Kenya

Kenya

Part # 1 People, cities, and nature in Kenya

Area

Kenya 580,000 km2. 10% is arable land.

Population

45 million people. 24% live in cities.

Languages

English, Kiswahili, and numerous indigenous languages.

Internet users

About 10% of the population.

Life expectancy

64 years.

GDP per capita

USD 1,800.

https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/geos/ke.html

Some cities in Kenya

https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/geos/ke.html

Nairobi

https://ssl.panoramio.com/photo/14644967

https://ssl.panoramio.com/photo/21523528

Nabiyotum Crater Lake Turkana.

Hot springs of Lake Bogoria, Rift Valley

http://issuu.com/svengvp/docs/bestofkenya/1

https://ssl.panoramio.com/photo/30556748

Fishermen near Malindi

https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/geos/ke.html

Gazelle in Masai Mara national reserve.

http://issuu.com/svengvp/docs/bestofkenya/1

Flamingos at Lake Nakuru

https://ssl.panoramio.com/photo/64021408

Impala at Tsavo National Park

Part # 2 Some businesses and communities in Kenya

Agriculture

Coffee

https://vimeo.com/113115187

https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/geos/ke.html

Kiambethu tea farm in Linuvu.

http://issuu.com/svengvp/docs/best-of-kenya-vol-02/67

Small scale farmers plucking tea leaves

More than 300,000 tons of tea are shipped from Kenya each year. From no other country in the world are so much tea shipped.

Most of the tea sold in Kenya is sold as a commodity on the Mombasa auction market, ending up under labels such as Twinings and Tetley.

Mahajan, Vijay: Africa Rising, p. 187.

25% of Europe's cut flowers come from Kenya

http://www.economist.com/node/10657231

The booming flower, exotic fruit and vegetable trade employs 135,000 people and exports more than USD 350 million a year – 35% of all Kenyan exports. http://viewswire.eiu.com/report_dl.asp?mode=fi&fi=1523246737.PDF

Clean energy

Hydroelectricity plants in Kenya provide more than 70% of all output.

Main hydrostations in Kenya  Kindaruma.  Gitaru.  Kamburu.  Masinga.  Kiambere.  Turkwel Gorge Hydroelectric station.  Sondu Miriu. http://issuu.com/svengvp/docs/best-of-kenya-vol-02/67

KenGen is planning a 280MW geothermal project. Going forward, it is envisaged that up to 140MW will be installed from geothermal resources every year for the next 8 years from 2014.

KenGen is 70% government owned. The remaining shares are owned by the public through the Nairobi Stock Exchange.

Sources http://issuu.com/svengvp/docs/best-of-kenya-vol-02/67, p. 148. http://www.kengen.co.ke/

http://www.solafriqueltd.com/

Health care

http://www.totohealth.org/

Financial services

Kenya is world leader in mobile money http://www.economist.com/news/economic-and-financial-indicators/21618842-mobile-money-developing-countries

M-PESA lets people transfer cash using their phones, and is by far the most successful scheme of its type on earth. http://www.economist.com/blogs/economist-explains/2013/05/economist-explains-18

Barclays Kenya. http://www.barclays.com/africa/kenya CfC Stanbic Bank. http://www.cfcstanbicbank.co.ke/Kenya/ Co-op Bank. http://www.co-opbank.co.ke/ Diamond Trust of Kenya.

Equity Bank. http://www.equitybank.co.ke/ http://jamiiborabank.co.ke/ KCB Kenya. http://www.kcbbankgroup.com/ke/ Kenya Commercial Bank.

K-Rep Bank. http://www.k-repbank.com/ http://www.mixmarket.org/mfi/country/Kenya NIC Bank. http://www.safaricom.co.ke/personal/m-pesa Standard Chartered Bank Kenya.

Other

http://info.mzalendo.com/

http://www.code4kenya.org/

https://www.facebook.com/InnovateKenya