Entry barriers and policy missteps blunt Kenya’s exports competitive edge

A cargo ship at the port of Mombasa on June 25, 2021. PHOTO | WACHIRA MWANGI | NMG

Kenya’s competitiveness in the export market has eroded in the last decade, stifled by a lack of entry by more productive companies and specialisation in commodities that have low demand growth.

The competitiveness erosion has particularly affected the agriculture and manufacturing sectors, with the latter identified as key in transforming Kenya into an industrialised, middle-income country by 2030.

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