Kenyans in the US Named Third Most Ambitious Group of Immigrants
A recently released report has ranked Kenyan immigrants living in the United States as the third most hardworking group of immigrants.
The 2018 report by Bloomberg analyzed work and job skill among immigrant groups in the United States. Ghanaians were ranked first with a score 75.2% followed by Bulgarians with 74.2%.
In general, the report says Africans are the most learned and ambitious immigrants in America.
"African-born immigrants to the US are more skilled, harder-working, and more ready to integrate than those who come from other parts of the world," said the report developed by Bloomberg’s Justin Fox, a famed American financial journalist.
“If we want more high-skilled and hardworking English-speaking immigrants, it looks like the most obvious place to find them is in Africa."
Immigrants from Ethiopia, Guatemala and those from El Savado were ranked fourth, fifth and sixth respectively in the most hardworking list, followed by Bosnians, Nigerians, Liberians and Hondurans in that order.
The report was developed based on data from the 2016 US Census Bureau American Community Survey, which showed Saudi Arabia, Kenya, Nigeria, Ghana and Nepal had the highest number of immigrants living in the US enrolled in college.
"So immigrants from Kenya, Nigeria and Ghana are near the top in both employment-population ratio and higher-education enrollment, and those from Nigeria are also near the top in educational attainment," says the report.
Immigrants from Hungary, Italy, Greece, and Germany have the lowest employment-population ratios among foreign-born populations – mainly because they arrived in the US decades ago and many of them are now in their 60s or older.
Comments (7)
For this Report. Nigerians are the most Ambitious immigrants in the US. Backward never; Forward ever.
1-Crap crap!Can the same Bloomberg do a research of the most evil,immoral,devilish,stinking,mashogas,modern Slaverly countries in the world n put them in order too.
2-Also a research of those countries who have destroyed killed innocent women n kids n destroyed economies leaving those countries begging coz of their greedy self.Please to b fair do that research too.
Kenyans have remittances to speak for them. There is no doubt, were it not for the diaspora that Kenyan shilling would be down in the garbage or sewage, worse than Ugandan currency. R-E-S-P-E-C-T. Thank you Aretha Franklin.
I am actually a little bit disappointed - I thought Kenyans would come out tops vile wanachapa ma-doubles bila sweat! Pun aside, I have always observed the fact that the Kenya government has never really appreciated the kind of citizenry it has - a very hard working, never-say-die population that only needs a conducive environment to thrive & make the country richer & a better place to live in. This is why the total eradication of corruption & associated evils can go really far in the realization of the Kenyan dream
Wee wacha zako Bwana! Haujui Ma-Doubles ni Utumwa na Stress mtupu?
Kudos Kenyan immigrants. Tuendelee na kazi tuinjenge Kenya yetu!!!
The MP's need to learn from their citizenry. They need to protect their human resources first from exploitation. They (MP's) need to stop stealing from the Mwananchi and join the Kenyans in working hard for the country. It is sad, that most of those in leadership are also part of corruption. It is very discouraging to the citizenry. The MP's need to change their character, humble themselves and be what they are supposed to be -Servants of the people. God help Kenya!!!