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Kenya Fast Facts:

  • Full Country Name: The Republic of Kenya
  • Population: 33.5 million
  • Capital city: Nairobi
  • Languages: English, Kiswahili, various indigenous languages
  • Currency: Kenyan Shilling (KSH)
  • Major agricultural exports: tea, coffee, green beans, pineapples
  • Population living on less than $2 a day: 58%
  • life expectancy: 52
  • Adult Literacy Rate: 74%
  • HDI Ranking: 148 out of 177

Source: UNDP Human Development Report 2007

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did you know?

  • Tea is presently Kenya's leading export earner, accounting for nearly 20% of total export earnings
  • At 5,199m, Mount Kenya is the second highest peak in Africa

Cafédirect grower organisations in Kenya

Eastern Produce

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