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Construction boom extends Nigeria’s run as Kenya’s chief sisal importer

A worker at the Teita Sisal Estate plantation dries sisal fibres at a drying yard in Taita district. 

Photo credit: File | Nation Media Group

By  Linet Owoko

Correspondent

Nation Media Group

Nigeria is still the biggest buyer of Kenyan sisal, fuelled by a construction boom in West Africa.

The latest update by the Agriculture and Food Authority (AFA) shows that in the quarter to September 2025, local producers earned Sh1.24 billion from exporting 6,053.50 tonnes of the fibre.

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