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# Intelligence: Automotive Parts Import in Kenya

## Industry Context

- **Payment pressure:** Just-in-time delivery critical (repair shops waiting); Quality standards (ISO/TS 16949) strict

- **Operational control:** Same-day EUR payments via SEPA; Multi-currency wallets (EUR, CNY, JPY)

## Country Context

- **Use case:** Pay Kenyan suppliers for agricultural products, tea, coffee, textiles, logistics

- **Settlement:** T+0 (2.3s avg within Unicorn network)

- **Banking:** **Bank Code + Account** (Bank code and account (or M-Pesa for mobile))

- **Regulatory:** Central Bank of Kenya (CBK) foreign exchange regulations; Kenya Revenue Authority (KRA) tax compliance

## Key Industries in Country

- Agriculture

- Tea & Coffee Export

- Textile & Apparel

- Tourism

- Logistics