Kenya has long held ambitions for industrial prosperity and to become a manufacturing powerhouse, but a look at the numbers tells a different story. Whereas we are making progress, the sector is yet to reach its full potential.
Over the past decade, the manufacturing sector’s contribution to gross domestic product (GDP) has declined from about 11.08 percent in 2011 to 7.3 percent in 2024, reflecting persistent structural challenges facing the industry.
