A new report by the Business Council for Africa reveals that Kenya's industrial growth is significantly hampered by inadequate infrastructure and a shortage of skilled labor. Despite strengths in digital finance, the nation lacks fundamental supports for manufacturing.

• Kenya's 2025 RED Index score highlights a poor performance in essential industrial drivers such as reliable power, transport, and science/technical education, meeting only one of seven key drivers: digital broadband.
• The Business Council for Africa, through its 2025 RED Index of Industrial Development in Africa, identified Kenya's industrial challenges.
• Kenya is classified among African economies as "vulnerable" or "stalled" in industrial development, with only Morocco, Egypt, South Africa, and Mauritius ranked as having strong industrial growth structures.