Edible Oils The edible oil sub-sector is a multimillion investment and comprises manufacturers of palm oil and other edible oils.

Tea The tea industry is one of the prominent enterprises in Kenya's agricultural sector, contributing an average of 40% to agricultural exports.

Dairy The dairy industry is the single largest component within the agricultural sector accounting for significant economic activity.

governance

Kenya enjoys a stable political environment and investors are guaranteed repatriation of capital and profits, constitutional protection against expropriation, and investment guarantee against non-commercial risks: ICSID, MIGA, and ATIA.

skilled

The proportion of the youth (18-34 years), constitutes 25%. The youthful skilled population economically implies, there are lots of potential workers for the future in various areas of investment and a wider market for goods meant for the youth. The flexibility and adaptability to high technological changes will easily make the goods and services produced locally highly competitive. This in turn will act as an enabler for investment because of the availability of skilled affordable labour.
 

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COUNTY COMPETITIVENESS INDEX (CCI)

COUNTY COMPETITIVENESS INDEX (CCI)

Morgan Stanley

Kenya delivers +76.62% net return in USD terms in 2024, and Dividend yield ~5.96%, P/E ~6.15, P/BV ~1.32 (for MSCI Kenya as of August 29, 2025)

Organization for economic cooperation and Development

Kenya is part of OECD’s FDIRRI dataset showing willingness to liberalise. On Public integrity & governance, formal frameworks exist (strategy, oversight, accountability)

Foreign Direct investment confidence index

Though no African country except South Africa and Egypt are featured among the emerging markets in the top 25 in 2025. Kenya is regarded as mid-tier.

Global Investment Index

Kenya is 3rd globally in 2024 in terms of countries expected to carry the strongest investment momentum, with an index score of ~87.44

Manufacturing

Science, Technology, and Innovation(STI) is very key in raising investment across all the sectors, the following programmes are been implemented;

  •  County Technology and Innovations Delivery Services
  •  Coordination of the Technology, Innovation, and Commercialization
  •  Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics (STEM)
  •  Energy Technologies
  •  Nano-Sciences, Material Science, and New Production Technologies
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