Sub Saharan Africa

Kenya
Last reviewed: 21 April 2009

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TRADE AND INVESTMENT

Trade and Investment

The UK remains the largest foreign investor, with investments estimated to be worth $1.5 billion. Significant British investors include Barclays Bank, Standard Chartered Bank, Glaxo Smithkline, ACTIS (formerly CDC Capital Partners), De La Rue and Unilever. Britain is a major trading partner. In 2007 exports of goods from UK to Kenya were valued at £216 million. UK imports of goods from Kenya were worth £255 million in 2007. Growth between 2003 - 2007 was 25.6% for exports and 17.6% for imports.

UK Trade & Investment Country Profile: Kenya

Development

The Department for International Development (DFID) works with Kenya in a number of ways, including reducing poverty, tackling corruption, strengthening government accountability and funding work on HIV and Aids as well as education projects. For more information on what DFID are doing in Kenya, please visit their website.

DFID - Country Profiles, Africa, Kenya

United Nations Development Programme

World Bank