Prudential Assurance to recruit and train over 5,000 agents

From left: Prudential Kenya's Agency Manager Emma Kaara, Agency Development Executive Jane Tutu, CEO Gwen Kinisu, and Commercial Strategy and Operations Africa Achumile Majija at the recent opening of the company's newest branch in Nairobi. [Edward Kiplimo, Standard]

In a bid to address youth unemployment in the country, Prudential Assurance has announced plans to recruit and train more than 5,000 sales agents across Kenya over the next five years.

Besides boosting its agent network from the current 1,000 to 5,000, the firm said, this will create more jobs for Kenyan youths.