Kenya: Workforce Development Key to Unlocking Youth Employment, SMEs Told

Kenya: Workforce Development Key to Unlocking Youth Employment, SMEs Told

Nairobi -- Small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) have been urged to invest in workforce development as a sustainable way of addressing Kenya's growing unemployment crisis.

Kenya upskills youth on e-waste management

from MARIA MACHARIA in Nairobi, Kenya Kenya Bureau NAIROBI, (CAJ News) – KENYA is equipping its youth through the National Refurbishment, Assembly and e-Waste Management Programme, which aims to collect, refurbish and recycle obsolete information and communication technology (ICT) equipment to reduce environmental impact. A total of 151 young people have graduated with the requisite […] The post Kenya upskills youth on e-waste management first a…

Workforce development key to unlocking youth employment, SMEs told

NAIROBI, Kenya, Aug 2 – Small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) have been urged to invest in workforce development as a sustainable way of addressing Kenya’s growing unemployment crisis. The call comes as Kenya continues to grapple with a widening mismatch between the number of young people entering the labor market and the jobs available, placing increasing pressure on the private sector to absorb graduates and school leavers. Atlanta Wamahia…