Kenya’s economy has remained strong, growing at an average of 5.6 percent during the period 2011-2015, which was higher than the SSA average growth of 4.3 percent. The  growth averaged 6.1 percent in the first half of 2016 and is projected at 6.0 percent in 2016, up from 5.6 percent in 2015.
The single market allows the EU to use its economic weight to steer openness in a rules-based direction, and to set values and standards in other parts of the world – which it already does via the so-called Brussels effect.