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Construction workers walking through an empty industrial warehouseCorporate & CommercialSetting Up vs Acquiring: How a Foreign Manufacturer Should Actually Enter the Kenyan MarketA foreign manufacturer deciding how to enter Kenya faces a much more capital-intensive version of the build-versus-buy question…18 Sep 2026A portrait of a factory worker in a blue uniformCorporate & CommercialAcquiring a Manufacturing Business in Kenya: The Environmental and Labour Liabilities Due Diligence Must CatchA manufacturing business is a physical thing before it is a financial one, and the two liability categories…18 Sep 2026African laboratory scientist using a precision pipette to calibrate sample measurementsManufacturingBecoming a Licensed Calibration Service Provider Under Kenya’s New KEBS RegulationsCalibrating a client's measuring equipment in Kenya has, until now, been an unregulated commercial activity. Anyone with the…16 Sep 2026African industrial technician working with metal equipment, representing manufacturers and facilities affected by Kenya's new mandatory calibration rulesManufacturingMandatory Equipment Calibration Under Kenya’s Draft KEBS Metrology RegulationsThe Kenya Bureau of Standards gazetted three draft regulations on 4 September 2026, and the public comment window…16 Sep 2026Power transmission poles and lines running across a hilly East African landscape with village rooftops, representing grid power supply for green hydrogen projects in KenyaManufacturingPowering a Green Hydrogen Project in Kenya: Wheeling, Bulk Supply and Open Access ExplainedGreen hydrogen is only "green" if the electricity that splits the water is genuinely renewable, and EPRA's own…16 Sep 2026Tax treatment of electric vehicles in Kenya: gantry cranes at a container portRegulatory & ComplianceImport Duty and Tax Treatment of Electric Vehicles and Components in KenyaKenya’s tax treatment of electric vehicles is scattered across the East African Community Common External Tariff, the Excise…15 Sep 2026National Electric Mobility Policy: EV charging connector plugged into a car in KenyaRegulatory & ComplianceKenya’s National Electric Mobility Policy 2026: What It Means for Manufacturers and ImportersOn 3 February 2026, the Ministry of Roads and Transport launched the National Electric Mobility Policy at KICC,…15 Sep 2026Factory worker welding metal componentsCorporate & CommercialTechnology Transfer and Manufacturing Joint Venture Agreements in KenyaKenya's manufacturing sector increasingly grows through partnerships in which a foreign technology or equipment provider contributes patents, know-how,…12 Sep 2026Farm workers in a flooded rice paddy fieldManufacturingRice Processing and Milling in Kenya: A Licensing Guide for InvestorsRice is Kenya's third most important cereal staple after maize and wheat, and domestic demand has consistently outstripped…12 Sep 2026 Talk to usNeed advice on Manufacturing?Speak to an advocate about your Manufacturing matter.Get in touch