Market Outlook

Kenya has a proven track record in attracting and retaining world class apparel manufacturers who have made great success of their investments in the country. For the last five years, companies located here, have positioned Kenya as the largest exporter of apparel to the USA under AGOA. In 2019, textile and apparel exports to AGOA from Kenyan-based companies were valued at over US$450 million. There’s not just one but many reasons companies choose to invest in Kenya. Its this combination of factors that offer a compelling location for operational and commercial success. In addition to the fundamental requirements for efficient...

Kenya’s textile and apparel sector has the potential to play a key role in anchoring the country’s deeper movement into middle income status and in serving as a source of gainful employment for its fast growing, young population. As a manufactured good, it offers opportunities for increased value capture and streamlined trade logistics and for the building of skills and experience from the factory floor to management level. Based on these foundations, it therefore serves as a potential gateway to other manufactured goods, offering opportunities for Kenya to capture an increasing share of global trade and...

Interview with Mr. Abel Kamau, Kenya Association of Manufacturers

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...

• 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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