Investment opportunities in Environment & Natural Resources
Mining
Kenya has well-developed cement processing plants that satisfy the domestic market and exports to the regional market. Approximately 1.2 million tones of cement are consumed locally each year. Opportunities exist in the production of glass, as the country is not self-sufficient. A few manufacturing units produce ceramic pottery and tiles, however, substantial quantities of ceramic pottery, tiles, sanitary-ware, and insulators are imported. Investment potential exists in prospecting and mining of other minerals such as gold, precious stones and petroleum.
Fisheries
Kenya’s water resources of the Indian Ocean and Lake Victoria provide vast fishing potential. At present, deep sea fishing, prawn and trout farming are in their infancy but growing rapidly. Opportunity also exists in fish processing (filleting and fish meal production), as well as fisheries-support infrastructure (refrigerated transport, cold storage, etc.
Investment in Forestry
In order to achieve sustained forest management, there will be a need to carry out a well-focused
investment in the following areas:
Forest valuation
- Capacity building in resource assessment, planning and management, impact assessment,
- geographical information systems, monitoring and evaluation
- Research in non-wood tree products to enhance their economic potential
- Development of credit support to private forest investments
- Improving data and information for management planning through regular surveys and forest inventories
- Developing and improving marketing of forest products
- Modernisation of forest industries to improve efficiency
- Dry land sylviculture