Cold Stone Creamery outlet that was opened on Mama Ngina Street in Nairobi last weekend. PHOTO | FILE | NATION MEDIA GROUP
Three international fast food chains have in the past week launched operations in Nairobi, sending the clearest signal yet that the past 10 years of steady economic growth and the accompanying expansion of Kenya’s middle class is beginning to get noticed.
American fast food chain Domino’s Pizza, ice cream seller Cold Stone Creamery and South Africa-based Ocean Basket – a sea food diner - opened outlets in the Kenyan capital in what is seen as the very first fruits of the larger GDP figures released in September that moved Kenya to the club of middle-income nations.
