Wednesday, 9 December 2015

Kenya Ranked 4th Most Influential Country In Africa; Beats Resource-Rich Countries

December rankings place Kenya on the Top Five list of Africa’s most influential countries. The ranking review all aspects of the country’s influential stronghold ranging from infrastructure, education level, and global placement economically among other socio-economic aspects.

Assessment and Analysis:

Recent rankings conducted in December place Kenya 4th on the list of Africa’s most influential countries. The East African country came a close fourth after South Africa, Ethiopia and Egypt. The OSINT rankings place Kenya as the country with the most educated population making it a major human resource capital powerhouse in the continent.

Kenya’s infrastructure development is fast catching up with oil and mineral rich Arab countries and South Africa attributed to the rigorous efforts to achieve the country’s Vision 2030.

The Kenyan government has laid specific emphasis in the education sector with both free primary and secondary education supported by affordable tertiary and university education making it the country with the best human resource capital. Kenyan professionals hold very high and powerful positions in companies across the continent.


Kenya’s Humanitarian efforts has lifted her status to be voted as one of the best places to live in the world doubled with the ‘good neighborliness’ exhibited by the number of refugees hosted in Kenyan camps from her war-torn neighbors.

Kenya is also the continent’s ICT hub with plans to build Africa’s Silicon Valley at Konza City already underway. Additionally the country is looking to construct a space programme that will help survey its borders making one of the few countries with a space station in space with all of them being Western countries.

Conclusion and Forecast:

Kenya has established her position in the African continent as a very influential country especially in the way of improving the lives of her citizenry with modern infrastructure, quality and affordable education equipping her human resource capital with worthy skills to work both domestically and abroad.

Despite the East African country not being resource-rich, the country has harnessed the available resource to improve the living standards and improve the economy increasing the country’s output that fund development projects.

Kenya’s efforts and conducive business environment has attracted investors both local and international and in so doing pushing her development global ranking that stands at one of the fastest growing economies in the world.

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