⚙️ Mombasa’s industrial potential is clear. Turning it into jobs is the real work.

Last week, the EDIC team, led by Executive Director – John Kashangaki and the Chair of the Board – Dr Kevit Desai, CBS, MBS, PhD, FIET were on the ground in Mombasa, engaging key institutions on how industrial growth can translate into real employment opportunities for young people at the Coast.

As part of these engagements, the team met with the Managing Director of the Export Processing Zones (EPZ) Authority to explore areas of collaboration at the intersection of investment, manufacturing, and skills demand.

For Mombasa, the opportunity is not just attracting factories but ensuring local talent, enterprises, and systems are ready to benefit from them.

This is where EDIC plays a deliberate role: bridging institutions, aligning incentives, and helping move conversations from policy to implementation.

Sustainable job creation doesn’t happen in silos. It happens when the right partners commit to building pathways from investment to enterprise, and from skills to work.