Jobless growth: Has future arrived early?

It’s a question every Kenyan is asking; if the economy is growing at a healthy 6.3 per cent per annum why are we not feeling it? Why has it not translated into jobs? How can we have a jobless growth? Let's unbundle this paradox like a birthday gift.

In the last two decades Kenya has become a hotbed of innovation based on ICT. Greater use of technology means more productivity, doing more with less. That naturally reduces number of jobs, you need less workers. Banks have been shedding off workers after mobile banking and M-Pesa took over lots of jobs previously done by employees.