Kenya leads region in construction projects

China Road and Bridge Corporation workers use cranes to lay T-beams over the Standard Guage Railway line at Kyulu Bridge flyover near Mtito Andei. SGR is Kenya‘s biggest infrastructure project. [PHOTO: GIDEON MAUNDU/STANDARD]

Kenya leads the East African region in terms of mega construction projects. The country has 20 ongoing large projects followed by Ethiopia at 12.

East Africa holds 20 per cent of all construction projects in Africa and 15 per cent in dollar value at $57.5 billion (Sh 5.8 trillion) in 2015, which is a slight fall from $60.7 billion (Sh6.2 trillion) in 2014.