{"id":148939,"date":"2026-08-05T06:02:55","date_gmt":"2026-08-05T06:02:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/chezaspin.com\/blog\/dp-kindiki-heads-to-dar-es-salaam-for-continental-infrastructure-summit\/"},"modified":"2026-08-05T06:02:55","modified_gmt":"2026-08-05T06:02:55","slug":"dp-kindiki-heads-to-dar-es-salaam-for-continental-infrastructure-summit","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/chezaspin.com\/blog\/dp-kindiki-heads-to-dar-es-salaam-for-continental-infrastructure-summit\/","title":{"rendered":"DP Kindiki Heads to Dar es Salaam for Continental Infrastructure Summit"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>NAIROBI,Kenya Aug 5 \u2013 Deputy President Kithure Kindiki on Wednesday departed for Dar es Salaam, Tanzania, aboard a Kenya Air Force aircraft to represent Kenya at the Infra for Africa Forum 2026, a high-level continental summit focused on accelerating infrastructure investment across Africa.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The two-day forum, running from August 5 to 6 under the theme \u201cA Decade of Impact: From Ambition to Delivery,\u201d has brought together Heads of State, senior government officials, investors, development finance institutions, policymakers and private sector leaders to discuss financing and delivery of transformative infrastructure projects across the continent.<\/p>\n<p>The event is convened by Africa50 under the patronage of Tanzanian President Samia Suluhu Hassan.<\/p>\n<p>Kindiki is expected to outline Kenya\u2019s infrastructure priorities and engage development partners and investors as the country seeks financing for strategic projects in transport, energy, housing, water, digital infrastructure and logistics.<\/p>\n<p>The forum aims to mobilise long-term capital for infrastructure development while strengthening public-private partnerships to bridge Africa\u2019s infrastructure financing gap, which continues to constrain economic growth and regional integration.<\/p>\n<p>Discussions will also focus on accelerating project implementation and improving the bankability of infrastructure investments.<\/p>\n<p>Kenya\u2019s participation is expected to bolster the country\u2019s efforts to attract investment into flagship projects under the Bottom-Up Economic Transformation Agenda (BETA), including roads, affordable housing, energy and industrial infrastructure.<\/p>\n<p>The meeting also provides Nairobi with an opportunity to strengthen economic ties with investors and development finance institutions while positioning Kenya as a regional hub for trade, manufacturing and logistics.<\/p>\n<p>Africa50, a pan-African infrastructure investment platform established by African governments and the African Development Bank, uses the annual forum to connect governments with financiers and private investors to fast-track the delivery of commercially viable infrastructure projects across the continent.<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>NAIROBI,Kenya Aug 5 \u2013 Deputy President Kithure Kindiki on Wednesday departed for Dar es Salaam, Tanzania, aboard a Kenya Air Force aircraft to represent Kenya at the Infra for Africa Forum 2026, a high-level continental summit focused on accelerating infrastructure investment across Africa. The two-day forum, running from August 5 to 6 under the theme [&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-148939","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\/148939","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=148939"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/chezaspin.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/148939\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/chezaspin.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=148939"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/chezaspin.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=148939"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/chezaspin.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=148939"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}