Why Kenya’s productivity problem has now become a boardroom issue

Productivity should be an explicit national objective, measured and reported with the same seriousness as inflation or GDP growth.

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Kenya’s economic debate is often framed around taxes, debt, and elections. Yet a quieter, more stubborn challenge is increasingly shaping corporate balance sheets and public finances alike: weak productivity growth.

While inflation and interest rates grab headlines, productivity determines whether firms can grow profits without passing costs to consumers, and whether the State can expand services without perpetually raising taxes.

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