Kenya’s economy is bolstered by a large, educated workforce and growing entrepreneurial middle class. In recent years the country has witnessed strong GDP growth, averaging 5% annually over the past decade. Agriculture remains the main productive sector in Kenya, contributing around 30% to the country’s GDP annually. Other impor- tant economic sectors include tourism, financice, information technology, and the production of small-scale consumer goods, including plastic, batteries, and textiles. Kenya’s attractiveness as a destination for foreign invest- ment continues to be hampered by issues related to weak governance and bureaucratic corruption, however, recent efforts to improve the country’s business environment have been met with success. On the World Bank’s 2020 Doing Business Report, Kenya ranked 1st out of 190 economies in terms of minority investor protection.
While Kenya’s transport sector benefits from high quality infrastructure and efficient services, road and rail connec- tivity is insufficient. In the World Economic Forum (WEF) 2019 Global Competitiveness Report review of 141 coun- tries, Kenya ranked in the top half within categories related to road quality, rail density and port efficiency, but scored below average in terms of road and airport connectivity. To this end, the government has embarked on an ambitious array of projects, from railway expansions to port upgrades and road construction.