Bata Kenya CEO Benson Okumu on how the shoemaker is tackling market disruption

Benson Okumu, Managing Director at Bata Kenya during an interview at his office at the company's factory in Limuru, Kiambu County on May 23, 2024. 

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From evolving customer taste and interest to technological shifts, the footwear industry is in fluidity. The race for survival has intensified amid innovation and strategic shifts by players.

The sector has high exposure to factors such as rising costs of materials as well as having to deal with cost-sensitive customers in an environment of rising cost of living.

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