President Uhuru Kenyatta will this morning make a one-day official visit to Zambia to speak at the annual meetings of the continent’s premier financial institution – the Africa Development Bank (AfDB).
The annual meetings, in their 51st year and being held in the Zambian capital Lusaka, will focus on energy, climate change and growing jobs for youth.
Kenya is one of the globe’s leaders in green energy and President Kenyatta will in Lusaka lead a panel discussion on “The Path to Universal Access to energy in Africa by 2025”, drawing heavily from his own agenda to light up 70 per cent of Kenya’s homes by the end of 2017, and gaining universal access soon after.
President Kenyatta will also lead a second panel discussion on “Jobs for African Youth: From Demographic dividend to Economic Dividend”. He will give his views on turning the African youth bulge into economic opportunity, and is expected to focus on mitigating the challenges hindering youth from participating effectively in Africa’s social, economic and political arenas.