Mercy Ben – Afritrade Consulting Group

30 Apr

Beyond Terrestrial Infrastructure: Data Sovereignty in the East African Corridor

At AfriTrade Consulting Group, industrialisation is not treated as a sequence of announcements or infrastructure rollouts. It is treated as a discipline of constraint removal. And in East Africa today, one of the most binding constraints on economic stability and...

29 Apr

Afritrade By Mercy Ben

Data is the New Oil But Power is the Engine

Artificial intelligence is often framed as a software revolution. In reality, it is an infrastructure problem disguised as a digital one. Data may be the “new oil,” but without reliable, affordable energy, there is no refinery. No compute, no AI...

20 Apr

Afritrade By Mercy Ben

Rethinking Kenya’s Industrialisation Agenda for a Changing Global Economy

For years, industrialisation has remained central to Kenya’s economic ambitions. It has been viewed as the pathway to job creation, export growth, value addition, and long-term economic resilience. But as global markets evolve at unprecedented speed, one pressing question is...

13 Apr

Afritrade By Mercy Ben

The Energy Trilemma: How the National Industrialization Policy is Rebalancing Kenya’s Power Grid

Kenya is a global leader in green energy, but for a nation to transition from a developing economy to a modern industrial powerhouse, “green” is only one part of the equation. At Afritrade Consultant Group, we are proud to be...

07 Apr

Afritrade By Mercy Ben

From Lunar Milestones to Kenya’s Future: A New Era in Space

The success of the Artemis II mission marks more than a breakthrough in human space exploration. With the spacecraft completing its historic lunar observation phase, surpassing previous distance records from Earth, and transmitting unprecedented data from the far side of...

02 Apr

Renewable Energy By Mercy Ben

Why Manufacturers Across Africa Are Migrating to Solar Energy

Energy Is No Longer Just a Utility For decades, energy was treated as a fixed operational cost in manufacturing unpredictable, unavoidable, and largely outside a company’s control. Today, that reality is changing rapidly. Across Africa, manufacturers are increasingly turning to...

27 Mar

Afritrade By Mercy Ben

Kenya’s National Infrastructure Fund Could Redefine Infrastructure Financing

Kenya has launched one of its most ambitious infrastructure financing initiatives yet: the National Infrastructure Fund (NIF). At its core, the NIF represents a major shift in how the country plans to finance development moving away from heavy reliance on...

16 Sep

Mining By Mercy Ben

Make Kenya a Minerals Trade Hub

The abundance of precious metals in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) has attracted much interest in the region. DRC is the world’s largest producer of cobalt, one of the key components used in producing rechargeable batteries for electric...

16 Sep

Construction By Mercy Ben

Rethink Two Levies Hurting Our Steel, Construction Industries

The construction materials value chain is one of the key value chains under Kenya’s Fourth Medium Term Plan 2023-2027 (MTP IV). It emphasises promoting local production of affordable construction materials such as steel and cement for local and international markets....

16 Sep

International Trade By Mercy Ben

Why Chinese Expats and China Firms’ Earnings Continue to Drop

Chinese expatriates and earnings from China firms in Kenya have dipped as Beijing continues to recalibrate its relations with the continent amid high debt levels in most African countries, new data shows. The data from Johns Hopkins’ China Africa Research...

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Beyond Terrestrial Infrastructure: Data Sovereignty in the East African Corridor

Data is the New Oil But Power is the Engine

Rethinking Kenya’s Industrialisation Agenda for a Changing Global Economy

The Energy Trilemma: How the National Industrialization Policy is Rebalancing Kenya’s Power Grid

From Lunar Milestones to Kenya’s Future: A New Era in Space

Why Manufacturers Across Africa Are Migrating to Solar Energy

Kenya’s National Infrastructure Fund Could Redefine Infrastructure Financing

Make Kenya a Minerals Trade Hub

Rethink Two Levies Hurting Our Steel, Construction Industries

Why Chinese Expats and China Firms’ Earnings Continue to Drop

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