MIDDLE CLASS STILL DRIVING DEMAND FOR DEODORANTS IN KENYA
June 1st, 2017
THE EVER-intensifying skyline of Nairobi, Kenya’s capital city, illustrates the rapid economic growth of this equatorial East African country, and its growing workforce is increasingly keen to buy deodorants to keep them dry and comfortable in the office and outside.
An increased focus on banking, industry, manufacturing and construction have raised the country’s gross domestic product (GDP) by 5.3% year-on-year in 2014 and 5.6% in 2015 (Deloitte Economic Outlook 2016). Gross National Income per head was still just USD1,340 in 2015, according to the World ...
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