US Vice President Kamala Harris is set to participate in a moderated conversation with President William Ruto on digital inclusion in Africa at the U.S. Chamber of Commerce.
The meeting will happen during President Ruto’s US State Visit.
The Vice President and President Ruto will appear at the U.S.-Kenya Business Forum, hosted by the U.S. Chamber of Commerce’s U.S.-Africa Business Center.
Building on her trip to Africa in March and April 2023, the Vice President will speak about public and private sector efforts to increase investment in digital inclusion across Africa.
She will also discuss the strong partnership between the United States and Kenya on technology, innovation, and entrepreneurship.
The Vice President has spoken extensively about the innovation, ingenuity, and entrepreneurship underway across Africa and how U.S. investment in innovation will unlock economic growth for Africa, the United States, and the entire world.
In April 2023, in Lusaka, Zambia, the Vice President convened business and philanthropic leaders to advance efforts to promote digital inclusion in Africa and to build upon the more than $8 billion in public and private investments she galvanized as part of her trip to Africa.
The Vice President is looking forward to welcoming new commitments and new public-private partnerships formed in response to her Call to Action.
Her ongoing work to increase private sector investments to promote digital inclusion supports the Digital Transformation with Africa Initiative, which President Biden launched at the U.S.-Africa Leaders Summit in December 2022.
Ruto will commence his tour in Atlanta, Georgia with a visit to the Carter Presidential Library and Museum.
He will then visit Ebenezer Baptist Church to pay homage to the Civil Rights struggle and emphasize how religion can be a force for good.
Ruto's third engagement will focus on the US Kenya Health Partnership of the Center for Disease Control CDC headquarters. Several partnerships between the CDC and Kenya will be announced.
Ruto and the First Lady will then be hosted by Kenya's diaspora in Atlanta.
The state visit is the first for an African leader in 16 years.
The President is expected to make a strong case for Kenya as Africa’s top and most strategic investment destination.
He will urge multinational companies in the US to take advantage of the irresistible trade and investment options in Kenya that range from ICT, e-mobility, agriculture, infrastructure, housing, renewable energy and carbon markets.