Even though Kenya's cut flower production sub-sector is a massive industry that accounts for a large percentage of foreign revenue, there it still a lot of room for new players to get involved in the production of flowers and related activities.
Kenya has recently seen phenomenal growth in the production and export of cut flowers. Its ideal tropical and temperate climatic conditions make it favourable for flower production. The major flower varieties grown and exported from Kenya are roses, carnations, statice, cutfoliage, carthhamus, solidaster/solidago, chrysanthemus, arabicum, trelizia, rudbeckia, gypsophilia, lilies, molucella, erynngium and tuberoses. Some cut flowers are also sold locally, mainly in the urban centres of Nairobi and Mombasa by street vendors and floriculture shops in shopping centres.
Main export markets for cut flowers from Kenya is the European Union, in particular Germany, Netherlands, United Kingdom, Sweden, Italy, Switzerland and France.
Investment Opportunities
For more information about this and other investment opportunities in Kenya please contact Margaret Waithaka, Manager: New Investments at the Export Processing Zones Authority mwaithaka@epzkenya.com
