Manufacturing

Listen This is the first in a four-book mini-series capturing key interventions by the government in manufacturing; from cement to oil and gas and mining and steel sectors.

Listen Kenya is at the forefront of technological innovations in the region and is often referred to as Africa’s ‘Silicon Savannah’. The government has invested heavily in ICT, which is a key contributor to the country’s GDP. The ICT sector remained resilient through the worst of the COVID-19 pandemic, when it easily demonstrated its importance […]

Listen Business Process Outsourcing, also known as Information Technology Enabled Services (BPO/ ITES), involves the transfer of value contributing activities to another firm to reduce the operating costs, for better quality and to focus on core competence. It is simply the movement of business processes from inside the organisation to an external service provider. The […]

Listen The uptake of digital services increased during the 2020 COVID-19 period, according to the Economic survey 2021. Information and communication sector real Gross Value Added rose by 4.8 percent in 2020. Activities of teleworking, online learning, online video streaming and e-commerce increased across the country, and as a result, the uptake of digital tools […]

Listen Aquaculture production in Kenya has grown steadily in recent years to more than 18,000 tonnes in 2019 and plays an increasingly important role in national fish supply. Kenya is ranked the fourth in aquaculture in Africa and endowed with a vast network of aquatic resources comprising freshwater lakes and rivers, and an extensive ocean […]

Listen Around 14 per cent of produce world- wide is lost after harvest on farms and at the transport, storage, processing and wholesale stages, according to the Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO). This amounts to more than US$ 400 billion a year. FAO estimates that over 40 percent of food in Sub-Saharan Africa perishes before […]

Listen Under the Kenya Vision 2030, recognised dairy industry as one of the fundamental avenues for employment creation for women and the youth. It is significant sub-sector with fresh milk among the top five foods consumed by most households in Kenya. Kenyan milk production is 3 per cent of the 18 per cent global production […]

Listen Despite coffee being one of Kenya’s largest exports since its introduction in the country over a century ago the sector has been undergoing a slump since 2020. The 2021 Economic Survey shows that the sector dipped by about 18 per cent on lower crop yields, mainly due to the harsh effects of the coronavirus […]

Listen The legal framework for value addition in the Tea sector is provided for in The Crops (Tea Industry) Regulations, 2020 under the Crops Act 2013 Tea is a major cash crop in Kenya and the single leading foreign exchange earner for the country. The Tea sub-sector has a US$40.5 billion market worldwide which is […]

Listen The Government has prioritised the leather goods and footwear sector under the Kenya Industrial Transformation Programme (KITP), Kenya Vision 2030 and the Big 4 Agenda. The sector is regarded as a prime driver for the country’s industrialization with focus on achieving the following by 2022:  Increase exports from $140 million (2017) to $500 million […]