Why you should invest in Kenya

Most people today are relentlessly in search of investment destinations, this is a good thing because each firm should seek to widen it's target markets. Most countries have taken the initiative of wooing investors because at the end of the day no one will do that for them. Africa has not been left behind, this is because of it's great potential. Africa has some of the fastest emerging markets which include Nigeria, Ghana, Angola and Kenya among others, however the differences between these states with the others are quite subtle for people who has never been to the continent before. Although Africa has got it's share of misfortunes it still has a very promising future as far as economic and physical prosperity is concerned. We are witnessing the current ebola  menace which has proved a hard nut to crack for Africa, probably because the affected states lack proper framework to counter the problem. Next is terrorism which is actually a global problem, but we have seen such acts dampen Kenya's tourism sector for instance. Nigerian govt has not been able to contain the Boko Haram extremist too, such problems only strive to keep away the valuable investors. Conflict has played a big role in keeping investors away this has been witnessed in nearly every African state. Having lived in Africa and Kenya to be specific i'd like to encourage every investor that even though the continent suffers all these setbacks it is arguably the best place to invest on the globe. Kenya being one of Africas largest economies has astounding potential that still awaits tapping. The location of any country determines alot when it comes to ease of doing business, take for instance landlocked states lack sea ports. Kenya is strategically located to serve the East and Central African hinterland. The port of Mombasa is the largest and busiest port in the region, and this will facilitate trade with other states.
Freight can easily be acquired without having to incur extra logistical charges of transiting through other countries. Kenya flagship airline Kenya Airways has been persistently ranked among the best in Africa. It has succeeded to sell Kenya's image to the outside world. The airline ordered eight boeing 787 dreamliners to add to it's fleet but is yet to acquire the remaining five, the airline is the only one of it's kind affiliated to the sky team in the continent this has earned it a good spot among other key players like klm, lufthansa, air france among others. Incorporating state of the art aircraft is a big boost to  the air travel industry, only ethiopian airlines has acquired these aircrafts in the whole of africa, this will therefore mean more freight, more passengers and unrivaled efficiency. The expansion of Jomo Kenyatta airport will as well increase the holding capacity of the facility which is the largest in East and Central Africa.
Kenya is also quite conspicous in the domain of technological advancement, she has kept pace with the dyanamics of information technology, which makes it a suitable investment choice in the continent, Study shows that Kenyans are quite technologically savvy, playing a second fiddle only to Egypt and South Africa. There has been a technological revolution which has seen the country being voted one of the top in Africa. The fibre optics is slowly gaining popularity in Africa but in Kenya it has matured and has been embraced. Kenyans are among those who tweet most in the continent leave alone other social newtwork platforms. We have IT consultants and technicians who have generated very smart  startup programmes and applications. Most Kenyans own mobile phones and are able to carry out their monetary transactions on their phone thanks to M_PESA which enables subscribers to send and receive money throughout the country.
The country is well connected with well established foreign brands having their regional headquarters in nairobi, for example google, ibm, samsung etc. Safaricom which is the main telco just rolled out the 4g inernet connectivity, the advanced long term evolution connectivity will greatly enhance internet download speeds. Most news agencies and media have their regional headquarters in Nairobi talk of CNN, BBC and CCTV among others. 
Business is very succesful because of the fast growing economy, real estate has grown tremendously and has been voted the best by pundits, all major cities seem to follow the trend with the aim of creating affordable housing for people and their businesses. 
Nairobi for example is doing pretty well, take a walk to mombasa road, westlands and/or upperhill to ratify this, with the cbd slowly shifting base to the latter.
The nairobi stock exchange is one of the oldest and the fourth best stock market in the continent in terms of market capitalisation . When it comes to manpower Kenya towers way above other African states. Literacy level is so high Kenya has over 30 chartered universities offering the best courses. Graduduands flood the market in their thousands but a handful seize well paying jobs. This means an investor will be spoilt for choice because the market is teeming with competent and resourceful graduands. Perhaps the most important attraction for investors should be the Kenya vision 2030. This is framework for building Kenya into a stable economy and significantly improving the living standards of all Kenyans by the year 2030. It should be implemented in smaller terms of five years each until the timeframe elapses. The completion of Thika Superhighway, expansion of JkIA and Kisumu international airports are among some of the objectives achieved. The country is expiriencing massive infrastructural developments. Widening of highways, rehabilitation of dilapidated roads and construction of newer ones. The construction of the standard gauge railway commenced the other day. The rail will go at speeds of 120km/h reducing the travel time between Mombasa and Nairobi from 8 hours to a record breaking 3 hours. The second phase will link Nairobi and Malaba with a branch to Kisumu city. The movement of people and cargo will be greatly enhanced. The LAPPSET projcet will link Kenya with Uganda and South Sudan this will harmonize trade in the region. Kenya has a vision of putting up Africas silicon valley disguised as Konza city. It will be  a techno city that will ease the pressure from Nairobi. The project has been hailed by many as the next economic frontier for the region and Africa as a whole. The Konza city will host large corporates and will serve as a residential hub for thousands. Large swathes of land have been preserved for this noble project and construction is set to begin. As part of vision 2030 the government is also embarking on giving the medical sector a facelift by putting up state of the art healthcare facilities. The country already has established players in this industry like Agha Khan, Avenue hospital, Mater Hospital, Strathmore among many others. The vision 2030 is a massive long term project which I may not exhaust now but it unfolds gradually with accordance to the stipulated timelines. Kenya has enjoyed a long period of political stability except for the 2007/8 post election violence which threw the country into chaos, disarray and bloodshed.
But the people are so resilient, we bounced back and a repeat of the same is hardly imaginable.
Security is a big concern for us and our responsibility too, this has seen the installment of 24 hour survelliance cctvs in all major urban areas, the government works hard to ensure that everyone is free and safe in the country. We have been able to maim and and contain the Al Shabaab insurgents and restore peace and sobriety in the neighbouring Somalia. So investors should be sure that their security will always be paramount, as we try as much as we can to make Kenya safe for all. Having rebased her gdp, Kenya now sits as the ninth largest economy in the continent and among the five best in sub saharan Africa. We can only speculate bigger economic milestones the moment our oil hits the markets.
Energy is a vital tool for development of any country, the state relies mostly on hydro electricity
[50percent] , fossil fuels[34percent], geothermal power[13percent], wind[1percent] and others[2percent] for her energy needs however things are set to change with the installment of nuclear energy into the national grid before 2030.
The hydro power will only account for just about 5 percent of total energy output by 2030, this is because kenya is mostly semi arid and relying on hydro power wont be viable because of the growing demand. 
The country is the largest profucer of geothermal energy which stands at 198 megawatts and plans to exploit the full potential of 10,000 megawatts from her geothermal reserves.  Kenya has the capacity of producing over 10 billion barrels of oil going by the findings of Tullow oil based on exploration of the turukana basin alone. Oil prospects still continue with even more promising outcomes so it means Kenya will sooner or later be a leading oil exporter and this will catapult the agriculture based economy to greater heights. Kenya was voted the third best country for direct foreign investment in Africa and this was only made possible after so many factors were considered. We have oranized trade fairs and exhibitions over the years and the turnout has always been impressive. Kenyans are a vibrant people who will always seek to seize the opportunity whenever it presents itself.
I've always believed that she is the most stunningly beautiful country in the world, endowed with flaura and fauna seen nowhere else on the planet.
Come over, take the finest blended kenyan coffee, visit the tropical coast of kenya and expirience the real safari in parks all over the country. So let Kenya be your next investment destination. Karibu Kenya.