Kenya Made a Bid to Host World Economic Forum 2018

Kenya is one step closer to possibly hosting the next World Economic Forum for Africa following a meeting between President Uhuru Kenyatta and founder Klaus Shwab.

At the meeting, it was agreed that the international organisation for public-private partnership would send a team to inspect Kenya’s facilities.

Ethiopia has also made a bid to host the annual continental event with South Africa having hosted the last one at the start of May.

The two leaders met on the sidelines of the Belt and Road Forum for International Cooperation being held in Beijing, China.

Kenya has actively sought to host international fora in the interest of raising her profile and in a bid to establish itself as a conference tourism hub. 

Founded in 1971 in Davos, Switzerland, the WEF provides an annual meeting of economists, business leaders and political leaders to discuss ways of improving global trade and investment.

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