I’m sure it goes both ways and probably depends quite a bit on what exactly we’re talking about. It might be cheaper for you or I to import a few thousand of them from China but after all is said and done, someone in Kenya may well be able to produce them locally cheaper.
I think you also have to decide what ‘mass produced’ means WRT this conversation. Does it just mean ‘making a lot’ or are you thinking something more along the lines of being made in a factory/assembly line?
Here’s a video I watched a few months ago showing people in Kenya turning flip flops into art by hand.
