{"id":114851,"date":"2025-05-09T16:03:10","date_gmt":"2025-05-09T16:03:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/chezaspin.com\/blog\/index.php\/2025\/05\/09\/ruto-to-open-eu-kenya-business-forum-as-sefcovic-ostros-expected-to-jet-in\/"},"modified":"2025-05-09T16:03:10","modified_gmt":"2025-05-09T16:03:10","slug":"ruto-to-open-eu-kenya-business-forum-as-sefcovic-ostros-expected-to-jet-in","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/chezaspin.com\/blog\/ruto-to-open-eu-kenya-business-forum-as-sefcovic-ostros-expected-to-jet-in\/","title":{"rendered":"Ruto to open EU-Kenya Business Forum as \u0160ef\u010dovi\u010d, \u00d6stros expected to jet in"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>NAIROBI, Kenya, May 9 \u2013 European Union Trade Commissioner Maro\u0161 \u0160ef\u010dovi\u010d is expected in the country next week.<\/p>\n<p>\u0160ef\u010dovi\u010d and European Investment Bank Vice President Thomas \u00d6stros will be part of the EU delegation attending the EU-Kenya Business Forum, which will be officially opened by President William Ruto on May 12\u201313.<\/p>\n<p>The forum presents a unique opportunity for the media to engage with key decision-makers, spotlight emerging trade and investment opportunities, and showcase EU-Kenya cooperation in action.<\/p>\n<p>EU Ambassador to Kenya, Henriette Geiger, stated that the objective of the two-day forum is to ensure that European and Kenyan economic operators collaborate to form new alliances and create business opportunities.<\/p>\n<p>The event will feature panel discussions covering opportunities and challenges under the EU-Kenya Economic Partnership Agreement (EPA), as well as sessions on financial technology and smart trade.<\/p>\n<p>The forum will also mark the launch of the European Chamber of Commerce Kenya.<\/p>\n<p>Six topical breakout sessions will explore areas such as smart trade, fintech, digital standards, data governance, and more.<\/p>\n<p>The event will conclude with a Europe Day Cocktail Reception celebrating EU-Kenya relations and economic diplomacy.<\/p>\n<p><em><strong>By Felix Korir<\/strong><\/em><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>NAIROBI, Kenya, May 9 \u2013 European Union Trade Commissioner Maro\u0161 \u0160ef\u010dovi\u010d is expected in the country next week. \u0160ef\u010dovi\u010d and European Investment Bank Vice President Thomas \u00d6stros will be part of the EU delegation attending the EU-Kenya Business Forum, which will be officially opened by President William Ruto on May 12\u201313. The forum presents a [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-114851","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized","entry"],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack-related-posts":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/chezaspin.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/114851","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/chezaspin.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/chezaspin.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/chezaspin.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=114851"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/chezaspin.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/114851\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/chezaspin.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=114851"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/chezaspin.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=114851"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/chezaspin.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=114851"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}