President Barack Obama's visit and what it holds for Kenya

NAIROBI: President Obama's visit to Kenya during the 6th Global Entrepreneurship Summit next week will be a milestone in deepening the Kenya-US bilateral relations. This is the first time such a meeting is being held in Sub-Saharan Africa.

 

As a country with an emerging culture of entrepreneurship, Kenya stands to gain from the forthcoming summit. The participation of the US president gives the summit more prominence and opens an opportunity for Nairobi and Washington to deepen their co-operation. During the US President's visit, the issues expected to dominate the talks are likely to be guided by four pillars of the 2012 US strategy towards Sub-Saharan Africa, namely strengthening democratic institutions; spurring economic growth, trade and investment; advancing peace and security; and promoting opportunity and development.