COATINGS SALES BOO IN KENYA AND ACROSS EAST AFRICA
May 1st, 2018
THE BUSINESS of selling paints and other coating products is expected to skyrocket in Kenya as the government implements President Uhuru Kenyatta’s agenda of providing affordable housing in urban and rural areas and promoting manufacturing industry, over the next five years.
Towards the end of his last presidential term, (he started his second last November after a controversial election) Uhuru had promised 500,000 housing units would be built across Kenya by 2022. If he makes good on this, sales of paints, pigments and other architectural coatings will grow. ...
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