Absa Bank Kenya, for its part, has trained over 200,000 youth since the programme's inception in 2015. Absa's Ready-to-Work initiative is a free training curriculum that provides young people with work experience, people skills, money skills, and entrepreneurial skills that ...
The Public Benefits Organizations (PBO) Act, passed into law in 2013, was meant to fulfil this need. It aimed to establish transparent and efficient regulation of civil space in Kenya, with clear rules on registration and incentives for organisations engaged in public b...
In Kenya, we have the brains, work ethic, and networks to not only change our country but change the world. Life is not a zero-sum game whereby someone must lose for one to win. We can all win. Proverbially, a rising tide lifts all boats, not just one....
CMA also undertakes county initiatives in which we reach out to potential investors. We conduct one on one forums which target select group leaders who act as ambassadors in their various communities. By doing this, we not only increase uptake on pooled funds by retail and institutional investo...
Speak to anyone on the streets of Nairobi and they will tell you they know of at least one skilled youth who is seeking employment but is unable to get decent work. A report released by the Kenya National Bureau of Statistics in 2018 revealed that nine out of every 10 unemployed Ke...
In more developed economies such as the USA, China, and parts of Europe, it is very easy to get patents for anything that is innovative, because the government is aware that such products could be revolutionary. To get a patent in Kenya, however, an innovator has ...
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Kenyans are also exporting carpets. In value terms, research shows the largest markets for carpet exported from Kenya are Israel, South Sudan, and the US, with a combined 67 percent share of total exports. Somalia, Rwanda, Ghana, Uganda, India, and Tanzania are the other export markets. ...
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