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# Intelligence: Jewelry & Precious Metals in Kenya

## Industry Context

- **Payment pressure:** High-value shipments requiring insurance; Gold price volatility compounds FX risk

- **Operational control:** Enhanced security payments; 0.5% spread on high-value transfers

## 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