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Uhuru opens trading at London Stock Exchange, launches Kenya’s first green bond

President Uhuru Kenyatta on Monday at the London Stock Exchange (PHOTO: PSCU)

President Uhuru Kenyatta on Monday rang the bell to kick off the trading of Kenya’s first green bond at the London Stock Exchange (LSE).

Speaking during the launch, the President urged UK investors to use Kenya as a gateway to investing into Africa and a bridge to the emerging market of more than 1.2 billion people created by the African Continental Free Trade Area.

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