Six lessons from Singapore's economic growth

 Singapore's Marina Bay Sands Hotel at dusk. [iStockphoto]

President William Ruto has recently revealed a strategic process of getting Kenya to a First World economic status within ten years. His vision and goals are anchored on four thematic areas: the economy and agriculture, education, energy and transport, and infrastructure – logistics.

The cost of these four thematic areas is estimated to be Sh5 trillion ($38.6 billion). It is not over-ambitious for the leadership of any modern developing country like Kenya to aim high. We can learn from the most progressive “First World Nations”, large and small like Singapore and Switzerland.