A publication by Kenya Export Promotion and Branding Agency
JANUARY 2026
IN THIS ISSUE A Day Inside Kenya’s Flower Export Engine KEPROBA Strengthens Export and Nation Branding Engagements in Kisumu. Recipe for success:Factors Making Kenya a Top Investment Destination in Africa KEPROBA and TradeMark Africa Empower Migori’s Blue Economy Through AfCFTA Dialogue Love at First Export: Why the World Chooses Kenya.
EDITORIAL Maureen Mambo- Editor -in-Chief Mariam Maina - Editor CONTRIBUTORS Mariam Maina Molly Wambui Irene Van De Graaf Gertrude Mirobi Charles Musee Samuel Njaaga - Layout
A Day Inside Kenya’s Flower Export Engine By Charles Musee (Interncomm2@brand.ke) By the time the golden evening light brushed across the greenhouses in Naivasha, we brought the drone down, with Lake Naivasha lying quietly in the foreground as Flamingo’s greenhouses unfolded behind it in long, deliberate lines. From above, with a bird’s eye view, the farm revealed its full magnitude, orderly, expansive, and alive with colour, framed by water and sky. It was a sight for sore eyes, and in that moment, I knew it was a day I would never forget. I had come to document the groundbreaking of Flamingo Horticulture’s expansion at King Fisher Farm,
but instead found a clear, living example of how Kenya’s flower exports are shaping our global trade story. The first thing that stays with you is the colour. Inside the greenhouses, roses and chrysanthemums grow in separate houses, each stretching as far as the eye can see. Everything is planned and controlled, yet full of life. Flamingo doesn’t just grow flowers; it produces them with the consistency and quality global markets demand, while ensuring that value remains firmly rooted in Kenya. Flamingo Horticulture
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