It is clear to all that more than 50% of our graduates are either unemployed or unemployable. More appropriately, they are unemployable. Why? Graduates who are properly empowered are always able to either secure rewarding formal employment opportunities or easily create their own. Naturally, the latter, contribute to continued growth of small business. Conversely, those properly empowered, but opt for formal employment may end up contributing to continued innovation in business. Sadly, the graduate unemployability aspect paints a grim picture with respect to desired innovation
Read MoreIt is important to appreciate the fact that Kenya has embraced a policy of massive infrastructural development, in line with the aspirations of Vision 2030, now slightly less than one and a half decades away. These projects should propel the country towards achieving new levels of growth and economic progress, if the seemingly limitless opportunities are exhaustively exploited. The question that arises is whether the population is adequately empowered towards exploiting the respective opportunities. At present, it is commonly agreed knowledge that in excess of
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