B9 · Kenya
Examining the fiscal environment for incentivising local assembly and manufacturing of off-grid appliances
- Period
- Oct 2021 – Feb 2022
- Client
- Energy Saving Trust (EST), UK
- AESG's role
- Energy expert
- Where
- Kenya
Examining the impact of import taxes and duties on supply chain resilience for off-grid appliances: current assembler/manufacturer state of play, local assembly vs import scenarios, landed cost estimation for solar refrigerators (duties, taxes, insurance, freight, transport, licence and inspection costs), an importation guide including HS codes and stakeholder mapping, a local assembly guide covering available financial and fiscal incentives, and economic and job-creation impact analysis including foreign currency savings. Deliverables included a 10–12 page policy paper, a socio-economic assessment, a summary deck and a blog post.
What the work involved
- step-by-step importation process, including the Harmonised Commodity Description and Coding Systems (HS Code) for solar energy technologies, components used in these refrigerators and stakeholder mapping across the importation chain
- Develop a local assembly/manufacturing guide that includes an examination of the financial and fiscal incentives available for manufacturers and assemblers in the regions of interest. This work component should include an examination of any cost advantages in importing knocked down kits or components and foreign currency savings by avoiding importing completely pre- assembled units
- Economic and job creation impact analysis based on the import and local assembly/manufacturing scenarios above. This work component would seek to analyse the key economic and job creation impacts for the different levels of local assembly/manufacturing scenarios and full import scenario including but not limited to the following: An analysis of the level of savings in foreign currency (if found relevant) that could occur across various local assembly/manufacturing scenarios considered: Investigate fiscal policies and tax systems that promote the scenarios considered and determine the regulatory and legal changes needed to help improve product affordability. 25
Detail from AESG Company Profile 2026, p.25.