Kenya
Part # 1 People, cities, and nature in Kenya
Area
Kenya 580,000 km2. 10% is arable land.
Population
45 million people. 24% live in cities.
Languages
English, Kiswahili, and numerous indigenous languages.
Internet users
About 10% of the population.
Life expectancy
64 years.
GDP per capita
USD 1,800.
https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/geos/ke.html
Some cities in Kenya
https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/geos/ke.html
Nairobi
https://ssl.panoramio.com/photo/14644967
https://ssl.panoramio.com/photo/21523528
Nabiyotum Crater Lake Turkana.
Hot springs of Lake Bogoria, Rift Valley
http://issuu.com/svengvp/docs/bestofkenya/1
https://ssl.panoramio.com/photo/30556748
Fishermen near Malindi
https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/geos/ke.html
Gazelle in Masai Mara national reserve.
http://issuu.com/svengvp/docs/bestofkenya/1
Flamingos at Lake Nakuru
https://ssl.panoramio.com/photo/64021408
Impala at Tsavo National Park
Part # 2 Some businesses and communities in Kenya
Agriculture
Coffee
https://vimeo.com/113115187
https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/geos/ke.html
Kiambethu tea farm in Linuvu.
http://issuu.com/svengvp/docs/best-of-kenya-vol-02/67
Small scale farmers plucking tea leaves
More than 300,000 tons of tea are shipped from Kenya each year. From no other country in the world are so much tea shipped. Most of the tea sold in Kenya is sold as a commodity on the Mombasa auction market, ending up under labels such as Twinings and Tetley. Mahajan, Vijay: Africa Rising, p. 187.
25% of Europe's cut flowers come from Kenya
http://www.economist.com/node/10657231
The booming flower, exotic fruit and vegetable trade employs 135,000 people and exports more than USD 350 million a year – 35% of all Kenyan exports. http://viewswire.eiu.com/report_dl.asp?mode=fi&fi=1523246737.PDF
Clean energy
Hydroelectricity plants in Kenya provide more than 70% of all output. Main hydrostations in Kenya Kindaruma. Gitaru. Kamburu. Masinga. Kiambere. Turkwel Gorge Hydroelectric station. Sondu Miriu. http://issuu.com/svengvp/docs/best-of-kenya-vol-02/67
KenGen is planning a 280MW geothermal project. Going forward, it is envisaged that up to 140MW will be installed from geothermal resources every year for the next 8 years from 2014. KenGen is 70% government owned. The remaining shares are owned by the public through the Nairobi Stock Exchange. Sources http://issuu.com/svengvp/docs/best-of-kenya-vol-02/67, p. 148. http://www.kengen.co.ke/
http://www.solafriqueltd.com/
Health care
http://www.totohealth.org/
Financial services
Kenya is world leader in mobile money http://www.economist.com/news/economic-and-financial-indicators/21618842-mobile-money-developing-countries
M-PESA lets people transfer cash using their phones, and is by far the most successful scheme of its type on earth. http://www.economist.com/blogs/economist-explains/2013/05/economist-explains-18
Barclays Kenya. http://www.barclays.com/africa/kenya CfC Stanbic Bank. http://www.cfcstanbicbank.co.ke/Kenya/ Co-op Bank. http://www.co-opbank.co.ke/ Diamond Trust of Kenya. Equity Bank. http://www.equitybank.co.ke/ http://jamiiborabank.co.ke/ KCB Kenya. http://www.kcbbankgroup.com/ke/ Kenya Commercial Bank. K-Rep Bank. http://www.k-repbank.com/ http://www.mixmarket.org/mfi/country/Kenya NIC Bank. http://www.safaricom.co.ke/personal/m-pesa Standard Chartered Bank Kenya.
Other
http://info.mzalendo.com/
http://www.code4kenya.org/
https://www.facebook.com/InnovateKenya