It is not often that one sees leaders of two world’s fastest growing economies reciprocating each other’s gestures at apex political and business summits. And when it happens, it signals the blooming of a strengthened bilateral relationship. Kenyan President Uhuru Kenyatta’s visit to India, to participate in the ‘Vibrant Gujarat Summit’ in January 2017, as a special guest, came within six months of the Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s visit to Kenya.
In a joint communique issued after his visit to Kenya, Modi had commended how Kenya had blossomed under the ‘strong and forceful leadership’ of Mr Kenyatta, and the latter’s presence at the Summit gave India an opportunity to discuss the expansion of economic ties between Kenya and India via Gujarat.
The ‘Vibrant Gujarat Summit’ is close to the heart of the Indian Prime Minister – not only because he hails from Gujarat but also because he is said to have fathered the concept of this summit viz rekindling the pace of investments in Gujarat. Precisely the success of this biennial meet holds upmost significance for him.
The 8th leaf of the Vibrant Gujarat Summit 2017 was organised from January 10 to 13, 2017, at the Mahatma Mandir Exhibition cum Convention Centre, with the reappearance of ‘Sustainable Economic and Social Development’. From a regional investment fair in 2003 to a platform where heads of states and governments, international institutions and academia, and the who’s who of the corporate world from across the globe land in Gujarat, the conclave has become a central point to discuss development and promote cooperation. This year, the summit saw the participation of about 110 countries including the United States of America, the United Kingdom, Sweden, Canada, Japan and of course one of India’s most important African partners, Kenya.
The business – friendly
Kenya In his speech at the summit, Kenyatta marketed his country as a preferred investment haven. He had said, “The Indian investors already in Kenya will testify that we are an open and safe investment destination, with a favourable business environment facilitated by the Government’s efforts to improve business regulation procedures and requirements.”
This story is from the March 2017 edition of The Times Of Africa.
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