Kenya

The country’s electrification targets are ambitious; Kenya hopes to add an additional 5000 MW of generation capacity by 2017, and an additional 23,000 MW by 2030. Although the government has already unveiled its Last Mile Connectivity Project (LMCP), which will connect an additional 300,000 Kenyan households to the national grid in the coming...

The opening of a new international terminal in late 2014 – Terminal 1a, built at a cost of $129m – and of a second, smaller terminal in May 2015 collectively tripled annual capacity at Nairobi’s Jomo Kenyatta International Airport (JKIA), from 2.5m to 7.5m passengers. JKIA has been operating above capacity for well over a decade. Passenger...

Increased competition in Kenya’s construction market is leading to notable improvements in quality standards, but persistent challenges remain, and there is a great need for increased regulatory support and more rigorous enforcement.

Growth in the Kenyan construction sector – driven by major infrastructure projects such as the Nairobi-Mombasa railway and a push to expand housing supply – reached 13.1% year-on-year (y-o-y) in 2014, more than double the 2013 figures. Construction accounted for 4.8% of GDP in 2014, according to the “Economic Survey 2015” from the Kenya...

Following on from decades of positive gains, Kenya’s construction sector continues to see robust growth and remains a central component of the country’s immediate and longer-term economic growth agenda. The industry’s GDP contribution in 2014 totalled KSh259.6bn ($2.86bn), up 13.1% on 2013, according to the Kenya National Bureau of Statistics...

Geothermal energy offers a solution to Kenya’s energy constraints that is both cost-effective and has great development potential, and it is now the largest contributor to total power production in Kenya. Furthermore, it is set to expand significantly in the next 15 years. The government and private sector have both made considerable progress...