Nairobi, Sept. 29 -- Renewable energy sector will employ about 58,000 workers next year as more producers connect to the grid following the saturation of the off-grid market.

Payers in the sector have called on renewable energy companies to increase training for their workforce to address skill gaps due to growing demand for installation technicians and maintenance professionals needed to handle mini-grids.

Kenyan renewable energy workforce is dominated by semi-skilled and unskilled workers at a time the future of the Decentralized Renewable Energy (DRE) jobs are expected to be increasingly skilled.

"There is a shortage of trained and licensed practitioners, and the few that are there are occupied most of the time," said Kenya Renewabl...