The last three years have marked an exciting time for the health care sector in Kenya. Rising disposable income, regulatory changes, and market developments have each invigorated an industry increasingly dominated by the private sector. This period has seen investments and successes in all parts of Kenya’s health sector, from health provision and insurance to pharmaceutical production. This is consistent with the most ba - sic findings of this research: as income grows, Kenyan consumers spend more of their shillings on health care. At the same time, 33M Kenyans lack any form of ba - sic insurance, and are treated...

This report shows that 2019 was a record-breaking year for our sector. It reinforces off-grid solar as a major part of the solution to bring modern energy into off-grid households to power light and appliances in the most remote areas around the world. Over 8.5 million off-grid solar lighting products and 1.2 million off-grid solar appliances were sold in 2019 by a growing number of companies participating in this data collection...

In 2022 sales of solar energy kits reached a record breaking 9.5 million units, almost one million more than the 8.5 million units sold in 2019 demonstrating a bounce-back from COVID. Industry leaders in particular have contributed to the growth in sales needed to achieve this. Successful programmatic support, notably result-based finance schemes, have also been a key enabling factor. Finally, new companies joining the data collection contributed to a limited extent to the jump in sales compared to the previous reporting round. TV, refrigeration unit and solar water pump sales all grew compared to the first half of the...

• Underlining the appeal of Kenya’s renewable energy sector to foreign investors, several new projects and deals have been announced in 2023 to date, focused on geothermal and wind power. Adding to the positive outlook, the government, in February, lifted a near 18‑month suspension on the licensing of new independent power producers (IPPs) in a bid to boost generation capacity.
• Kenya’s reliance on renewables for roughly 90% of its power needs—and the aim of lifting this to 100% by 2030—is helping to attract climate change mitigation financing from global sources. The main power-sector weaknesses...
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This Strategic Plan is divided into five chapters. Chapter One gives an overview and background against which the plan was developed; the mandate of the Ministry of Energy; global, regional and national development challenges facing the energy sector; and the role of the Ministry of Energy in national development. In the course of the implementation of the second Medium Term plan, power generation grew from 1,634MW to 2,812MW while the number of households connected to electricity increased from 2.3 million to 7.5 million. The country’s access to electricity went up from 23% in 2013 to 75% with a projection to...