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Our activities in Kenya

African woman holds castor beans in her hand

We operate in Kenya in the exploration and agro-industrial sectors. The country is leading Africa in the production of vegetable oil for Eni’s biorefineries in Gela and Venice. This is being done through a circular economy model that benefits local communities and helps to ensure a sustainable supply of raw materials to the global energy market. In 2023, Kenya’s national airline became the first in the world to use sustainable aviation fuel (SAF) produced by Enilive on its Nairobi-Amsterdam route.

Africa is playing an increasingly important role in the global economy and geopolitics. To support its constant demographic growth and economic development, the continent needs to invest in energy infrastructure. This is especially true in the sub-Saharan region, where millions of people still lack access to electricity. The energy transition provides an opportunity to meet these challenges by modernizing the energy mix and making it more efficient.  

Country profile

Activity start date: 1960 - present

How we operate in the country

From Agip Kenya to exploration

Agip Kenya was the first Eni company to operate in the field of import and distribution of oil products and by-products, nitrogen fertilisers, and synthetic rubber from the 1960s. Today, as Eni Kenya, we are also engaged in exploration activities in the offshore  in six blocks located in the deep waters of the Lamu Basin, off Mombasa.

First cargo of bio-oil from Kenya to Italy

Kenya is the first African country in which we have built an oilseed pressing plant for the extraction of vegetable oil for the production of biofuel. Located in Wote, Makueni County, Eni’s first agri-hub on the continent has a capacity of 15,000 tons per year and, since 2022, has supplied the Eni biorefinery in Gela.

This is a new model in the agribusiness sector that allows Kenya to enter the global industrial chain for the production of agri-feedstock, which are raw materials cultivated on degraded, semi-arid or abandoned land that are not in competition with the food supply chain.

The first plant will be followed by a second. The development plan for the agri-hubs generates income and market access opportunities for tens of thousands of farmers and provides for them to also function as training and technical support centres for local workers with the goal of contributing to the improvement of agricultural production and soil regeneration, also through the adoption of good practices and the promotion of food security in the territories.  

Oil collection and other initiatives

As part of the circular economy projects launched across the country, there is also the collection of used cooking oil (UCO) involving fast food chains, restaurants and hotels, and a study for the conversion of the Mombasa refinery into a biorefinery.  

Highlights

The data were selected from those contained in our official documents.

210 mln
dollars

total financing from Eni and IFC to support agri-feedstock initiatives in Kenya


70 k
ton/y

achieve a vegetable oil production capacity


200 k
ton/y

agri-feedstock production through to 2026


80 k
hectares

area where agricultural feedstock is produced


210 mln
dollars

total financing from Eni and IFC to support agri-feedstock initiatives in Kenya

70 k
ton/y

achieve a vegetable oil production capacity

200 k
ton/y

agri-feedstock production through to 2026

80 k
hectares

area where agricultural feedstock is produced

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Low ILUC certification for a more responsible agri-hub supply chain

The recognition marks a key milestone in agri-feedstock production in Kenya through regenerative farming practices.

Bernard Muiruri – Bonje Agrihub Plant manager Eni

Our history in Kenya

From petroleum products to biofuels, we share the country’s path towards the energy transition.

In Kenya, agri-hubs for more sustainable mobility

A photobook documents the involvement of local farmers in the production of bio-oils, which are used as raw materials for biofuels.

A female technician from the agri-hub in Kenya in a castor plantation

Towards a new energy

Visit the agri-feedstock projects that contribute to the increasingly sustainable supply of our biorefineries.

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Eni Kenya

Kenya Branch

Eaton Place

5th Floor

Gigiri, United Nations Crescent

Off Limuru Road

P.O. Box 2913-00621

Nairobi, Kenya

Last update: 14 April 2025