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Former UK Prime Minister Tony Blair addressing journalists at Serena Hotel on adapting to the fourth industrial revolution in Tony Brain institution. [John Muchucha/Standard]
The rate of unemployment in the country is likely to rise further with thousands of employees in agriculture and manufacturing sector set to lose their jobs if Kenya fully adapt automation and digitisation.
A report by Tony Blair Institute for Global Change explores advancing automation consisting of the rise of robots and artificial intelligence which are set to reduce or eliminate dependence on low skilled labour.
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