Key Sectors

| Agriculture | Tourism | Manufacturing | Transport and communications |

Agriculture

Agriculture accounted for approximately 25 percent of Kenya's GDP in 2005/2006. Horticulture, which essentially comprises cut flowers and fresh vegetables, almost entirely for export, has been growing very steadily over the years. In the past five years, horticulture has grown considerably; bringing in much needed foreign exchange to Kenya and ranks among the country's most sophisticated and best developed industries. Tea is another strong export earner in the Kenyan economy along with coffee.

	For more information on the Tea Industry in Kenya
	For more information on the Kenya Flower Industry
	For more information on the Kenya Coffee Industry

Tourism

Tourism has been resurgent in recent years, contributing approximately 12 percent to Kenya's total GDP. Tourism grew by an excellent 17.4 percent in fiscal 2005/2006 and brought in approximately $608 million cumulative revenue in the same period, according to the Kenyan government. Strong growth is attributed not just to continued demand for safaris and beach holidays from traditional European markets such as Italy, Germany, and the UK, but also from the results of the successful marketing of Kenya in new markets such as China, India and Japan.

Manufacturing

Manufacturing, which accounts for approximately a tenth of Kenya's GDP, has been experiencing strong growth in the past five years. The sector's positive results during the past two fiscal years were driven by growth in the production of cement (7.8 percent), processed milk (24.3 percent), cigarettes (19.9 percent) and beer (8.5 percent).

Transport and communications

Transport and communications are worth approximately 11 percent of GDP. Transport enjoyed only moderate growth in 2005/2006, but the telecommunications sub-sector continues to grow strongly - total mobile phone subscribers jumped by 41 percent between June 2005 and June 2006 to 6.5 million. Fixed line connections rose by 8 percent in the same period Other sectors of the Kenyan economy in order of importance to GDP are wholesale and retail trade (approximately 11 percent, construction (4 percent) and financial services (3 percent).