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British International Investment (BII), the UK’s development finance institution and impact investor, has launched its 2026–31 strategy in Kenya.
Over the period, BII aims to invest about $6.7 billion of its own capital across Africa and mobilise up to $5.3 billion in private capital. In Kenya, this will mean combining investment in businesses and infrastructure with a greater focus on attracting additional institutional capital and creating the conditions for more investment to flow.
Kenya’s pension assets reached KSh3.167 trillion (about $24.4 billion) in June 2026, yet just 0.02% was allocated to infrastructure debt instruments and 0.62% to real estate investment trusts.
BII chief executive officer Leslie Maasdorp said: “Our new strategy is about doing more than investing BII’s own capital. We want to use our capital, experience and partnerships to unlock investment from others and help build markets that can attract capital at greater scale. Kenya has a significant pool of domestic capital, and we are calling on local capital providers to partner with us to find practical ways to channel more of it into productive businesses and infrastructure.”
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