Kenya has long been recognized as a regional anchor state and an assertive voice for Africa on the international stage. Its strategic importance has grown amid global power shifts and a turbulent security landscape in eastern Africa.

Kenya’s new foreign policy strategy, released in 2024, emphasizes regional integration and collaboration while outlining ambitions for a more influential international role.

This global positioning encompasses deep economic and security ties with Western countries, a comprehensive strategic partnership with China, and closer relations with emerging actors such as the UAE.

At this event, Kenya’s Prime Cabinet Secretary and Cabinet Secretary for Foreign and Diaspora Affairs HE Dr Musalia Mudavadi EGH will reflect on Kenya’s role and its positioning within a rapidly changing and geopolitically complex international context.

This event will discuss:

• Kenya’s regional role amid protests and entrenched conflict in eastern Africa.

• Western partnerships ahead of the Africa-France summit in Nairobi.

• New strategic initiatives with China and the UAE, covering trade agreements and financing commitments.

• Kenya’s multilateral engagement, including its contribution to the multinational mission in Haiti.