Kenya plans to leverage the World Chamber Forum-Africa Global Summit 2025, set for April in Nairobi, to attract foreign direct investment.
Principal Secretary in the Ministry of Foreign and Diaspora Affairs,Abraham Korir Sing’Oei, emphasized that the summit is a key opportunity to increase private investments in the country’s priority sectors.
“We are committed to leveraging on the summit to cement our position as the commercial gateway to East Africa as well as the rest of the continent,” Sing’Oei said.
The three-day summit, hosted with the Kenya National Chamber of Commerce and Industry, will bring together over 4,500 delegates from 70 countries, including heads of state, entrepreneurs, and innovators.
The event will focus on showcasing Africa as a unified and attractive investment destination under the theme “Africa’s Global Future.”
Abubakar Hassan Abubakar, principal secretary in the Ministry of Investments, Trade and Industry, said the summit is expected to bring unprecedented opportunities to Kenya, including direct access to potential investors and partners from across the globe as well as practical insights into navigating the African Continental Free Trade Area (AfCFTA).
He noted that the meeting will display to investors Kenya’s selected public-private partnership projects across key sectors such as transport, energy, urban development and digital infrastructure that are well-structured, bankable, and ready for implementation.