Mukamba & Company Advocates, Author at MUKAMBA ADVOCATES

Why Somali Diaspora Investors Are Choosing Kenya for Their Holding Companies

NAIROBI OVER DUBAI A Business Guide by Mukamba & Company Advocates, Nairobi Dubai has been the default answer for Somali diaspora capital for a generation, and it’s easy to see why: zero personal income tax, …

A UK Investor’s Fast-Track Guide to Kenyan Company and Partnership Registration

THE COMMONWEALTH EDGE A Business Guide by Mukamba & Company Advocates, Nairobi Trade costs between Commonwealth countries run roughly 21% lower than trade with non-Commonwealth partners, according to the Commonwealth’s own trade body, a figure …

How British Founders Are Using Kenyan Entities to Access the AfCFTA Market

FROM LONDON TO LAVINGTON A Business Guide by Mukamba & Company Advocates, Nairobi The African Continental Free Trade Area connects roughly 1.3 billion people across 54 countries with a combined GDP of about USD 3.4 …

Why British SMEs Are Registering Companies in Kenya Before Their Competitors Do

POST-BREXIT, PRE-OPPORTUNITY A Business Guide by Mukamba & Company Advocates, Nairobi Kenya’s exports to the UK grew 64% between 2021 and 2024, reaching USD 1.43 billion, and Kenya has now posted a trade surplus with …

Why U.S. Tech and Agribusiness Firms Are Registering Kenyan Subsidiaries Now

AGOA IS JUST THE BEGINNING A Business Guide by Mukamba & Company Advocates, Nairobi AGOA has had a rough eighteen months. The African Growth and Opportunity Act, which lets Kenyan and other sub-Saharan exports enter …

How American Entrepreneurs Can Own a Kenyan Company Without Setting Foot in the Country

FROM DELAWARE TO NAIROBI A Business Guide by Mukamba & Company Advocates, Nairobi An American founder who has only ever registered a Delaware LLC or C-corp tends to assume foreign incorporation means flights, embassies, and …

The American Founder’s No-Nonsense Guide to Incorporating in Kenya

SILICON VALLEY MEETS SILICON SAVANNAH A Business Guide by Mukamba & Company Advocates, Nairobi Microsoft didn’t put a billion dollars into a Naivasha data centre on a hunch. Kenya’s tech sector, now home to more …

An Ethiopian Investor’s Blueprint for Company Registration in Kenya

THE NAIROBI GATEWAY STRATEGY A Business Guide by Mukamba & Company Advocates, Nairobi Ethiopia has spent the past two years dismantling, piece by piece, the foreign exchange controls that used to make investors nervous.

The Tax-Efficient Investment Vehicle Every Kenyan Fund Manager Should Understand

INSIGHT · INVESTMENT & CORPORATE STRUCTURING Structures that attract international capital, not repel it. Many investors lose capital efficiency not because their businesses are bad, but because their structures are. A well-designed investment vehicle can …

You Signed a Contract in Nairobi. It’s Now Governed by a Law You Don’t Understand.

A Direct Primer for Foreign Investors and Businesses on the Essentials of Kenya’s Law of Contract Act (Cap. 23) and the Key Differences from Common Law Jurisdictions The Trap That Catches Foreign Investors Kenya is …