Wanja Wangondu1 and Stephen Muathe2
1,2. School of Business, Economics and Tourism, Kenyatta University

MLA 8
Wangondu, Wanja, and Stephen Muathe. "FINTECH STARTUPS: CAN THE FINTECH BOOM ADDRESS THE MSMES FINANCE GAP IN KENYA." Int. j. of Social Science and Economic Research, vol. 8, no. 4, Apr. 2023, pp. 686-697, doi.org/10.46609/IJSSER.2023.v08i04.009. Accessed Apr. 2023.
APA 6
Wangondu, W., & Muathe, S. (2023, April). FINTECH STARTUPS: CAN THE FINTECH BOOM ADDRESS THE MSMES FINANCE GAP IN KENYA. Int. j. of Social Science and Economic Research, 8(4), 686-697. Retrieved from https://doi.org/10.46609/IJSSER.2023.v08i04.009
Chicago
Wangondu, Wanja, and Stephen Muathe. "FINTECH STARTUPS: CAN THE FINTECH BOOM ADDRESS THE MSMES FINANCE GAP IN KENYA." Int. j. of Social Science and Economic Research 8, no. 4 (April 2023), 686-697. Accessed April, 2023. https://doi.org/10.46609/IJSSER.2023.v08i04.009.

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