Tuesday, December 21, 2010

Kenya At A Tipping Point

Kenya may be at a “tipping point”, the theme of the third Kenya Economic Update which has a special focus on the transformative impact of Information and Communications Technology (ICT) and Mobile money. Over the last decade, ICT has outperformed
all others sectors growing at an average of 20 percent per year. The benefits of ICT are starting to be felt in other sectors, and have contributed to the conditions for Kenya to reach this tipping point. Kenya has entered the new decade with renewed and stronger than expected growth. The passing of the new constitution, continued strong macroeconomic Policies and a favorable regional environment have created a new positive economic momentum. Kenya may again be positioned to experience high growth. Over the last three decades Kenya has Experienced only two short episodes when economic growth exceeded five percent and was sustained
For at least three consecutive years: 1986-88 and 2004-2007. Is Kenya again at the verge of experiencing? Another growth spurt? Will it last longer and go deeper than the previous two episodes?
(Executive Summary of World Bank' s Economic Update on Kenya)
Download the full report@ Kenya Economic Update

1 comment:

  1. No and not yet. What we need is more different ideas and innovation in the ICT sector that has not been tapped yet! We can ultimately learn from the developed countries!

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