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2/27/24, 9:33 AM UAE, Kenya finalise terms of Comprehensive Economic Partnership Agreement – The Gulf Time Newspaper
that will further develop our national capabilities. We look forward to its implementation and the mutual benefits it
will deliver.”
Kenya’s economy, one of the most promising in Africa, experienced real GDP growth accelerating from 4.8% in

2022 to an estimated 5% in 2023, while it is projected that real GDP will grow between 4.5% and 5.2% in 2024.
Among others, its services sector, which accounts for 53.6 percent of Kenya’s GDP, and agriculture sector,
comprising around a quarter of national GDP, offer vast potential for UAE businesses looking to expand into the

region.
Foreign trade remains the cornerstone of the UAE’s economic agenda. In 2023, the UAE’s non-oil trade in goods
reached an all-time high of $710 billion, a 12.6% increase on 2022 – and 34.7% more than 2021.

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