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Investment forums, sentiment and growth
Participants engage with coffee products at the Murang’a Farmers Cooperatives Union stand during the 2025 Murang’a Investors' Conference at Thika Greens Resort on June 13, 2025.
Reacting to my article on the value of county and regional investment conferences, Prof XN Iraki posed a stinger. “Which are these investment opportunities counties showcase in conferences that entrepreneurs have not seen? Were Kitengela, Ngong or Kiserian sold by government like Konza?
The three satellite towns expanded as a direct consequence of growth of Nairobi. Originally emerging as residential areas for people who work in the capital city, the towns have since become commercial centres. Government first promoted Kitengela as an industrial hub in the early 90s, by locating the first export processing zone there.
