How Kenya can unlock Sh209bn in pension savings to grow businesses and jobs

Kenya’s pension industry is heavily concentrated in four traditional asset classes that account for more than 90 percent of all pension assets.

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Kenya’s pension industry is sitting on a financial powerhouse that could transform the country’s economy, but a substantial portion of it remains largely untapped for productive investment.

Today, pension assets in Kenya have grown to Sh2.81 trillion, equivalent to 16.05 percent of the country’s gross domestic product, according to the latest industry data from the Retirement Benefits Authority (RBA).

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Note: The results are not exact but very close to the actual.