It is cheaper to drink wine, in South Africa, and elsewhere in the world, but Kenya. Sector players have pegged this on high taxation of wine imports into the country.
“The challenges that we face not just Kenya, but in Africa generally, is the high levels of import tax,” Greg Guy, the International director of DGB, a South African premium wine and spirits producer and exporter said, “You know, a bottle of wine here is costing you five or six times more than it would in South Africa.”