The goal of this exercise is to identify the obstacles and opportunities that EU firms face in Kenya to provide the EU and the Member States with necessary information for their interactions with the Government inter alia to improve the business climate. All replies are confidential and will only be analyzed by the EU Commission under the Trade and Private Sector Development Facility.
We are committed to protect your data and to respect your privacy. The Trade and Private Sector Facility collects and processes these replies pursuant to Regulation (EU) 2018/1725 of the EU Parliament and of the Council of 23 October 2018 on the protection of natural persons with regard to the processing of personal data by the Union institutions, bodies, offices and agencies and on the free movement of such data (repealing Regulation (EC) No 45/2001).Therefore we ensure that all responses are kept confidential. Data will only be presented in aggregated form (i.e. all data compiled) and firms cannot be identified. 

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1. Introduction

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2. Relation with Europe. This exercise applies to the 27 members of the European Union

  Yes / No If yes, which country?
My firm has European stakeholders
My firm has European capital
My firm is registered in Europe
My firm's headquarters are in Europe
My firm's CEO/top manager in Kenya is European
Europe is my main market

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3. Main sector of activity

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4. How long have you been operating in Kenya?  Please indicate the number of years established in Kenya OR “potential investment” if you are exploring to enter in the market but do not have an established office in Kenya yet.

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5. How do you describe your economic impact / potential investment in Kenya?

  before the COVID-19 crisis after the COVID-19 crisis
Overall annual turnover (in EUR)
Number of direct employees in Kenya
Estimated number of local employees (Kenyans)
Estimated number of women employees
Estimated number of indirect employees & suppliers in Kenya
Average taxes payed in Kenya per year - all taxes included (VAT and customs duties)
Average amount of investment already placed in Kenya
Estimated amount of  the forecasted investment in Kenya in the next 10 years

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6. What effects do you expect or do you already have from the coronavirus crisis?

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7. What it is your relation to trade?

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8. What took you to Kenya?

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9. How important is the Kenyan market for your company?

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10. How important is the regional market (EAC) for your company?

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11. In the next 5-10 years, how do you perceive the Kenyan market for your company? Please refer to numbers preceding the COVID-19 crisis, e.g. 1 February 2020.

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12. In terms of access to finance (both working capital and capital investments) what are your two main sources of capital?

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13. How do you describe your social impact in Kenya?

  How many actions do you organise per year? How much do you spend on this per year?
Carbon footprint reduction actions (e.g. renewables energy consumption, alternative to transportation, etc)
Labor policies (minimum wage, equal wages, positive discrimination to women/local staff, etc)
Fair trade actions (profits equally distributed, development-specifi fund for workers, health insurance, etc)
Environment & biodiversity actions (e.g. recycling, plant trees, organic production/consumption, etc)
Training actions (e.g. internship programme, links with Universities, etc)
R&D actions (e.g. transfer of technology, research)

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14. Please state the barriers you face when doing business / investing in Kenya and their impact in your firm.

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15. What are the concrete actions that the EU could do to resolve these issues?

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Your input will help to  better tailor the public-private dialogue to improve the business environment in Kenya.
For further information on this survey, please contact the EU Delegation to Kenya at Delegation-Kenya@eeas.europa.eu

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