Kenya: Employer-Led Training Delivers Returns, Boosts SME Productivity

Nairobi — A new study has found that employer-led apprenticeship programmes can generate measurable financial returns for businesses while helping address Kenya’s persistent skills mismatch and youth unemployment.

The study, commissioned by Swisscontact and conducted independently by Orange and Teal, found that companies participating in the PropelA Dual Apprenticeship Programme recorded an average 30 percent Return on Training Investment (ROTI).

This generates about Sh2 million in net value per…