Nairobi to Host AU’s High Level Private Sector Meeting

The African Union (AU) High Level Private Sector Forum will be held in Nairobi to boost trade across the continent.

The event will be hosted in the Kenyatta International Convention Centre (KICC) from July 10–12, 2023, and will be organised by the AU Commission in partnership with the East African Community Secretariat.

More than 500 people from Africa and other continents are anticipated to attend the three-day forum with the topic “Public – Private Sector Engagement for Inclusive Growth and Sustainable Development while Deepening Regional and Continental Trade and Investment towards Implementation of AfCFTA.”

High-level public policy decision-makers, private sector actors, financial institutions, representatives of women- and youth-led/owned creative start-ups, academic institutions, and research organisations will all be represented among the participants.

At the KICC, about 100 exhibitors from Africa and other continents are anticipated to display their merchandise.

The 14th High Level Forum’s overarching goal is to improve the connections between continental and regional markets to promote more trade and investment.

Rebecca Miano, Cabinet Secretary for East African and Semi-Arid Lands of Kenya, will attend the occasion.

Among the other dignitaries attending will be the African Union’s Commissioner for Economic Development, Trade, Tourism, Industry and Minerals, Albert Muchanga, and the Secretary General of the East African Community (EAC), Peter Mutuku Mathuku.