Beating the job crisis: How TVETs are shaping Kenya's new entrepreneurs

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Back in the day, the promise attached to higher education in Kenya was straightforward, as graduates would find a formal job and build a career. But with  formal employment failing to keep pace with the number of young people leaving schools and colleges, that formula is increasingly being challenged.

Kenya’s national unemployment rate hovers between 5.4 per cent and 5.5 per cent, according to estimates from the International Labour Organisation (ILO).