EPZ-Authority [Kenya]

Export Processing Zones Authority (EPZA) is an Investment Promotion Agency under the Ministry of Industrialization, Trade & Enterprise Development mandated to promote and facilitate export-oriented investments in Kenya. It was enacted in 1990 through the Export Processing Zones Act (CAP 517 of the Laws of Kenya). 

EPZA manages and regulates the Export Processing Zones (EPZ) Program, an incentivized program within designated zones under the Export Processing Zones Act (CAP 517 of the Laws of Kenya). 

Its objectives are; promotion and diversification of exports especially value added products, attraction of new productive investments aimed at stimulating domestic and foreign investment in export - oriented manufacturing and generation of employment opportunities. 

Other objectives are development of backward and forward linkages within the domestic economy and skills and technology transfer in management, marketing and production technology to locals.