Kenya leads rest of Africa in employee productivity race

A study in Kenya showed that deworming in childhood reduced school absences while raising wages in adulthood by as much as 20 per cent. FILE PHOTO | NMG

Kenya is poised to produce Africa’s most productive human capital in the medium term, a World Bank survey shows, buoyed by the country’s present deep investment in healthcare and child education.

The inaugural Human Capital Index (HCI) the World Bank published recently shows that Kenya ties with Algeria in offering the best education and health in the continent — factors that would make them churn out most productive workers by 2036.

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