AI Job Atlas
AI & jobs · National Capital Area in Kenya

Nairobi

National Capital Area KE-110 Capital region Largest city: Nairobi
20%
of jobs here are estimated to be exposed to generative AI, above the national 14% (+5.4 pts).
MODEL1st of 8 regions629K exposed workers

Key numbers

PopulationWIKIDATA
5.5M
as of 2016
Share of national populationWIKIDATA
13.5%
3rd largest of 8
People in workMODEL
3.2M
national total × population share
Highest-exposure jobsMODEL
2.0%
national 1.3%
Area
766 km²
7,239 people per km²
Settlement patternMODEL
Highly urban
54% live in major cities
Largest city
Nairobi
3M (metro)
Mapped towns & cities
1
Natural Earth places

AI use

ANTHROPIC

Claude.ai conversations, April–May 2026.

Usage is published for the wider Nairobi City County area (1 map region), so these figures describe that whole area.
Usage intensityANTHROPIC
6.29×
usage share ÷ population share
Area’s share of national useANTHROPIC
85.0%
13.5% of population
Work-relatedANTHROPIC
50%
national 50%
Automation-styleANTHROPIC
56%
national 56%
Augmentation 45%Automation 56%

Sector mix

MODEL

Estimated share of jobs by sector, against the national mix.

Nairobi Kenya
Retail & wholesale 20.2%
Business services 16.6%
Agriculture 12.3%
Other services 9.7%
Construction 8.5%
Transport & logistics 8.5%
Manufacturing 6.8%
Education 4.8%
Hospitality 4.0%
Finance 2.1%
Health & care 2.1%
Public admin 1.7%
ICT & software 1.4%
Mining 0.7%
Utilities 0.5%

Exposed workers by sector

MODEL
Retail & wholesale 159K Business services 124K Education 58.5K Other services 54.4K Transport & logistics 35.2K Finance 29.3K Manufacturing 28.8K Agriculture 26.9K

Ranking in Kenya

MODEL

By modelled AI exposure, out of 8 regions.

1Nairobi 20% 2Coast 16% 3Nyanza 15% 4Rift Valley 14% 5Eastern 13% 6Central 12% 7Western 12%
About these estimates. No source publishes AI exposure by region for every country. The model splits Kenya's real ILO sector employment across regions using population (Wikidata) and density: denser, capital-city regions get more finance, ICT and professional jobs, and rural regions more farming. Totals match national figures. AI usage figures are measured, not modelled. Methodology

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