News

Home / News / Kenya's inflation rate for February falls

Kenya's inflation rate for February falls

Date: 03/03/2019

Source: Africa News

 

A relief for Kenya’s economy. Inflate rate in this East African nation fell to 4. 14 percent in February. January’s inflation was pegged at 4.7 percent.

The drop is due to a fall in the prices of basic food products, according to statistics from the Kenyan National Bureau of Statistics (KNBS).

It said, prices of maize flour, spinach and tomatoes fell by 30.68 percent, 20.66 percent and 1.70 percent respectively.

There was more positive relieves for Kenya as the transport index also fell by 0.5 percent. The decline is supported by drop in prices of petrol and diesel at the pump.

Other News
ADB releases 300 million euros to support the modernization of the railway sector in Morocco.

Fuente: La Quotidienne Grâce à ses financements doublés d'un accompagnement technique, la Banque africaine de développement (BAD) soutient la modernisation ...

Côte d’Ivoire : la Banque africaine de développement accorde un prêt total de 150 millions d’euros pour renforcer le réseau électrique

  Source: Africa Development Bank Group    Le Conseil d’administration de la Banque africaine de développement a accordé, mercredi 5 juin 2019, deux p...

Africa delivers the first mechanism for international cooperation on climate change adaptation under the Paris Agreement

The AfDB's Adaptation Benefits Mechanism (ABM) a pioneering cooperative mechanism...

Effective launch of the MASEN-BID initiative in Morocco

Source : Le Matin.ma   L'Agence marocaine pour l'énergie durable (MASEN) et la Banque Islamique de Développement (BID) ont annoncé, mardi, le lancement eff...