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Flora Mutahi, the Chief Executive Officer (CEO) and founder of Melvin Marsh International, during the interview. [Nanjinia Wamuswa, Standard]
Fifty-eight years after Kenya attained independence, gender parity, especially in the private sector, remains elusive.
Of the 62 listed firms on the Nairobi Securities Exchange (NSE), for example, there are only five female chief executives, with women accounting for 21 per cent of senior management positions.
“If we go at the rate we are going, we’ll achieve gender parity in 225 years … We really have to leapfrog,” Melvin Marsh International chief executive Flora Mutahi told The Standard.
Mutahi was recently announced as the First Female Chair of the Kenya Association of Manufacturers (KAM) board since the group’s inception in 1959.
Billions for Grabs in New Nanyuki Trade Route
Contractors carrying out rehabilitation works on the old Nairobi-Nanyuki railway line.
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In Mid-May 2021, Kenya Ports Authority Chairman Joseph Kibwana announced that the state would have cargo transported from Mombasa via Standard Gauge Railway (SGR) to Nairobi, transferred on to the newly revamped Nanyuki railway line, and then ferried via road to the Kenya-Ethiopia border in Moyale.
“Kenya Transport and Logistics Network has conducted a viability study on the route and it has been found to be viable,” he stated at the time.
According to an article published by the Kenya Association of Manufacturers (KAM), opportunities to rake in billions exist for Kenyans via investing in Ethiopia’s food, beverages, and dairy sectors.
2021-05-27 12:55:19 GMT2021-05-27 20:55:19(Beijing Time) Xinhua English
NAIROBI, May 27 (Xinhua) Kenya s manufacturing business association said Thursday it will hold a manufacturing exhibition from Nov. 5 to 7 to showcase goods produced by local manufacturers.
Mucai Kunyiha, chairman of Kenya Association of Manufacturers (KAM), told a virtual meeting that the fourth edition of the Kenya Manufacturing Summit and Expo 2021, dubbed Changamka Shopping Festival, will present an opportunity for industry, stakeholders, and the public to celebrate and deliberate on transforming the nation through industrialization. It is also a platform to showcase the diversity of locally manufactured innovations and goods, Kunyiha said.
Agriculture plays an integral role in East Africa’s economy as it accounts for over 30% of the region’s gross domestic product (GDP).
The sector also employs over 80% of the region’s labour force and accounts for about 65% of all foreign exchange earnings. The East African Agricultural sector also contributes more than 50% of raw materials to the regional manufacturing sector.
It is in this regard that the Agribusiness Confederation of East Africa (ACEA) recently launched the ACEA Buyer-Seller platform. The platform was launched through Facebook to connect private sector players in agribusiness within the East African community region.
The virtual launch event was hosted by Dr. Kevit Desai, Principal Secretary in the State Department of East Africa Community in the Ministry of East Africa Community and Regional Development; Hon. Dr. Peter Mathuki, Secretary-General of the East African Community and Dr. Bimal Kantaria, Agriculture Sector Network (ASNET) Chair.