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Did the Kenyan economy grow over the pandemic period?

Kenya's economy has demonstrated resilience to the Covid-19 shock, with output in the first half of 2021 rising above pre-pandemic levels. In 2021 as a whole, gross domestic product (GDP) grew by 5%, one of the faster recoveries among Sub-Saharan African countries.

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