Kenya’s purchasing managers’ index (PMI) for private sector activity rose to a 3-month high of 51.6 in December from 50.9…
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Business activity increased slightly after a marginal decrease in October. Surveyed businesses mainly attributed the rise in output to improving new order inflows and favourable weather conditions.
Mobile phone use in Kenya and Africa is growing rapidly, and many young people are now much more connected to sources of information.
Young people in agriculture, small-scale, medium scale and large-scale farmers also benefit from financial and digital literacy training, enhancing their money and business management skills and wealth creation.
The FAO estimates that if women had the same access to productive resources as men, they could raise total agricultural output in developing countries by 2.5–4 per cent. But urgent action is needed to make this a reality.
The African Recovery and Resilience Plan will address these weak links by mapping agricultural ecosystems and value chains and by financing agriculture players.