Kenya Investment Authority

Happy Madaraka Day!

Today, we celebrate Kenya’s self-rule, resilience, and the shared commitment to building a prosperous nation.

Invest Kenya wishes all Kenyans a proud and peaceful Madaraka Day.

Invest Kenya CEO John Mwendwa and Nairobi International Financial Centre Authority (NIFCA) CEO Daniel Mainda held a strategic engagement with their respective teams to strengthen collaboration in positioning Kenya as a leading investment destination and financial hub for global investors.

The discussions focused on advancing the digitalization of investor services through the Digital One Stop Centre (OSC), enhancing the investor experience through seamless service delivery, and aligning upcoming investment promotion activities through a coordinated investment calendar to maximize outreach and investor engagement.

The meeting reaffirmed the commitment of both institutions to work together in driving investment attraction, improving investor facilitation, and showcasing Kenya’s growing opportunities to global investors.

The Board of Directors, Management, and Staff of Invest Kenya wish you a blessed Eid ul Adha.

Eid Mubarak.

Join us in Pretoria, South Africa on 4th June 2026 for the Kenya–South Africa Business Forum.

The forum will convene business leaders, investors, and policymakers to explore investment opportunities in technology, manufacturing, ICT, agriculture, finance, and energy under the AfCFTA framework.

🔗 Register here: https://zurl.co/ZsKjL

Kenya Private Sector Alliance (KEPSA) Ministry of Investments, Trade and Industry - MITI - Kenya

Discussions at the Kazakhstan–Kenya Business Forum also featured two high-level panel sessions focused on unlocking new pathways for trade, investment, and economic cooperation between Kenya and Kazakhstan.

The first panel session explored how Kenya’s globally recognized fintech ecosystem and digital innovation leadership can complement Kazakhstan’s rapidly growing digital economy and technological modernization agenda. Kenya’s success in mobile money and financial inclusion, alongside Kazakhstan’s expanding digital infrastructure and Eurasian connectivity, was identified as a strong foundation for building seamless digital trade and investment linkages between Africa and Central Asia.

The second panel session focused on the strategic role of logistics connectivity in deepening commercial relations between the two countries, underscoring Kenya’s strength as East Africa’s leading logistics and maritime gateway through the Port of Mombasa, Lamu Port, regional transport corridors, and aviation connectivity, while Kazakhstan’s position as a major Eurasian transport, rail, and logistics hub which continues to provide critical access into Central Asia and broader Eurasian markets.

Strengthening trade corridors, supply chain integration, warehousing, multimodal transport systems, industrial logistics, and regional distribution networks are key to increasing trade flows, investment partnerships, and market access between Africa and Central Asia.

A major milestone in Kenya–Kazakhstan economic relations was achieved today during the Kazakhstan–Kenya Business Forum in Astana, as Invest Kenya and Kazakh Invest signed an MoU on cooperation in promoting and facilitating investments between the two countries.

The partnership framework will strengthen collaboration in investment promotion, investor facilitation, business linkages, and exchange of investment opportunities across key sectors including manufacturing, logistics, mining, ICT, energy, agro-processing, and industrial development.

The signing forms part of broader efforts by both countries to deepen economic cooperation and unlock new trade and investment flows between East Africa and Central Asia.

The MoU marks an important step in advancing stronger commercial ties and long-term strategic partnerships.

Invest Kenya CEO today highlighted Kenya’s dynamic investment landscape and growing strategic partnership with Kazakhstan during the Kazakhstan–Kenya Business Forum in Astana.

With a GDP of approximately $303Bn, Kazakhstan is the largest economy in Central Asia and an increasingly important trade and investment partner for Kenya.

Bilateral trade between Kenya and Kazakhstan reached $113Mn in 2025, with strong growth in Kenyan exports including tea, cut flowers, fruits, and vegetables.

There are expanding opportunities for collaboration in manufacturing, logistics, mining, ICT, energy, agro-processing, and industrial development, leveraging Kenya’s position as a gateway to African markets and Kazakhstan’s strength as a Eurasian logistics, industrial, and minerals hub.

Kazakhstan’s strategic location presents new pathways for Kenya’s trade expansion into Central Asia and beyond, while Kenya continues to offer investors strategic market access, modern infrastructure, Special Economic Zones, and a rapidly growing digital and industrial economy.

Invest Kenya CEO today joined Cabinet Secretary for Investments, Trade and Industry, Lee Kinyanjui, for a courtesy call on Kazakhstan’s Minister for Industry and Construction, Nagaspayev Yersayin, to explore new opportunities for trade and investment cooperation between Kenya and Kazakhstan.

Key discussions focused on:
* Enhancing direct export opportunities for Kenyan tea to Kazakhstan
* Investment opportunities in Kenya’s Special Economic Zones and industrial parks
* Collaboration on fertiliser supply and agricultural value chains to support reliable and affordable inputs for Kenyan farmers
* Leveraging the Ports of Mombasa and Lamu as regional logistics hubs
* Partnerships in technology, digital innovation and fintech

The engagement reaffirmed the strong potential for deeper bilateral collaboration in trade, manufacturing, logistics and digital transformation for shared economic growth

Lee Kinyanjui Export Processing Zones Authority - Kenya Kenya Ports Authority