At least 10,000 graduates from the over 70 universities in the country are getting into the job market each year, but with economy growing sluggishly at about 5 percent in recent years, according to the Kenya National Bureau of Statistics, jobs are hard to come by. "I started growing courg...
The east African nation's informal sector employs thousands of people. The latest Economic Survey 2020 from the Kenya National Bureau of Statistics (KNBS) shows 767,900 (90 percent) of jobs were created in the informal sector in 2019. Sectors that employ the most include agriculture, transport...
A report released by the Kenya National Bureau of Statistics in 2018 revealed that nine out of every 10 unemployed Kenyans are 35 years and below. The 2019 Kenya Economic Survey reports a total of 78,400 jobs created in 2018 compared to 114,400 in 2017. This decline in job creatio...
The highest proportion of Kenyans earning more than Sh100,000 is working in the financial and insurance sectors, pointing to an economy with few well-paying jobs amid high unemployment. Kenya National Bureau of Statistics (KNBS) data released last week show 39.6 per cent of the employees in ...
The Department of State’s Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs (ECA) established the Academy for Women Entrepreneurs (AWE) in 2019. AWE provides women entrepreneurs with the skills, resources, and networks needed to start and scale successful businesses. So far, AWE is in over 100+ count...
There are close to a million motorbikes in the east African nation, a majority which are used in the transport business, according to Motorcycle Assemblers Association of Kenya. Up to 15,000 bikes are registered in Kenya every month, latest data from the Kenya National Bureau of Statistics show...
Data from the Kenya National Bureau of Statistics showed its standard gauge railway hauled 6 million metric tons of cargo last year, from 5.4 million a year earlier. (Reporting by George Obulutsa; Editing by Alex Richardson) MORE: Places the U.S. Government Warns Not...
To count unpaid work, we use the Kenya Integrated Household Budget Survey (KIHBS) collected by the National Bureau of Statistics in 2005/2006 and for the valuation purpose, we use administrative data on wages of low-income employees available in Kenya Gazette No. 91. The Kenya Gazette data ...
Registrations have surged by about 80 percent in the first seven months of this year, data from the Kenya National Bureau of Statistics (KNS) showed on Tuesday. As of July, according to the data, Kenya had imported 146,757 motorcycle units, up from 86,286 during the similar period last ...
Employees in the NGO world took home an average of Sh313,000 a month last year, data from the Kenya National Bureau of Statistics (KNBS) released on Thursday shows. The foreign-backed NGOs have for years recorded the high compensation arising from the fact that they are well funded and ...