Get an investment certificate and investor help from Invest Kenya (KenInvest)
Kenya Investment Authority · sources read 2 Oct 2026
Register your company first, then apply for an investment certificate on Invest Kenya's Digital One-Stop Centre. Foreign investors need at least USD 100,000 invested (locals KES 1,000,000), and the certificate helps you get entry permits and other licences.
- Fee
- We couldn't confirm a fee from the official page. Check it there before you pay.
- How long
- About 2 days, per the One-Stop Centre
- Where
- Online on Invest Kenya's Digital One-Stop Centre (services.investkenya.go.ke), or Invest Kenya head office, 15th Floor, Old Mutual Tower, Upper Hill Road, Nairobi
What you need
- Passport bio data page for each director
- Memorandum and articles of association (CR 2)
- The company's business registration number
- KRA PIN for each director
- For some projects: an Environmental Impact Assessment, plus security and health clearance
Steps
- Register your company in Kenya and get its business and tax IDs. Invest Kenya's Digital One-Stop Centre can help.
- Apply for the investment certificate online at services.investkenya.go.ke and upload your documents.
- Pay the application fee. The amount isn't published, so the portal shows it when you apply.
- Invest Kenya does a site visit to your project, then issues the certificate.
- If you or your staff need work permits, the One-Stop Centre can help you apply to the Directorate of Immigration Services.
Watch out
- The certificate gives the right to 3 Class D permits for technical staff and 3 Class C, F or G permits for owners or partners, each for up to 2 years. You still apply for them through Immigration.
- It covers you for most other licences for one year only if you show proof you've applied for them. Health, security and environmental licences are not covered.
Who can apply
- Foreign investors with at least USD 100,000 capital invested.
- Local investors with at least KES 1,000,000 capital invested.
Official sources (5)
- How we support investors investkenya.go.ke · read 2 Oct 2026
- Step by step guide investkenya.go.ke · read 2 Oct 2026
- Help investkenya.go.ke · read 2 Oct 2026
- Invest Kenya eProcedures eprocedures.investkenya.go.ke · read 2 Oct 2026
- Obtain Investment certificate - Kenya Digital One-Stop Centre services.investkenya.go.ke · read 2 Oct 2026