Meridian Kenya, Location & Investment Intelligence
Meridian Kenya / Sector brief · Client-only

Off-grid energy and drought risk

Where settlement is growing beyond the grid, and which counties carry drought and conflict risk for energy portfolios.

November 2026333 sub-counties
Overview

176 of Kenya's 333 sub-counties qualify for infrastructure and utilities.

The brief ranks them, explains what drives each ranking, and turns the ranking into a set of sites that work together.

What's inside

  • The top 25 sub-counties nationally, with index, rating, confidence, forecast and strengths
  • A ten-site portfolio chosen by our optimiser, with catchment population and drive time to the nearest large town
  • Where the top 50 places sit across the six business hubs
  • The 25 largest settlement-growth areas beyond the grid
  • Drought, conflict and unrest exposure for energy and credit portfolios

Preview

RankSub-countyIndexRatingForecast percentileStrengths
Client-only

The off-grid energy and drought risk brief is part of our client service.

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