KENYA’S PAINT SECTOR FIGHTS OF COVID-19 AND SCANS GROWING MARKET FOR OPPORTUNITIES
September 2nd, 2021
Demand for paints and coatings in Kenya is set to recover this year from the impact of Covid-19 epidemic, being driven by the rebound of building construction and other civil engineering works that require use of paints, the Kenya National Bureau of Statistics has predicted.
While east Africa’s economic powerhouse has certainly been disrupted buy the coronavirus, according to official health records, it has suffered less than some countries, with only 5,116 deaths (as of September 2021) from a total population of 53 million. The World Bank has projected ...
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