US boosts Kenya apparel industry with $55m in new trade deals
From left: Kenya’s Foreign Minister Alfred Mutua, US Ambassador to Kenya Meg Whitman and Kenya’s Trade Minister Moses Kuria during the 2023 US-Kenya Business Roadshow launch at The Harvard Club on April 25, 2023 in New York City. PHOTO | DAVE KOTINSKY | GETTY IMAGES VIA AFP
The US is giving Kenya $55 million for expansion of export processing zones in a move that will boost Nairobi’s apparel exports.
US initiative Prosper Africa and the US Embassy announced the funding at the launch of the US-Kenya Business Roadshow held on April 25 in New York. The announcement was part of the commitments made by President Joe Biden at the US-Africa Leaders’ Summit last year.
