President William Ruto has expressed the need for Kenyans to become digitally literate with the rapidly growing technological advancements.
Speaking on Thursday, October 27, during the Google anniversary celebration, the head of state revealed that the partnership with the multinational technology company will aid in training school children in emerging trends in their fields of study.
“To empower young Kenyans with competitive skills at the earliest possibility, there is a real opportunity for partnership in implementing Google’s Computer Science Unplugged curriculum to prepare the next generation of the globally relevant digital workforce.
“We have our eyes firmly fixed on winning and maintaining global leadership in the Fourth Industrial Revolution.
“It is our plan to ensure that Kenya can plug into and service international supply chains from a strong competitive position,” Ruto stated.
Ruto further emphasized on the need for Kenyans to claim its share of this job creator and income generator to raise the contribution of the digital workforce to the economy.
“Business process outsourcing offers real opportunities for our young, highly educated, motivated and productive people.
“Kenya must raise its competitiveness and claim its share of this job creator and income generator in order to raise the contribution of the digital workforce to the economy,” Ruto stated.
“Our tremendous informal sector, whose MSMEs employ 85 per cent of non-farm labour, as well as our agricultural sector, which contributes half of our GDP and provides incomes for two-thirds of Kenyan households, can become a force to reckon with if it organizes itself in the digital economy,” he stated.
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