Dira

The product
A complete diagnostic, vault, and
action plan in one place.

Everything a founder needs to get assessment-ready and investment-ready
— built around the realities of doing business in East Africa.

Your action plan
A ranked to-do list, not just a scorecard.

Dira turns your weakest pillars into specific, sequenced actions — with the documents and country specific compliance steps (e.g. KRA, eTIMS, BRS, Municipal licenses, etc) you’ll need to fix them.

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Why Dira
Dira wins across every segment.
A hybrid framework

Lean Startup, Business Model Canvas, IFC SME Toolkit and GEM — unified, with a proprietary East African operating lens.

AI-personalised

Every plan is generated for that specific business — quick wins, priority actions and watch-outs in plain language.

Built for East Africa

By psmConsult — 20+ years building business systems for Kenyan and East African SMEs, NGOs and government.

Multi-channel & private

B2C, B2B and B2G from one platform, with privacy boundaries that protect every founder’s data.

Diagnostic
A stage-aware assessment that meets you where you are

Eight core pillars plus sector specific modules, adapted to your stage — Idea, Early, Growth or Mature. Only the questions that matter for you appear, and Dira re-scores as you grow.

AI Action Plan
An AI-generated plan in plain language

Dira turns your answers into prioritised quick wins, priority actions and items to watch-out for — grounded in country specific context like tax authorities, mobile money, registration and regulatory authorities including social security agencies and not just generic advice.

Founder DNA
Know your entrepreneurial strengths

A psychometric read on the founder’s leadership and entrepreneurial profile — so you can play to your strengths and cover your blind spots.

Document Vault
Every document, organised by pillar

A guided checklist of the documents lenders and investors expect — with local specifics like KRA PIN, eTIMS, NSSF and BRS registration.

Document Vault
Workbooks & Reports
Board-ready trackers and PDFs

Download scorecards, workbooks and a board-ready PDF report — including Business Model Canvas and Lean Canvas exports.

Ready to map your business?
Who we serve
Three audiences. One platform.

The same engine, tailored for founders, incubators and the partners who fund them.

B2C
Founders & SMEs

Your business advisor in your pocket — affordable, structured, and built for your market.

BEST FOR

Owner-managers, startups, growing SMEs

B2B
Incubators & Accelerators

Standardise intake, track every cohort, and produce donor-ready reports automatically.

BEST FOR

Hubs, accelerators, BDS providers

B2G
Donors & Development Partners

The measurement layer your SME programmes have been missing — at scale.

BEST FOR

Foundations, DFIs, government programmes

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