership Organization.
Partners and references
Our partners and clients share one thing in common: a commitment to building family enterprises that last.
