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Kenya tops in green financing in Africa - report

UK Secretary of State for International development Alok Sharma (C) at the listing of Kenya's first green bond by real estate firm Acom Housing at the Nairobi bourse. January 2020. [Courtesy]

Kenya and Morocco have been ranked among the top African countries whose capital markets offer investors sustainable investment products.

This is according to the latest edition of the Absa Africa Financial Markets Index that cites Kenya’s recent rollout of green bonds, sustainable equities and mutual funds as some of the indicators of the country’s progress in achieving green financing.

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