Background:

• Official name: Republic of Kenya¹
• Location: East Africa, bordered by Ethiopia, Somalia, Tanzania, Uganda, and South Sudan, with coastline on the Indian Ocean²
• Population: 52.4 million (mid-2024 projection)³
• Capital: Nairobi⁴
• Official languages: English and Kiswahili⁵
• GDP: $125.3 billion⁶
• GNI per capita, PPP: $6,200 (2023)⁷

Membership of Regional Economic Communities (RECs):

• African Union (AU)
• Association for the Development of Education in Africa (ADEA)
• East African Community (EAC)
• Common Market for Eastern and Southern Africa (COMESA)
• Intergovernmental Authority on Development (IGAD)
• African Continental Free Trade Area (AfCFTA)

Additional Resources:

• Ministry of Education
• Kenya Vision 2030

Sources:

1. Parliament of Kenya. The Constitution of Kenya 2010
2. The World Bank in Kenya. Overview
3. The Kenya National Bureau of Statistics (2025)
4. UNESCO IICBA (2024). Kenya – Education Country Brief
5. Kenya Institute of Curriculum Development (KICD)
6. Kenya National Bureau of Statistics. Economic Survey 2025
7. World Bank Data: Kenya (2023)