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murchr
#461 Posted : Friday, October 04, 2013 2:59:14 PM
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Ericsson wrote:
NSE market capitalisation is now more than 50% of the Kenyan GDP.
Means as a country there is need to work more to grow the economy so that the NSE is a quarter of the GDP/the GDP needs to be doubled.


Mmh....interesting. Indeed the NSE is not a fish market smile
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Kausha
#462 Posted : Sunday, October 06, 2013 12:09:07 PM
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What's the official GDP size. Not sure about the KNBS data, it looks west gatish at times no pun intended!
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Ericsson
#463 Posted : Sunday, October 06, 2013 12:12:50 PM
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Oficial size of kenya's gdp is ksh.3.61 trillion or $41.5B
Wealth is built through a relatively simple equation
Wealth=Income + Investments - Lifestyle
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hisah
#464 Posted : Monday, October 07, 2013 4:21:50 AM
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http://www.nation.co.ke/...2/-/gj140e/-/index.html

Mining crosshairs...
$15/barrel oil... The commodities lehman moment arrives as well as Sovereign debt volcano!
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mwekez@ji
#465 Posted : Monday, October 07, 2013 3:54:38 PM
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Ericsson wrote:
Oficial size of kenya's gdp is ksh.3.61 trillion or $41.5B


Link pls?
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hisah
#466 Posted : Monday, October 07, 2013 4:15:42 PM
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mwekez@ji wrote:
Ericsson wrote:
Oficial size of kenya's gdp is ksh.3.61 trillion or $41.5B


Link pls?

WB official stats

http://data.worldbank.org/country/kenya

Or from Trading Economics - http://www.tradingeconomics.com/kenya/gdp




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mwekez@ji
#467 Posted : Monday, October 07, 2013 7:24:08 PM
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hisah wrote:
mwekez@ji wrote:
Ericsson wrote:
Oficial size of kenya's gdp is ksh.3.61 trillion or $41.5B


Link pls?

WB official stats

http://data.worldbank.org/country/kenya

Or from Trading Economics - http://www.tradingeconomics.com/kenya/gdp






Thanks @hisah for the links and that informative chart. @Ericsson, you have latest data than the links above. What's your source?
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murchr
#468 Posted : Tuesday, October 08, 2013 5:38:29 AM
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Africa has 55 billionaires, far more than previously thought, Nigeria-based Ventures financial magazine says.

They include three women - the mother of Kenya's president, a daughter of Angola's president and a Nigerian oil tycoon and fashion designer.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-africa-24433996
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mwekez@ji
#469 Posted : Tuesday, October 08, 2013 9:24:31 AM
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Ericsson
#470 Posted : Tuesday, October 08, 2013 12:20:05 PM
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Location: NAIROBI

Rank

84th



Currency

Kenyan shilling (KES)



Trade organizations

CEN-SAD, COMESA, EAC, WTO and others



Statistics



GDP

Nominal: $41.84 billion (2012 est.)
billion PPP: $76.07 billion (2012 est.)



GDP per capita

Nominal: $850 (2011 est.)[citation needed]
PPP: $1,800 (2012 est.)



GDP by sector

agriculture (24.2%), industry (14.8%), services (61.0%) (2012 est.)



Inflation (CPI)

10.1% (2012 est.)



Population
below poverty line

45% (2012 est.)[citation needed]



Gini coefficient

42.5% (2008 est.)



Labour force

18.89 million (2012 est.)



Labour force
by occupation

agriculture 75%, industry and services 25% (2007 est.)



Unemployment

40% (2008 est.)



Main industries

small-scale consumer goods (plastic, furniture, batteries, textiles, clothing, soap, cigarettes, flour), agricultural products, horticulture, oil refining; aluminium, steel, lead; cement, commercial ship repair, tourism



Ease of Doing Business Rank

59.0% (121st)[1]
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