World Bank gives Kenya's economy thumbs up, warns against threat of terror

A new World Bank report puts Kenya among the improved growth performers at a time when the global lender revised sub-Saharan Africa’s growth in 2015 to 1.6 per cent down from three per cent in 2014.PHOTO: COURTESY

Kenya’s economy has shrugged off the effects of  subdued growth in the continent but still faces threats from terrorist attacks, a new report says.

A new World Bank report puts Kenya among the improved growth performers at a time when the global lender revised sub-Saharan Africa’s growth in 2015 to 1.6 per cent down from three per cent in 2014.