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INVESTMENT OPPORTUNITIES IN KENYA
Kenya welcomes investors and entrepreneurs and offers very competitive investment opportunities and highly enabling environment.
The government guarantees investors' security for their investment and provides all necessary support towards the success of business communities.
Kenya remains one of the ideal destinations for doing business due to its variety of opportunities and infrastructural benefit to investors.
The country is strategically located, making it a gateway to eastern and central Africa region. The modern sea port of Mombasa serves the landlocked
countries and boasts of super links to major sea ports in Europe, and other parts of the world.
Investment Incentives
- 100% investment allowance
- Attractive depreciation allowances
- Duty and VAT exemption on machinery, equipments and raw materials
Export Processing Zones (EPZ) Scheme
- 10 year tax holiday
- Duty and VAT exemption
- Single license
- Exemption from stamp duty
- Exemption for withholding tax
- 25%corporate tax for 10 years after the first 10 years expire
- 100% investment allowance
Guarantees to Investors
- Kenya Constitution guarantees against expropriation of private property except for purposes of public use or security
- Removal of exchange controls
guarantees repatriation of capital, profits
and interests.
- Member of the Multi-lateral Investment
Guarantee Agency (MIGA)- that
insures foreign investments against non-commercial
risks
- Kenya is a member of the International
Centre for Settlement of Investment Disputes
(ICSID) which arbitrates cases
between foreign investors and host governments
- The country is also a member of the
Africa Trade Insurance Agency (ATIA)
which insures investors against non-commercial
risks
Investment opportunities
- Agriculture and agro processing
- Horticulture
- Infrastructure development
- Finance, Banking and capital markets
- Tourism
- Manufacturing
- Mining- exploration, mining and value addition through joint ventures
- Livestock and fisheries
- Information and technology
- Business outsourcing
- Energy sector -Geothermal & Alternatives sources-wind, solar, Bio fuel.
- Building & construction-Low cost houses, Concessioning of roads.
For more information on investment opportunities, please contact :
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