A new Clearstream link opens Kenya's debt market to global investors from June 29, the latest step in Nairobi's push to modernise how it borrows.
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Key Facts
—New link: Clearstream, part of Deutsche Börse, opens a direct link to Kenya’s debt market on 29 June.
—What it does: Global investors can settle and hold Kenyan government bonds without opening local accounts.
—Rare access: Kenya becomes only the second African market on Clearstream’s network, after South Africa.
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