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Regulators plan to open Kenya’s carbon exchange in early 2027
Nairobi International Financial Center Authority CEO Daniel Mainda makes his remarks during the Finance and Appropriations Bill 2026 Fiscal Dialogue held at KCA on May 28, 2026.
Photo credit: Francis Nderitu | Nation Media Group
Within the next eight months, Kenyans will be able to buy and sell carbon credits in a centralised marketplace, should plans to establish a carbon exchange by the end of the first quarter of 2027 be realised.
A carbon credit is a certificate that allows an organisation to buy and sell the rights to emit greenhouse gases, meaning that entities that reduce their emissions can sell their credits to those that have exceeded their prescribed limits.
