A Common Facility Centre giving traditional craft clusters shared machinery, training, design help, and market access.
Kohima has 1,601 manufacturing MSMEs. 49.4% of self-employment loans go to the district's top industry. The Common Facility Centre under SFURTI gives artisan clusters shared equipment they could not afford individually.
79% of registered enterprises are in services while 21% are in manufacturing. Only 2% of employment is in small and medium enterprises. 87% of school-age children are enrolled in higher secondary school (classes 9–12).
In Kohima, which ranks 3 of 17 in Nagaland for youth opportunity, the overall opportunity score is 54.4 out of 100. The district runs ahead of the national picture on value added per enterprise worker at ₹1,74,031, while it lags on employment in small and medium enterprises at 2.5%.