Super rich shift cash to UK, Dubai on Gen Z protests

Knight Frank Kenya CEO Mark Dunford addressing journalists during the Wealth Report 2025 – Kenyan 2nd Edition launch event at Capital Club in Nairobi on May 13, 2025. 

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The number of Kenyan dollar millionaires dropped last year as the rich moved cash abroad amid uncertainty in the wake of Kenya’s slowing economy and last year’s deadly youth-led protests, which hurt fresh investments.

The pool of high-net-worth individuals (HNWI), described as individuals with a net worth of at least $1 million (Sh129.2 million), shrank by 10 percent in the wake of investors moving part of their investments to foreign capitals, according to 2025 Knight Frank Wealth report.

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