Nairobi — Kenya’s economy grew 5.9% year-on-year in the third quarter of this year (KEGDPQ=ECI), compared to 4.3% growth in the same quarter of 2022, official data showed on Friday.
“This growth was mainly supported by a rebound in agricultural activities that had contracted in 2022,” the Kenya National Bureau of Statistics (KNBS) said in a report.
Thanks to favourable weather conditions in the quarter, agriculture, forestry, and fishing grew by 6.7% compared to a contraction of 1.3% in the third quarter of 2022, the KNBS said.
The East African country’s economy has been among the fastest-growing on the continent in recent years, but a heavy debt load and a weakening currency have emerged as potential problems.
*Hereward Holland, editing: Alexander Winning – Reuters
