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The Kenya Digital Employment & Hiring Report 2026
How digital work, freelancing, AI and the platform economy are reshaping hiring in Kenya — first edition
Kenya created about 782,300 jobs in 2024, but roughly 90% were informal and the formal sector added only 78,600. This first-edition report combines official statistics, multilateral research and WorkKE platform data across 23 chapters to explain how digital work, freelancing, AI and the platform economy are reshaping Kenyan hiring — and what employers, professionals, investors and policymakers should do next.
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Data hubs by subjectData-driven freelance earnings in Kenya: average pay per skill, county-level breakdowns, and how to price your work. Sourced from live WorkKE platform data.
Kenya's most in-demand freelance skills, ranked by real hiring volume and pay. Data from live WorkKE jobs and payouts.
County-level rankings of freelance activity in Kenya — active talent, average pay, and hiring volume by county.
How to hire freelancers in Kenya — real hiring benchmarks, time-to-hire, and proposal volume from live WorkKE jobs.
Data on Kenya's cybercafé industry — the services clients book, geographic spread and operator numbers, drawn from WorkKE platform records.
Live dashboard of Kenya's digital work economy — active talent, monthly payouts, and platform growth. Sourced from WorkKE.