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Welcome message by the Ambassador |
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 It is a pleasure to welcome you to the official web site of the Embassy of Kenya in Dublin, Ireland.
This website is designed to provide readers with quick and incisive information about the Mission, its activities and services. It is also a source of information to all our readers wishing to know more about our country.
We hope that you will find the website useful. Kindly contact us for clarification and/or additional information on any relevant issue.
We also welcome your feedback, through email or a visit to the Embassy.
Thank you for taking your time to visit our site.
KARIBU!
With my best regards,
Catherine Muigai Mwangi
AMBASSADOR
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Immigrant Investor programme and Start-up Entrepreneur Scheme |
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The Minister for Justice, Equality & Defence, Mr. Alan Shatter T.D. has announced the introduction of two new initiatives aimed at facilitating (non-EEA) migrant entrepreneurs and investors, invest in Ireland for the purpose of saving or creating jobs.
The two initiatives are;
Immigrant Investor Programme
In which the level and duration of financial commitment required from the Investor will depend on the nature of the investment but will generally range from €400,000 for endowment-related investments to €2 million in the new Immigrant Investor low-interest bearing Government Bond to be devised by NTMA in conjunction with the Immigration authorities. The funds in this Bond will be held by NTMA and, as is the case with other similar financial products, they will be available for the benefit of Ireland. The level of investment in business entities where jobs are being created or saved will generally be €1 million and the Department will be guided by and reliant upon the advice and expertise of IDA Ireland and Enterprise Ireland in assessing individual proposals.
Approved participants in the Investor Programmes and their immediate family members will be allowed enter the State on multi-entry visas and to remain here for a defined period. Ordinarily this will be for a period of 5 years
Start-up Entrepreneur Programme
Provides that migrants with a good business idea in the innovation economy and funding of €70k can be given residency in this State for the purposes of developing their business (this compares with a previous minimum funding requirement of €300k). No initial job creation targets will be set as it is recognised that such businesses can take some time to get off the ground. Projects will be evaluated by an Evaluation Committee with State Agencies playing a key role in "picking winners" or those who demonstrate a good idea or the potential to be a winner.
See Dept of Justice website for full information
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DIASPORA MEETING – 1ST FEBRUARY 2012
The Embassy wishes to communicate that a meeting for all Kenyans residing in Ireland will be held on Wednesday, 1st February, 2012 from 6.00 p.m. to 8.00 p.m. at Bewleys Hotel Ballsbridge, as a follow-up to the meeting for Kenyans held on 2nd November, 2011.
Venue: THOMAS PRIOR HALL
BEWLEYS HOTEL BALLSBRIDGE
MERRION ROAD
DUBLIN 4.
Contact: Kenya Embassy
Tel: 01-6136380
Email:
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Africa - Ireland Economic Forum |
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The first Africa – Ireland Economic Forum was held on 13th September 2011 at the Smurfit School of Business in Dublin, hosted by the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade, Mr. Eamon Gilmore T.D. and attended by among others the Minister of State for Development and Trade and the Secretary General of Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade. This was the first Economic Forum of its kind in Ireland. It was an outcome of a proposal by the African Embassies resident in Ireland for a joint approach to promote trade between Ireland and Africa initiated by the Kenyan Embassy in Dublin in consultations with UCD, Michael Smurfit Graduate Business School and the Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade. It provided an opportunity for the African Embassies in Ireland to talk investors/ business community about available opportunities in different African Nations.
Speaking at the forum, H.E. Catherine Muigai Mwangi, Kenyan Ambassador and dean of the African group of Ambassadors outlined Africa’s potential. She said;
“……this is a landmark occasion as we, African Ambassadors, assemble here to talk business - and to do business - with the business community of Ireland…..We want the business community of Ireland to start looking at Africa in a different way. We want Africa to be viewed as a market. We want Africans considered as consumers and producers…..
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Kenya Year Book consolidates the country’s achievements and initiatives in all sectors of economic, social and political life. The reference book is a source of information about Kenya’s governance, culture, economy, trade, sports, health, education, infrastructure among others. More information and a softcopy of the book is available at http://www.kenyayearbook.go.ke/
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