2023 summit Snapshot
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The third edition of the AmCham Business Summit themed “Economic Dynamism – Transformation for a Resilient Future,” happened March 29 – 30, 2023 in Nairobi, Kenya. The third edition of the Summit focused on providing a platform for direct business-to-business engagement enabling partnerships to develop and transactions to take place to expand markets and catalyze business growth; the key to job creation and economic prosperity. The Summit featured plenary sessions, sector forums on manufacturing, energy, health, agribusiness, infrastructure, workforce development, the digital economy, and creative economy as well as business-to-business networking sessions and business-to-government meetings and forums.
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The AmCham Business Summit, first held in 2018, is a strategic advocacy and commercial partnership platform developed to strengthen two-way trade and investment between the U.S. and the East Africa region.
The Summit gives delegates the opportunity to discuss and advocate for critical big-picture issues of the day, advance new opportunities for business, and enables connections to key government and industry leaders, resources, and markets that businesses need to succeed.
2023 Summit
FEATURED KEYNOTES
H.E. Dr. William Ruto
President of the Republic of Kenya
H.E. Wamkele Mene
Secretary-General, African Continental Free Trade Area
Hon. Don Cravins
Under Secretary of Commerce for Minority Business Development
Amb. Meg Whitman
U.S. Ambassador to Kenya
Brenda Mbathi
Board President, AmCham Kenya
2023 Summit
Speakers
Harry Kimutai
Principal Secretary, State Department of Livestock, Ministry of Agriculture, Livestock, Fisheries and Cooperatives, Kenya
Christopher Kirigua
Director General, Public Private Partnerships Directorate, Kenya
Prof. Theophilus Mutui
Managing Director, Kenya Plant Health Inspectorate Service (KEPHIS)
H.E. Dr. William Ruto
President of the Republic of Kenya
Amb. Margaret “Meg” Whitman
U.S. Ambassador to Kenya
H.E. Wamkele Mene
Secretary-General of the African Continental Free Trade Area
Enoh T. Ebong
Director, U.S. Trade and Development Agency
Amb. Dr. John Stephen Simbachawene
High Commissioner, United Republic of Tanzania to the Republic of Kenya
Hon. Onesimus Kipchumba Murkomen
Cabinet Secretary, Ministry of Roads and Transport, Kenya
Hon. Cynthia Griffin
Minister Counselor, Commercial Affairs, Sub Saharan Africa, U.S. Department of Commerce
Hon. Ruth Ssentamu Nankabirwa
Minister of Energy and Mineral Development, Uganda
Eng. John Tanui
Principal Secretary, State Department for Information Communications Technology (ICT) and Digital Economy, Kenya
Immaculate Kassait
Data Commissioner, Office of the Data Protection Commissioner, Kenya
Anthony Cook
Corporate Vice President and Deputy General Counsel, Microsoft
Stephen Jennings
Founder and CEO, Rendeavour
Cennydd Williams
Hub leader, Africa and Middle East, PVH Group
Dr. Wilmot Allen
Founder, VentureLift Africa (VLA)
Scott Eisner
President, U.S.-Africa Business Center, Sr. Vice President, U.S. Chamber of Commerce
