Nairobi, Aug. 3 -- Kenya serves as a shining example of the fact that Africa is no longer a market of potential alone. The country is deploying a multi-alliance approach to economic growth and national security, setting it on course to make the most of the continent's rising industrial scale, cross-border capital flows and homegrown corporate ambition.

On the sidelines of the G7 in June 2026, Kenya and the United States signed a preliminary agreement enabling the country to refine its critical mineral resources domestically.

Also in June, Kenya signed a $1.2 billion agreement with the China Road and Bridge Corporation to expand and modernise Nairobi's Jomo Kenyatta International Airport. Several other infrastructure projects in ports, r...