A heat map of the SME sectors in Africa that will be most affected and least affected by COVID 19 can be shown below.
In light of the above, those in non-food retail will be the most affected. In Kenya, according to the Kenya National Bureau of Statistics,61.6% of Kenyan MSMEs are in retail and wholesale trade . This is such a grave exposure to the economic growth of the country given that SMEs constitute 98 percent of all business in Kenya , create 30 percent of the jobs annually as well as contribute 3 percent of the GDP