Kenyan business conditions improved further as 2025 began, according to the Stanbic Bank Kenya Purchasing Managers Index (PMI) survey, with expansions in output and new orders signalled for the fourth month running.
Activity growth nevertheless fell to its softest pace in this sequence, as businesses highlighted challenging economic conditions and a slowdown in client demand.
Christopher Legilisho, an economist at Standard Bank, said that the Kenyan Purchasing Managers Index (PMI) expanded for a fourth month running in January but at a slightly weaker pace than in the two preceding months, reflecting the ongoing resilience of the private sector at the start of this year.
Legilisho said that on a positive note, firms reported increases in both output and new orders, implying higher sales, more marketing, client referrals, and lower inflationary pressures.
