Kenya, an East African nation with a population of about 45 million people, has one of the highest rates of unemployment in Africa. While the country’s economy has grown in tandem with the rest of the continent, increasing number of youth entering the job market have kept the level of unemployment very high and difficult to close.
According to the national statistics office, the Kenyan economy created 106,300 formal-sector jobs in 2014, a 20.8 percent dip compared to the previous year when 134,300 new formal jobs came online.
There are however some companies in the East Africa’s largest economy that are considered the best to work for. These companies offer good entry level salaries, clear growth prospects and offer career development trainings that keeps their employees happy and focused on delivering on the job.
Here are some of the best companies to work for in Kenya:
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Ghanaian Tech Firm Dot Com Makes First Cryptocurrency In Africa
GDC is a descendant company of Network Computer Systems, one of the first tech pioneer companies in Africa and is credited with introducing internet in Ghana and several other African countries.
The company said it produced its first crypto coin in February 8 and hoped to add several Terahashes per second capacity in the course of the year.
“Our interest is in the Blockchain technology used in Bitcoin, which has numerous other applications beyond cryptocurrencies,” Professor Nii Narku Quaynor, the Chairman of GDC, and the Internet Pioneer in Ghana, said in a statement.
“With Bitcoin as the most successful cryptocurrency, GDC considers investment in blockchain technology as strategic for Africa,” he added.
Bitcoins, a form of unregulated digital currency created and held electronically, are slowly being adopted in Africa but have come under scrutiny by Central Bankers in some countries like Kenya where citizens have been warned against trading in them.
GDC plans to work with local academic institutions to build technical capacity in developing Blockchain applications in Ghana.
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Russia upbeat on SA nuclear plan after Egypt deal
Cape Town – The speed at which Russia and Egypt signed a deal to build a four-reactor nuclear plant in November 2015 shows how quickly a nuclear procurement process can unfold, a Russian source said on Tuesday.
The engineering, procurement and construction funding model developed by nuclear state-owned company Rosatom to secure the deal
was the best solution for South Africa too, the source – who preferred to remain anonymous – explained.
He said it was a superior solution for technical, legal, political, economic and industrial reasons. “It’s the better solution,” he said. “It’s shorter. You can start the procurement programme very quickly. This is the best solution.
“The job in Egypt was done in less than one year,” he said. “We started negotiations in February and by the end of November it was signed.”
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IN PICTURES: Top 10 African building & infrastructure projects
Africa is fast becoming a key market for the building sector and forecast to present massive opportunities over the next few years. The Big 5 Hub looks at ten of the biggest construction and infrastructure projects being carried out in the continent.
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9 Of The Best Companies To Work For In Kenya
According to the national statistics office, the Kenyan economy created 106,300 formal-sector jobs in 2014, a 20.8 percent dip compared to the previous year when 134,300 new formal jobs came online.
There are however some companies in the East Africa’s largest economy that are considered the best to work for. These companies offer good entry level salaries, clear growth prospects and offer career development trainings that keeps their employees happy and focused on delivering on the job.
Here are some of the best companies to work for in Kenya:
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